The island of Cuba and extends along Hicacos Peninsula
Paradisaical point of Cuban geography, combining the attractions of nature and comfort of modern life, here stands one of the largest Varadero the island, hotels, cabarets, restaurants, golf courses, including others that satisfy the most demanding of tourists who visit.
Varadero is located in the northernmost part of the island of Cuba and extends along Hicacos Peninsula, 22 kilometers of beach with a wide strip of fine white sand and a sea of warm, clear waters.
Founded on December 5, 1887, begins to develop as a resort town in the forties, and its main resource, the beach, in addition to this it has great natural resources, such as caves and cliffs, lots cays still unexplored and easily accessible, attractive cultural, historical and environmental, related to the cities of Matanzas and Cárdenas, Zapata Peninsula and the Spa of San Miguel de los Baños.
Varadero is a free port and has exceptionally good conditions for scuba diving, deep sea fishing and various water sports, as well as archaeological attractions like the caves of Ambrosio and Muslims, in Peñas de San Bernardino is Varadero facilities Golf Club, which combine different styles of architecture, manicured greens, wide and unprotected, wide streets bordered by trees.
Many establishments of all categories are located in this resort area, which offer visitors gastronomic variety, from popular fast food to the Cuban cuisine specialties and international categories accommodations for two, three, four and five stars, belonging to transnational companies.
Varadero’s attractions are the great variety of marine resources such as corals, fish, lobsters, fish, shrimp, crabs and turtles, which can be seen from the seabed.
Diving is an activity that can be practiced in a place called Blue Hole Mégano Eye, a huge cavern 70 meters in diameter, whose walls submerged coral reefs and you can see huge schools of colorful fish. Another attraction is the Marine Park Cayo Piedras del Norte, which occupies an area of two square nautical miles.
Varadero is one of the most famous beaches in Cuba and is the main tourist destination of sun and beach, with beautiful scenery and lush vegetation, warm weather, a clear sea, fine white sand, make it an unforgettable destination Varadero and unrepeatable.
Matanzas is the capital of the province, turned into a rich and cultured city for French immigrants in the late eighteenth century, south of the town is located in the Zapata Peninsula, home to one of the most important ecosystems Cuba and the biggest reserve of swamps in the Caribbean, which provides a habitat for rare flora and fauna. Varadero is located 140 kilometers east of the city of Havana and 30 miles from Matanzas, supports the sun for twelve hours and the average temperature is 25 degrees Celsius. The natural caves of the peninsula served as a hideout for pirates and runaway slaves, one of them is the Cave of Ambrosio, where the largest group of pictographs in the Caribbean area.