1: lots of musquitoes and sand fleas...bring bug stuff you will be fine
2: show everynight at hotel + piano in lobby...disco was closed when I was there august 1 to 8
3: No other hotel around
4: No beach really it has been washed away, I swam and swam and found no fish but did no go to far some said if you go futher there is
5: you can rent a moped, take the insurance and know how to fix them...they often broke down for the tourist who rented them while I was there, 24 a day or 37 for a tour to a bat cave a town ect..with a mechanic and guide people said it was really fun
6: did the all day Santiago tour for 75.00, roca del moro castle, cemeterio santa infiginia, diego velazquez museum, a rhum store, a really good seafood restaurant
others did the daulphin tour, 80. jurasic park...a joke, daulphins 30 min, shopping, a bad restaurant and more
the moped tour is fun for 37.00
7: Food, one small buffet always the same but fine for Cuba standards bland. fish, chicken, rice, pasta, great chocoate ice cream. One stack grill cheese and fries, pork bugers, hotdogs only one a la carte did not try
Go with an open mind, enjoy the cuban alcool don't pay too much bring a flashlight, watershoes...very slippery tiles when wet have fun
