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Varadero is located on the northernmost part of the island of Cuba and is a wide strip of fine white sandy beach that runs along the narrow Hicacos Peninsula for 22 Km (over 13.5 miles). This world-famous resort is 130 kilometers east of Havana.Varadero began to be developed as a summer vacation resort in the 1940s, but it was not until the last ten years that hotels and facilities were added and upgraded.
Varadero main attraction has always been its marvelous beach, but you can also explore its caves and virgin keys in north-eastern end of the peninsula and Varadero also has good conditions for scuba diving, deep-sea fishing, yachting and other water sports.
Varadero's seabed is home to more than 40 kinds of corals, hundreds of species of fish, lobsters, shrimps, crabs and turtles, and more than 70 kinds of mollusks. The main diving site in Varadero is known as Hoyo Azul Ojo del Mégano, a huge 70-meter-wide cave that is famous for its underwater walls, coral reefs and schools of multicolored fish.
For Golfers, The Varadero Golf Club, designed by architect Les Furber, chairman of the Canadian company Golf Design Services is located in Peñas de San Bernardino. The golf course combines different styles, including classical, with broad streets limited by trees, and wide and unprotected greens.
Next to the Varadero Golf Course is the Club House, where players meet after a golf session in The Xanadu Mansion, designed by architects Cavarrocas and Govantes in 1927.
Matanzas and Cárdenas cities are located near Varadero where small town Cuban life can be explored.
Cuba Travel Expert Reviews on Varadero Cuba
I arrived at the airport and was so pleasantly surprised at all the warmth you are greeted with (after you go through customs). We had a fun bus ride to our hotel with a guide who made certain to point everything out to us along our route. We arrived at the hotel and I being a beach person put my bathing suit right on and off the beach I went. Varadero beach was incredible, the white powder sand and the beautiful water. The water was greens and blues like I have never seen before. I walked on the beach without my feet burning on the sand; it was so smooth and beautiful. I took daily walks up and down the beaches. It was serene and magnificent. There is this man with a cart selling t-shirts and it was great and convenient. It was not like other places I had been where they hound you to buy things. They are just there walking up and down as a convenience for people like me who really didn’t want to leave the beach and have to go to stores to buy souvenirs. I spent the most beautiful relaxing week of my life there. I met a lot of great people who live in Cuba and plan on traveling there again this summer. I have yet to see a more beautiful beach. I learnt a huge lesson of life on this vacation; you can never judge anything until you give it a try yourself. I almost missed out of all that had I not tried traveling there.