Casa Los Mangos is located in the UNESCO world heritage listed city of Trinidad, a direct walk away from the historical centre and shopping district. The house is set amongst a very large garden with an established grove of mango, banana and avocado trees and a wide variety of tropical plants, herbs and vegetables. There are 2 spacious rooms for rent, one a free-standing cabin. Both rooms include 2 double beds, en-suite bathroom, air conditioning, 240V and 110V power points, private entrance, mosquito nets, fans, minibar, luggage racks and access to a large verandah. The rooms overlook the garden and each verandah has outdoor furniture and hammocks for guest use. We have security parking for up to 4 vehicles, bicycles, beach towels and snorkeling gear for hire. 

We offer breakfast, snacks and dinner served on the verandah or in the garden, weather permitting, and beverages including cocktails, juices and smoothies made from home grown produce. Meals include locally sourced Fish, Pork, Sheep/Goat may be cooked on the BBQ in the garden served with fresh vegetable salad, viandas (fried or roasted pumpkin, sweet potato, malanga), arroz congri and fresh locally baked bread or a more Traditional Cuban Feast of roast pork, beans, fried green bananas, yuca (cassava), rice and salad followed by a traditional dessert and coffee. We also cater for vegetarians and any special dietary requirements.

The breakfast menu features home baked banana bread and our own free-range eggs and super-sized avocado, freshly roasted Cuban coffee and home-made jam. Fresh fruit juices made from our own or locally grown produce including old fashioned lemonade, mango juice or smoothie, banana smoothie, papaya, watermelon, guava, guanabana (soursop), tamarind or passionfruit juice are provided for breakfast and upon request. Cocktails including Mango, Guanabana or Lime Daquiri, Mojito, Cuba Libre, Canchanchara and Local Beer are also offered. 

Our guests are welcome to wander through the garden at their leisure and will be offered a tour of the grounds and an introduction to local fruits and vegetables. There is a pergola and hammocks in which to relax, read and enjoy a fresh beverage. We are only 5 minutes by car to La Boca Beach or a 30 minute – 1 hour scenic bicycle ride along the Caribbean coast to various snorkeling and swimming beaches including Playa Ancon. 

All of the major tourist sites in Trinidad can be visited on foot or by bicycle taxi. We can arrange salsa classes, Spanish lessons, restaurant bookings, taxi and horse rides to the popular sites just outside Trinidad and a walking tour of the historical centre. There is a daily train journey into the Valley of the Sugar Mills and the station is a 5 minute walk from here. An information sheet of things to do and see in the area is provided in the rooms. 

Your host is Fiona Wilson, once a sales and marketing manager in the Australian book publishing industry, and still an intrepid world traveller, who fell in love with Cuba 20 years ago, travelled all over and finally settled here in 2012 to open a bed and breakfast in her favourite colonial Cuban town, between the mountains and the sea.