Varadero
Wood and thatch combined with vast public areas with babbling water features lend a mellifluous air to this undeniable slice of Varadero luxury run by the…
Must-see hotels in Varadero
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Why would you want to blow hundreds of dollars on an all-inclusive when you can pay CUC$45 a night to stay at Beny's house? It's within spitting distance…
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Always one of Varadero’s more salubrious offerings, this attractive low-rise resort at the end of the peninsula has recently changed brands from Spanish…
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Twice as big as its sister hotel Meliá Las Américas, and happy to cater to families, the 490-room Meliá Varadero immediately impresses with its…
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Suspend your judgment on Varadero’s tallest and most architecturally unsubtle resort. Trying hard to imitate an Aztec pyramid from the outside (why?), the…
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The five-star Paradisus has recently carved a new campus out of what's left of Varadero's fallow land and renovated its original complex. They join a…
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With a big asking price, you're going to have high expectations of this adults-only Meliá resort. Despite its size (630 rooms), it's certainly heavy on…
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The array of shady terraces at this leading private homestay option will have hotels hereabouts looking enviously over their shoulders – as will the three…
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The smaller, more grown-up alternative to the Meliá Marina Varadero next door, Las Américas has a no-kids policy, a nice slice of palm-tree-embellished…
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No, that's not a beached cruise liner, but a five-star Meliá! Part of the plushly redeveloped Marina Gaviota, this has several key advantages over its…
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Varadero's most intimate lodging is in the grand former residence of US chemical-entrepreneur Irenée Du Pont, where eight fairly simple art deco–era rooms…
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Giant chess set, thatched beach parasols, swim-up pool bar; it's all here at the 4½-star Península (one of 11 Meliás in Varadero). In case you get them…
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Varadero’s erstwhile art deco hotel, the Continental was regrettably knocked down a couple of years ago to make way for this high-rise giant. Granted, it…
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Part of the Meliá group's cheaper 'Sol' brand, this 3½-star dates from 1990. While the architecture doesn't exactly take your breath away, the hotel has…
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Concrete-block architecture and palm-fringed beaches make jarring bedfellows that are all too common in Varadero. But the Tuxpán is famous for other…
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By the time you reach the end of the peninsula, all of the strung-out resorts appear to merge into one – this one. The Memories (not to be confused with…
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'Sleeping in the waves' is how the name of this beach-fronting house translates and you almost are – at least, you're far closer to them than you would be…
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La Ocean Varadero El Patriarca
Varadero
Named for a nearby giant cactus that the hotel developers mercifully didn't bulldoze, the Patriarca has some worthy quirks. The room units are wooden…
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A treat of a house, Papo's is modest on the outside but surprisingly elegant within with antique Louis XV furniture – and that includes in the bedrooms…
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Two rooms, one with its own neat little breakfast bar, front a peaceful private courtyard below, whilst up and round the corner, Betty will cook for you …
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Red-roofed villas, a palm-fringed walkway leading down to the beach, numerous bars, restaurants, beauty salons and kids clubs, and a rather plush wood…
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Handy little homestay right next to the Víazul bus station with one independent apartment (with bunk beds and ideal for families) and another normal…
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Traditional gray-stone Varadero house right on a dreamy slice of beach. Five rooms with roof beams and traditional 1940s feel. Book ahead.
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This new-ish Starfish hotel is different from other 21st-century Varadero accommodations. It's not an all-inclusive, it's not a casa particular (private…
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The Delfines is unusual for Varadero in that it's a cheap all-inclusive that inhabits the town itself rather than the spread-out hotel zone to the east…
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The turreted Pullman still stands defiantly in Varadero town, competing, not altogether successfully, with the surrounding casas particulares (rooms in…
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A venerable old 1930s hacienda-style building, the sprawling Kawama was the first of the 60-plus hotels to inhabit this once-deserted peninsula more than…
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One wonders if this former personal residence of dictator Fulgencio Batista would still appeal to his opulent taste. The first of what could be termed the…
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Settling for a could-do-better 'C' grade, Be Live looks suspiciously like the airport you just left to come here (right down to the observation tower),…
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Not fussy? Then head for this all-inclusive at the west end of the peninsula, whose architecture is a little Russian and where the ambience is more Cuban…
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The sedate four-room Villa Sunset comes with a large well-appointed sitting room and front porch and the absence of on-site owners (not uncommon in…
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A narrow house with three rooms on a quiet back street, with hosts that are among Varadero's favorites with travelers. There is a ranchón (rustic, open…