Situated on the north west side of the Cuba on the Atlantic coast Varadero is a nice quite town with 20km long beach. Our visit included stay in one of modern newly build hotels (most of them are build after 1990) on the Varadero beach .
Varadero airport is about 30 - 45min. drive from most of the Varadero hotels. In our stay we also included a day trip to Havana. Havana is 2h drive from Varadero on narrow so-called "Mafia highway" constructed in the 1930s.

Map of Cuba .
Discover Cuba through the web sites listed in the Cuba directory .

Trip to Havana was very informative and drive through Matansas city and Province that has the same name allowed us to learn more about history since Columbus discovered Cuba until present day.

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Since 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered this Island and by that North American continent, Cuba had versatile history. Spanish conquerors have constructed first settlements as early as 1512 and since then Spanish, English and US have governed with the Island. In May 1902 Cuba received formal Independence after three years of North American military occupation.

General Fulgencio Batista by means of a coup came to power and ruled from 1952 to 1959 when well-known Cuban Revolution took place and since then President of Cuba is Fidel Castro. Another name stands out when the revolution is mentioned and this is Argentinean born Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

Old Man & Cigar

Cuba today left the impression that "Che" is on display everywhere and main interest of foreign tourists. On market places or souvenir shops among others there are all kinds of souvenirs available with "Che's" image. Of course most popular products of Cuba that you may wish to bring along is rum and cigars. Before you do that find out were to buy them legally and how much you are allowed to bring with you.

At the end I would like to add that one thing stands out in Cuba and this is hospitality of Cuban people. Despite hardship of living under economic sanctions for more then 45 years Cubans are warm and very friendly.


Hope you’ll enjoy it as much we did.