{"id":157,"date":"2020-08-20T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2020-11-03T17:55:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:55:44","slug":"where-to-stay-in-cuba-villa-mariby-cuban-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/where-to-stay-in-cuba-villa-mariby-cuban-oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to Stay in Cuba? Villa Mariby\u2013Cuban Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/freedomtoursllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mariby.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Upon arrival we are met by our private driver (Richard) and private guide (Ahmed) who took us to the villa Mariby. \u00a0To be perfectly honest, we drove through blocks and blocks; past huge houses lining broken streets\u2013all in varying states of disrepair. \u00a0Of course\u2026this is old Cuba, duh! \u00a0The Cuba that stood still for 50 years; the Cuba that we so wanted to see \u201cbefore it changes.\u201d \u00a0\u201cBefore it changes\u201d yes, but I was not prepared for the neighborhood, however, like a palm in the desert there stood our gorgeous Mariby\u2013an oasis in a desert of architectural abandonment. \u00a0Here are a few things to note about the Villa Mariby:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Located on 11th Avenue between D &amp; E in the Vedado region of Havana<\/li>\r\n<li>Living space is on the 2nd floor\u2013walk-up<\/li>\r\n<li>Furnished with antiques and Cuban art<\/li>\r\n<li>15\u2019+ ceilings; large rooms<\/li>\r\n<li>5 bedrooms\/3 baths \u2014\u00a0<em>4 br\/2 ba on the main floor and 1 br\/1ba on 3rd floor<\/em><\/li>\r\n<li>110 electric<\/li>\r\n<li>No hair dryer<\/li>\r\n<li>Good AC in bedrooms<\/li>\r\n<li>Full service breakfast, prepared to order<\/li>\r\n<li>No wi-fi or internet in the house<\/li>\r\n<li>Can purchase a phone card. \u00a010cuc = 10 min<\/li>\r\n<li>Sound carries easily (ear plugs recommended)<\/li>\r\n<li>Walking distance to 3-4 nice restaurants<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There are many, many ways to visit Cuba and staying at the lovely Mariby is just one way to step back in time, and imagine life in Cuba a hundred years ago. \u00a0One last note and word of advice,\u00a0pack light\u00a0and guard your money well. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon arrival we are met by our private driver (Richard) and private guide (Ahmed) who took us to the villa Mariby. \u00a0To be perfectly honest, we drove through blocks and blocks; past huge houses lining broken streets\u2013all in varying states of disrepair. \u00a0Of course\u2026this is old Cuba, duh! \u00a0The Cuba that stood still for 50 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}