Matanzas
Rooms at this 2nd-floor apartment have TV, security boxes and balconies, plus there's underground parking. Exceedingly helpful owner Evelio is a fount of…
Must-see hotels in Matanzas Province
Varadero
Traditional gray-stone Varadero house right on a dreamy slice of beach. Five rooms with roof beams and traditional 1940s feel. Book ahead.
Varadero
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…
Matanzas Province
Perched above the Río Canímar 8km east of Matanzas, the Canimao has 160 rooms with little balconies that look like they were last updated during the Cold…
Varadero
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…
Varadero
The turreted Pullman still stands defiantly in Varadero town, competing, not altogether successfully, with the surrounding casas particulares (rooms in…
Matanzas Province
A sleepy motel with 12 rooms in thatched blue-and-white double units with ceiling fans, crackling TVs and patios – and a random frog or two in the…
Varadero
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…
Playa Larga
On a small scimitar of white-sand beach by the road, just east of the village of Caletón, this hotel has huge rooms in detached bungalows with bathroom,…
Playa Larga
Located smack in the middle of the village of Caletón is this humongous place with 14 rooms, all with private bathrooms. There's a dining area (serving…
Varadero
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…
Varadero
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),…
Playa Girón
On a beach imbued with historical significance lies this pretty mediocre hotel. The preserve of divers and holidaying Cubans these days, the villa has…
Varadero
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…
Varadero
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…
Varadero
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…
