My wife and I spent four evenings at Bahia Marina Resort which was a wonderful experience. The owner Jose and his wife Lisa couldn't do enough for you. Jose was around most of the time and he insured that we had a happy experience day or night.

The apartment was spacious with a beautiful tropical panoramic view from the balcony. My wife liked the spacious kitchen which was well equipped including stainless steel appliances. The whole apartment was bright,colorful and done in good taste.

The supper food surprised me. I did not expect such excellent food and attentive service. Whether we had meat or fish, it was excellent. The ribs I cut with my fork! The vegtables were crunchy, not overdone and properly priced meals. No gouging here. We had lunch at Mamacit'as which is very colorful and borders the pretty,connecting channel. Good experience.

We visited Flamenco Beach twice. It is outstanding and rated in the top 10 in the world. It is so beautiful. Blue, blue, blue calm waters for swimming and wading. The hotel people dropped us off at the ferry dock and we took one of the many Flamenco taxis for $2.00 each way. If you rent a jeep you can go to many other beaches, some deserted and snorkeling sites. We rented kayaks close by and paddled in the neighboring bay.

We visited the Butaki art store and my wife discovered the stateside artist/owner who fell in love with Culebra. My artist wife contracted for a half day of lessons and insights. A highlight for her and wants to return for his lessons. (Wish he wasn't so good looking.)

Culebra is still a tropical, rustic island and our stay at Bahia made our vacation most pleasurable.

We recently stayed at Bahia Marina, on Culebra. I enjoyed the view from our room, which overlooked the bay. It is high on a hill, which was nice for the breeze. You will need definitely need a jeep because it is pretty far from town and beaches. It does have a nice small pool, with nice cool water. This is a good couple's getaway, but I would not say that this would be a good place to bring small children. The restaurant is in a small bar area, and the kids I saw were running around, falling in the fountain, playing around and under the grown-up's table. There simply isn't anyplace else for them to go. The pool is okay for kids, but I think they would be bored. Plus, they could easily fall off the balconies and terraces, which are pretty steep. Better to stay near the beach. The rooms here are all suites with kitchens. They do not supply breakfast at all, so you will have to do some grocery shopping if you stay here. Like most Caribbean places, the roosters are a nuisance in the morning. Bring earplugs!

I do give the Bahia Marina a five star on location. The view from Phase-one rental is spectacular! I have been to Culebra many times and I do know what to expect there, but based upon the advertising that the Bahia Marina portrays I was somewhat disappointed.

The Bahia Marina appears to have many problems, they advertise three restaurants that are available, The dinner restaurant is the Dakity which is fine dining. The Dakity was never open during our week stay, It has very limited hours. Mainly Thursday Friday and Saturday only.

The second restaurant was called the Shipwreak Bar and Grill. It was represented to be an open- air with light fare for lunch and dinner. The Shipwreak however, was opened only from 6-9PM. As a result there was no food, or beverage service of any kind available prior to 6PM. In order to get a drink or food prior to 6PM one would be required to drive to Dewy where facilities are available, but limited. I have never been to a “resort” in season that had no food or beverage service for breakfast, lunch or early dinner.

The third little Bistro called the Cayo swim up bar is located in a second Phase which is where their second pool is located. In order to access this pool and bar one needs to hike down 50 steps or drive down to the lower parking lot. This is a very beautiful facility however, it has no service manned or self service. It appears to have been closed for months or never opened. Phase-Two also over looks a hillside with roosters, and no sea view. If your booking I would suggest staying at Phase-One.

Phase-One however has its own set of service problems beyond those previously mentioned. We saw no daily housekeeping service until our third day there and that was only after asking the front desk for towels and garbage removal. When housekeeping did show up to clean the room, they made the beds but never cleaned the bathroom or gave us towels. TV service with basic cable was not working for the first four days of our stay. Upon inquiry by us, no explanation or compensation was offered.
On the positive side, the grounds were impeccably maintained and the food at the restaurant, when it was open, was the best on the island. Overall this is a beautiful piece of property which is improperly staffed and managed. As a result service levels do not reach minimal tolerable levels. This situation would not be so bad, if alternative restaurants, bars and resorts were easily accessible.

Bahia Marina is a nice condo property on Culebra. It is not far from town -- you probably want to rent a Jeep as town is not within walking distance and it is off a dirt road.

It is a beautiful property, and we could see the ocean from the condo. It definitely is luxury for the island -- I don't think you'll find a nicer place to stay. It had a separate living room with a futon couch/bed that my wife and I enjoyed watching satellite TV on.

It really is a place to getaway from it all. The one minus was that the indoor restaurant was closed when we went right before Thanksgiving. That caused us to eat outside -- and we got eaten alive by mosquitos even with repellent on. The mosquitos were very bad on Culebra -- much worse than when we went over to Vieques. I had over 20 bites -- I kid you not -- after the 2 night stay on Culebra.

The staff was very nice and we really did enjoy ourselves for the short stay on the island. We would go back to Bahia Marina -- and this time we would put on extra repellent.