Trip Advisor gives La Villa de Soledad B&B 2 (yes two) certificates for 2014!

A big thank you to all our guests that have taken their time to write a review about their stay at La Villa de Soledad B&B! Despite the fact that we are a relatively new property, we have been awarded two different Trip Advisor certificates in 2014!

We were pleased to have been signaled out as winners of the 2014 Travelers Choice award for Bed and Breakfasts in La Ceiba Honduras, were we came up in first place. Perhaps even more outstanding than this is the fact that we came up on the list for Bed and Breakfasts in Honduras in second place, after the famous La Casa de Cafe, that has offered outstanding service in Copan Ruinas for over 10 years!

The second award we were granted is the 2014 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence, given to properties that consistently get outstanding comments from their guests!

Soledad and I have put our hearts into putting together a truly special, unique property to make people feel at home. We only have 4 rooms available, insuring a quiet, comfortable and pleasant stay in an uncrowded environment. She is an outstanding cook and loves to make our guests delicious, home made food. The setting that we have is truly unique, on a small bluff overlooking the Cangrejal River and looking straight into Pico Bonito National Park.

The rooms are all part of our home, each is different, but they all have a private bath with hot water, direct access to our gardens and a porch with a hammock. For pictures and more information about La Villa de Soledad, visit our web page at www.lavilladesoledad.com or our facebook page: www.facebook.com/LaVilladeSoledad.

La Ceiba en la mirada del Gobierno Central de la República por su gran potencial turístico

En las ultimas 2 semanas, La Ceiba ha recibido a importantes autoridades del Gobierno Central de la República de Honduras que buscan destacar y potenciar su gran potencial turístico. El Director del Instituto Hondureño de Turismo, Emilio Silvestri acompañó a las autoridades municipales durante el Gran Carnaval de la Amistad que culminó con el desfile de carrozas y presentación estalar del cantante Wilfredo Vargas el Sábado 24 de Mayo.

Precisamente unos dias antes de este gran evento, el presidente del Congreso Nacional, el Dr. Mauricio Oliva estuvó en La Ceiba para hacer entrega personal del decreto legislativo que da categoría de Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación al Carnaval de La Ceiba, cuya edicion XLII (Cuadragésima segunda) se celebro el fin de semana pasado. Este decreto pone en relieve la importancia del Carnaval Ceibeño, que a lo largo de más de 4 décadas se ha convertido en la fiesta cultural mas importante y destacada de Honduras, y uno de los carnavales mas sobresalientes de Centro América.

Finalmente, el Presidente de la Republica, el Abogado Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado estuvo en la Ciudad el dia de ayer, lunes 26 de mayo en una reunión con diversos actores de la ciudad. Aunque el evento no se trataba de Turismo, sino de el sistema de Seguridad Social de Honduras y las reformas propuestas a este, abrió su presentación haciendo alusión al Exito que tuvo el Gran Carnaval de La Ceiba, y destacó el potencial turístico de tiene la ciudad .

Sin duda, la visitación turística a La Ceiba se verá incrementado por los esfuerzos conjuntos entre las autoridades nacionales, edilicias y el sector privado de la ciudad.

La Ceiba, Tropical Paradise on the Caribbean!

There is a city in Honduras that is known for its friendly people, festive mood and best of all, abundant nature. There are actually 4 very diverse protected areas within its reach, including cloud forest, tropical rain forest, marine coastal lagoons, mangrove canals, and some of the most pristine coral reef systems in the Caribbean. The City has its name from a huge, massive, tree that provided shade to its founding fathers, a Ceiba tree, considered a sacred tree by the ancient Maya,s that inhabited Western Honduras.

The City of La Ceiba has played an important role in Honduran history, despite the fact that it is a relatively young city. This was the original capital of the original Banana Republic, where the Banana industry first started developing what is today modern Honduras. It was here where the most important modern day companies in Honduras where born, such as Banco Atlantida, the first and oldest bank in the country, Cerveceria Hondureña the Honduran brewery that brews all 4 national beer brands: Salvavida, Imperial, Port Royal and Barena.

Today La Ceiba is going through a change in its economy, with the Standard Fruit Company (Owners of Dole) are less and less influential, and the tourism industry is acquiring more relevance. La Ceiba is one of the most diverse areas in Central America, here you can find a modern city with first class hotels within the city, beach resorts on lovely expanses of beach, crystal clear creeks, magnificent white water rafting, hot springs in the jungle, Garifuna villages, and much, much more...

La Ceiba is known for its famous Carnival that takes place the third or fourth week in May. The city commemorates its patron saint, San Isidro, whose day is celebrated on the 15th of May. If you are looking for a good time, you should definitively consider visiting La Ceiba next weekend, May 23rd and 24th. You will have the time of your life!

Drummers at the Carnival in La Ceiba

Pretty young native on one of the floats during the parade.