Cayo Coco

This resort on Cayo Santa María, set among lush vegetation, offers a bit more privacy and exclusivity than other properties here in the Cayos. — Fodor's

The Spanish-colonial villas with attractively tiled public areas lend the Colonial a cloistered, refined air – a pleasant break from the standard unadorned design of the usual Cuban all-inclusives. — Lonely Planet

Common areas feature earthy woods and Ikea-like minimalism, while rooms are punctuated with some welcome color accents and decorated in a bold contemporary style. — Lonely Planet

The Cayo's newest five-star opened in December 2015 and has bagged a large slice of once-tranquil Playa las Coloradas. — Lonely Planet

Opened in 2011 and equipped with 624 decent-sized rooms (still looking fairly shiny) in 10 gabled three-floor villas arranged around two pools (one with a swim-up bar). — Lonely Planet

This family-friendly property is set off from the commotion of other Cayo Coco resorts and faces a beautiful oceanfront and a long lagoon area. — Fodor's

The upper-middle-range Sol Cayo Coco is a bustling all-inclusive catering to families and couples looking to have some fun in the sun. — Oyster

Set in an ecological park, this scenic resort—host to fauna and flora and adjacent to a spectacular coral reef—has numerous one-story villas, standard rooms in three-story blocks. — Fodor's

Backpackers aren't well catered for on Cuba's resort islands, except perhaps at this imitation of an erstwhile charcoal-burner's camp. — Lonely Planet