Santiago de Cuba … the seat of the Revolution! Tons of History there ! Met President Castro there years ago . there was a a funeral for one of his fellow Revolutionaries from that area near Chiverico
Hi Mike, another informative,very interesting off resort review for Ecotours. Really enjoyed. Your are an unbiased ambassador for Cuba 🇨🇺 thru your videos...Bill
Glad you enjoyed it! I was happy to be invited and really enjoyed what we did!!! I’m happy that I was able to make the video I did my best considering I had no idea what to expect
Woooooo very different video full of mountains and nice places to stay . Thanks again for let us know a beautiful part of Cuba without front beaches love it thanks thanks enjoy and cheers ❤❤❤ 🍺🍺🍺🍹🍹
Hi Mike - Looks like an amazing tour. The landscape and the old towns are beautiful. The Cuban people are very resourceful and so welcoming. What a great experience.
Hello Mike! Thanks to your video I enjoyed my first trip to Varadero, Cuba. And I continue to watch your videos to relive my family’s trip. Keep up the good work!
Wow what alot of time and effort went into hosting your group...this is a different view for the world to see...i could do this type of discovery....i appreciate the people and the effort...thanks Mike what an honour...viv
You were so close to another resort, Club Amigo Marea del Portillo! Hope you get a chance to highlight this unique resort with two resorts on the same property. New renovations have been done. Thank you for such a great video of Cuba’s uniqueness.
I really enjoyed this video not to say that your hotel videos are not great, but it is nice to experience the city the island in a different way. Good job see you on your next video.❤
Great video Mike. The tour looked amazing thanks for sharing. We did a tour with locals 6 years ago from Holguin to Santiago De Cuba and we loved the city. Hopefully Air Transat or Sunwing will start flying to Santiago direct again one day because the southern area of Cuba is amazing and very underrated.
Hi Mike, thank you for the wonderful content! My wife and I have been following you and your adventures for a while now. We love your perspective and how you encompass all the details of your destination. We really enjoyed this video and it gave us a window to how Cuba is aside from staying at a resort. We are actually flying into Cuba next week (Oct 22) to Playa Pesquero for 11 days. Super excited! Thank you again for all the wonderful content. Much love from Mississauga, ON!
We went to Santiago de Cuba for the first time last year, loved the castle...and that restaurant is so cool with the priate theme. we have been repeaters at Marea del Portillo for about a decade and love the rural serene area and have made lots of life long friends and found family.
The main square in Santiago is so gorgeous the architecture is amazing... of the main drag there was a fantastic ice cream stand that had the most refreshing strawberry ice cream
@Finding-Fish were hoping to go back soon, we were there this past Christmas break... I was just speaking with mi hermano yesterday, it's pretty rough right now with the hurricane
oh myke I'm very happy that you are in Santiago You know that is my city and I hope you liked being there and I am very happy to see you brother I am very happy to see you
Oh, how I love Cuba. I would love to visit these places. Reminds me of the buildings in Trinidad, Cuba. The best meals we’ve had in Cuba have been at farms. I love Cuban food! Out of respect, I always make sure to eat everything on my plate! I was widowed 7 years ago, but I keep going back!
This has your DNA all over it and yet it is new and different. The subject matter is obviously different but the tone and presentation are on a whole different level. I think you have just re-invented yourself. Fantastic.
Loved this vid! Son of Holguin, but grew up in ON. Great videos. Ill say Hi when I see you there one day. Cuba hasnt been the same since 2020, but you enjoy and show the things that are the best of Cuba. Beaches, people and views. Best food will always be Paladares or privately owned restaurants. Keep it up amigo.
Did this city trip about 10 years ago staying in Casas. Enjoyed about 10 days before heading to a resort I booked in Holguin in Santiago de Cuba. I tried to go a mountain resort but it was full up.
That is an awesome tour Mike! We once did a 1 day tour from Brisas Guardalavaca to Santiago de Cuba. Was a long drive to and from but we enjoyed it. Your tour was much better, although hectic. Eco tourism can be enjoyable especially when you actually meet with the locals and see what their life experiences are although I know it presented by the Cuba Eco tourism. Thanks again hermano, Peter
About 10 years ago, i went on a Cuba Cruise. We embarked on our smaller cruise ship in Montego Bay, Jamaica, then we circum-navigated the Island of Cuba (clockwise) stopping at 5 different locations. It was a blast!
Now that was a top drawer video!! What a Country Cuba is. I think I would like to book that tour!! The Hotels and food look superb and the scenery is second to none. We did a farm tour in Costa Rica and the farm tour you did looks similar. For me that would be high on my list. Mike is there any special time of the year to do these Eco Tours or would they be great year round? I see your subscriber numbers are ramping up quickly past the 10K mark. Take care and safe travels!!
Beautiful video. I did a similar trip several years ago, from El Ramon to Santiago de Cuba. Loved the mountains. I actually walked past the restaurant you began the video in. It was a shame you didn't get to go through the castle! Keep up the great work :)
Wow, Mike. This was exceptional, basically a short documentary of the Santiago region. I imagine there was a lot of time spent in editing to produce such a seamless video. Good job!
Hi Mike, great video a usual! Just wondering how to go about booking something like this. Love the resorts but would love to experience some of the other places on the island. Thanks and keep up the good work,
Went to Chiverico ( west of Santiago ) for 30 years … stayed at Los Galeones and knew lots of friends there … Unfortunately, you now have to fly into Holguin and then bus ! 🇨🇦‼️🇨🇺
This looks like my sort of trip! Do you have any general information or thoughts you can provide on how to go about arranging these trips if staying at resorts in Holguin?
I have an apartment near Cespedes square, let me know if you ever go back. It was used to plan part of the revolution. Gladly will host if you want a local experience
Hey Kevin, Just wondering if you have any information where someone can book such an excursion? My wife and I have been to Cuba numerous times, and have done the resort excursions from Cayo Coco places like Moron. However, we would be interested in auch a multi-day excursion to southern Cuba. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.
wow Mike...that was QUITE a different experience. I know my ladies would LOVE to do something like that. So it was 5 days in total? You flew into and out of Holguin?
Morning happy thanksgiving Jim It was actually 7 days Flew into Holguin Stay at Muthu Left the next day for Santiago de Cuba 🇨🇺 stayed one night, left for the mountains, stayed one night. Left for Maria Del Portillo, stayed one night hotel had some issues packed up left back for Holguin!!! Some of it I didn’t film 🎥 the conference part, the issues, but I did film all the excursions. Very complicated tour!!! Flew back out of Holguin
Oh wow, I'm very excited for this, I have always wanted to see eastern Cuba 😍, would you recommend a resort in Eastern Cuba or how we could book something like this? (I live in Toronto) cheers!
Gracias estimado amigo por tu lindo trabajo y colocar a nuestra preciosa isla de Cuba en el firmamento de uno de los destinos más maravillosos y hospitalarios del universo, Cubita Linda (ruclips.net/video/rojCeJbNl_U/видео.html)
@@Finding-Fish i will see by myself soon. A girlfriend has a villa in Cuba and I'm invited to go as long as I wishes. Bald and bankrupt showed an other side of Cuba more like the news...
Santiago de Cuba … the seat of the Revolution!
Tons of History there !
Met President Castro there years ago . there was a a funeral for one of his fellow Revolutionaries from that area near Chiverico
Love that area and especially the people, the mountains and the warmer weather there ❤❤
The best!
Hi Mike, another informative,very interesting off resort review for Ecotours. Really enjoyed. Your are an unbiased ambassador for Cuba 🇨🇺 thru your videos...Bill
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was happy to be invited and really enjoyed what we did!!!
I’m happy that I was able to make the video
I did my best considering I had no idea what to expect
My friend, this was the way my mother made coffee when we lived in the countryside, we woke up to that smell all over the house🙏👍💪🇨🇺
That’s absolutely amazing 🤩
Thanks for sharing this Mambi Cubano
@@Finding-Fish The last time I was in Santiago de Cuba was in 1994, I was in the special operations forces at that time.
Woooooo very different video full of mountains and nice places to stay . Thanks again for let us know a beautiful part of Cuba without front beaches love it thanks thanks enjoy and cheers ❤❤❤ 🍺🍺🍺🍹🍹
Thanks for watching!!!
Absolutely a great trip
Hi Mike - Looks like an amazing tour. The landscape and the old towns are beautiful. The Cuban people are very resourceful and so welcoming. What a great experience.
Thanks Cathy!!!
Ya the old towns, horse and buggies everything
It was a fantastic experience
Morning from Holguin
Morning 🩷🇨🇺
It’s like going back in time 50-60 years …..especially in the south of Cuba :… loved it down there ‼️🇨🇦🇨🇺
I can see why Dutchy!!!
It awesome
Hello Mike! Thanks to your video I enjoyed my first trip to Varadero, Cuba. And I continue to watch your videos to relive my family’s trip. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for watching
I appreciate the support!!!
Hello Mr. Fish Amazing job very well done. You sure showed this well It’s very beautiful. Cuba is so amazing
Morning thanks for watching
Glad you enjoyed it
Fun time and adventure for sure
Cuba 🇨🇺 is amazing and unique
Mike
Wow what alot of time and effort went into hosting your group...this is a different view for the world to see...i could do this type of discovery....i appreciate the people and the effort...thanks Mike what an honour...viv
Thanks so Much Darrel and Vivian
This was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I was so happy to be invited and involved
Mike
Hey Mike, I love what you are doing!
Thanks Paul
Thank you 🙏
As Always, A Great Video Mike, I Think I Will Check Out Santigo De Cuba Next Year.
I wish I would have had more time
That coffee must have been tasty. That must have been such an amazing experience to see the real Cuba and not the resorts.
Totally amazing Scottie
Lots on the go!!!!
But awesome
You were so close to another resort, Club Amigo Marea del Portillo! Hope you get a chance to highlight this unique resort with two resorts on the same property. New renovations have been done. Thank you for such a great video of Cuba’s uniqueness.
Thanks for the tips!
I really enjoyed this video not to say that your hotel videos are not great, but it is nice to experience the city the island in a different way. Good job see you on your next video.❤
Thanks Maralup
Yup it was a fantastic experience!!!!
Thanks again for the support
Mike
Great video Mike. The tour looked amazing thanks for sharing. We did a tour with locals 6 years ago from Holguin to Santiago De Cuba and we loved the city. Hopefully Air Transat or Sunwing will start flying to Santiago direct again one day because the southern area of Cuba is amazing and very underrated.
That’s Awesome
Ya they don’t for some reason!!!
Totally underrated
Thanks
Amigo
I'm going to see it again🤣😂😀😄😀😃🙏👍💪🇨🇺
Very interesting tour, you surprised me with places that I don't know yet and that I would like to visit, a big hug brother 🇨🇺🙏👍💪
So nice of you
very interesting video. A friend checked out this area some years ago and was impressed.
Thanks Greg
This looks seriously amazing. Cuba is such a beautiful and unique country. Your videos are always so informative and well done.
Thanks Tee
Thanks so much
Very appreciated
Mike
Hi Mike, thank you for the wonderful content! My wife and I have been following you and your adventures for a while now. We love your perspective and how you encompass all the details of your destination. We really enjoyed this video and it gave us a window to how Cuba is aside from staying at a resort. We are actually flying into Cuba next week (Oct 22) to Playa Pesquero for 11 days. Super excited! Thank you again for all the wonderful content. Much love from Mississauga, ON!
Awesome video, this must have been an amazing experience. Loved the mountains and all the great architecture.
Thanks Bud e
It was an experience!!!
And so happy to be apart of it!!!!!!
Mike
We went to Santiago de Cuba for the first time last year, loved the castle...and that restaurant is so cool with the priate theme. we have been repeaters at Marea del Portillo for about a decade and love the rural serene area and have made lots of life long friends and found family.
The main square in Santiago is so gorgeous the architecture is amazing... of the main drag there was a fantastic ice cream stand that had the most refreshing strawberry ice cream
I was there recently
Might make a video about it
@Finding-Fish were hoping to go back soon, we were there this past Christmas break... I was just speaking with mi hermano yesterday, it's pretty rough right now with the hurricane
oh myke I'm very happy that you are in Santiago You know that is my city and I hope you liked being there and I am very happy to see you brother I am very happy to see you
I love your city Freddie
Live it
An amazing tour to see so many different things in south Cuba! Happy Thanksgiving! Mike and Jenny.
Thanks So much
Yanglu
Mike and Jenny
Happy thanksgiving weekend to you
Hi Mike, what an amazing experience! Thanks for letting us know about this different side of Cuba.
Thanks For watching
Totally new experience for me too
Amazing video!! Definitely added to my bucket list ❤
Wow thanks so much Sherri
Thank you
Oh, how I love Cuba. I would love to visit these places. Reminds me of the buildings in Trinidad, Cuba. The best meals we’ve had in Cuba have been at farms. I love Cuban food! Out of respect, I always make sure to eat everything on my plate! I was widowed 7 years ago, but I keep going back!
Thanks so much!!!!!
I’m sorry to here but good for you to grind forward enjoy every day
Mike
Thanks Mike 😊 This is good one and We can learning a lot of other side of Cuba 🇨🇺👏👏👏
Absolutely Ricky
I actually didn’t know what I was getting into on this trip
Thanks for the support
Mike
Hi Mike great place ! ❤
Thanks so much
Thanks and Best Regards fm Sorrento, Italy.
Thanks For Watching
I appreciate it!!!
From Holguin Cuba 🇨🇺
Michael Michael, you're seriously raising the bar now
Amazing video
Thanks So much!!!’
Mike
What an amazing experience. I hope to one day experience all that Cuba has to offer.
Thanks for watching
That was interesting, lots of nice views too !
Thanks Jean
This has your DNA all over it and yet it is new and different. The subject matter is obviously different but the tone and presentation are on a whole different level. I think you have just re-invented yourself. Fantastic.
That’s a fantastic Compliment Ron!!!!
Have a great thanks Giving weekend
Great info here Mikey. Thanks dude! 😎
Thanks Steve
Wow, what a fantastic tour . I love Cuba !!!
Would love to take that tour. Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks Michelle
Absolutely complicated
Totally 👍
But amazing
Eagerly awaiting bro, this is one of the most awaited trip to Cuba,
Thanks Sameer
Heading to Varadero tomorrow
Hola Amigo
Your in it🎉
This is definitely one of your best videos
Loved this vid! Son of Holguin, but grew up in ON. Great videos. Ill say Hi when I see you there one day. Cuba hasnt been the same since 2020, but you enjoy and show the things that are the best of Cuba. Beaches, people and views. Best food will always be Paladares or privately owned restaurants. Keep it up amigo.
Thanks so much Robby
That’s Awesome
Thanks so much for your Humbling comment
Mike
Did this city trip about 10 years ago staying in Casas. Enjoyed about 10 days before heading to a resort I booked in Holguin in Santiago de Cuba. I tried to go a mountain resort but it was full up.
That’s Awesome
Love , love ,this video ❤ amazing!
That’s so much
That is an awesome tour Mike! We once did a 1 day tour from Brisas Guardalavaca to Santiago de Cuba. Was a long drive to and from but we enjoyed it. Your tour was much better, although hectic. Eco tourism can be enjoyable especially when you actually meet with the locals and see what their life experiences are although I know it presented by the Cuba Eco tourism. Thanks again hermano, Peter
Hey Peter!!!
I was happy to be invited on this 7days jammed packed adventure!!!!
I get that
Yes long days on a bus 🚌
lol
Just watched on the big tv! Really enjoyed it & it’s so cool that you got to do this!!👏👏
Thanks So much
It was a run and film and figure out kind of video
I’m happy you liked it
@@Finding-Fish it all came together wonderfully. You could do any style of video of Cuba & it would be great😊
Watching now … nostalgia 😊
Thanks For watching
This was a very complicated video to make!!!!
This was wonderful.. thank you for sharing!!!
Thanks for watching Daniel
I should do that one day
You should
About 10 years ago, i went on a Cuba Cruise. We embarked on our smaller cruise ship in Montego Bay, Jamaica, then we circum-navigated the Island of Cuba (clockwise) stopping at 5 different locations. It was a blast!
That’s cool!!!!!
Now that was a top drawer video!! What a Country Cuba is. I think I would like to book that tour!! The Hotels and food look superb and the scenery is second to none. We did a farm tour in Costa Rica and the farm tour you did looks similar. For me that would be high on my list. Mike is there any special time of the year to do these Eco Tours or would they be great year round? I see your subscriber numbers are ramping up quickly past the 10K mark. Take care and safe travels!!
The Eco tourism is. Busy all the time people from around the world love these tours
Europe
Asia
It’s very unique like Cuba itself
Very interesting Mike... 👌👍
Thanks Serge
Beautiful video. I did a similar trip several years ago, from El Ramon to Santiago de Cuba. Loved the mountains. I actually walked past the restaurant you began the video in. It was a shame you didn't get to go through the castle! Keep up the great work :)
Ya!!!
Like 👍
Wow, Mike. This was exceptional, basically a short documentary of the Santiago region.
I imagine there was a lot of time spent in editing to produce such a seamless video.
Good job!
Thanks Ted thanks so much
Absolutely a complicated video to make considering we were constantly moving!!!!
Thanks Ted
I appreciate it
Mike
Hi Mike, great video a usual! Just wondering how to go about booking something like this. Love the resorts but would love to experience some of the other places on the island. Thanks and keep up the good work,
This is a complicated endeavour
Eco Tours Cuba
Maybe the best bet
Yes that’s what I thought. Take care, thank you!
Went to Chiverico ( west of Santiago ) for 30 years … stayed at Los Galeones and knew lots of friends there …
Unfortunately, you now have to fly into Holguin and then bus ! 🇨🇦‼️🇨🇺
Holy Dutchy you been a lot of places in Cuba
This looks like my sort of trip! Do you have any general information or thoughts you can provide on how to go about arranging these trips if staying at resorts in Holguin?
I really don’t you can always call Eco Tours Cuba or check their website
we used to vacation in Santiago, but the airport is closed down and so is our old vacation spot. Wish so much we could return 😢
That’s to bad
It’s like a 3 hour bus ride from Holguin
will be nice if you add to this video description the names of the hotels . like the one on the montain seams like a very nice destination thud.
I have an apartment near Cespedes square, let me know if you ever go back. It was used to plan part of the revolution. Gladly will host if you want a local experience
Would love to know the name of the boutique resort you stayed at in the mountains with the horses economy friendly spot
Second Front Resort!!!!!
Hey Kevin,
Just wondering if you have any information where someone can book such an excursion?
My wife and I have been to Cuba numerous times, and have done the resort excursions from Cayo Coco places like Moron. However, we would be interested in auch a multi-day excursion to southern Cuba.
Any information would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Ecotours Cuba 🇨🇺 I don’t really know I was just tossed into the trip lol
Canada put in the sound system at that Tropicana … I think some other systems too ?
I think I heard that Dutchy
Hey guys anybody will be at varadero next week? I need 2 witnesses for my wedding . Thanks
Good luck and congratulations 🩷
lol
😂 if i come can i cut the cake 🎂!!!!!
lol joking
That’s awesome congrats
@Finding-Fish sure lol . 😆
How do I book this tour, my wife and I just watched the video you made! Nice work Mike!
I think Eco Tour 🇨🇺 Cuba
This was a completely unexpected trip I went on!!!
Please send the link for the bus trip that included the Boutique horse ranch
Second Front
Spell in Spanish that’s the Resort
that’s the way I do it when I go to Cuba I never went back to The resort to experience the real Cuban life
wow Mike...that was QUITE a different experience. I know my ladies would LOVE to do something like that. So it was 5 days in total? You flew into and out of Holguin?
Morning happy thanksgiving Jim
It was actually 7 days
Flew into Holguin
Stay at Muthu
Left the next day for Santiago de Cuba 🇨🇺 stayed one night, left for the mountains, stayed one night. Left for Maria Del Portillo, stayed one night hotel had some issues packed up left back for Holguin!!!
Some of it I didn’t film 🎥 the conference part, the issues, but I did film all the excursions. Very complicated tour!!!
Flew back out of Holguin
@@Finding-Fish oh and Happy Thanksgiving to you too!!!
Do you guys work in tech? It’d be amazing to be able to travel every week to an all inclusive to Cuba!
lol 😂 I wish!!!!
Probably help me with the editing 😂
@@Finding-Fish how are you guys able to travel around Cuba all the time!
Oh wow, I'm very excited for this, I have always wanted to see eastern Cuba 😍, would you recommend a resort in Eastern Cuba or how we could book something like this? (I live in Toronto) cheers!
ECO TUR CUBA, EXPLORE CUBA, REFERR to MIKE FISHER, FINDING FISH
I highlighted them in the Video at the end.
Mike
@@Finding-Fish thank you! Yes, I appreciate it. Commented before watching the entire video 😂 cheers Mike.
What hotel is this, where they welcome you dancing and with music that I didn't hear?
I will find it
Maria Del Pollito I believe
What’s the name of the farm-style hotel? And its location?
It’s located in Second Front
Spelt in Spanish
What's the name of that resort in the mountains near Santiago de Cuba?
In English it’s called Second Front
Gracias estimado amigo por tu lindo trabajo y colocar a nuestra preciosa isla de Cuba en el firmamento de uno de los destinos más maravillosos y hospitalarios del universo, Cubita Linda (ruclips.net/video/rojCeJbNl_U/видео.html)
I’ve heard that
Well, according to the news, the country is starving and misses everything. Who's telling the truth ??
Well I don’t watch the news!!!
I only showing you what I eat during my stay!!!!!
What the Resort has to offer during my stay
@@Finding-Fish i will see by myself soon. A girlfriend has a villa in Cuba and I'm invited to go as long as I wishes. Bald and bankrupt showed an other side of Cuba more like the news...