Bella Perla Marina

Top choice in Cienfuegos


Long popular for its city-center location and warm hospitality, Bella Perla is what you might call a ‘boutique’ private homestay. The house, with two standard rooms and a super-modern rooftop suite, has taken on fortress-like dimensions in recent years with a gorgeous plant-filled terrace crowning everything. Antique beds mix with romantic art and refined chandeliers and a full-sized billiards table.

Owner Waldo is a lover of antiques, old vinyl record players and plenty of facts and figures about the city he likes the best (Cienfuegos).


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