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Having a more understated look (and more personable service) than many of its neighbors has helped Sanda...
Varadero is huge – there are at least 50 hotels. For budget travelers turning up impromptu, hunting down bargain rooms is a sport akin to marathon running. Book ahead or concentrate your efforts on the peninsula's southwest end where hotels are cheaper and the town retains a semblance of Cuban life. It is illegal to rent private rooms in Varadero and the law is strictly enforced.
Having a more understated look (and more personable service) than many of its neighbors has helped Sanda...
This old stalwart stands like a royal blue sentinel at the entrance to Varadero...
Some of the rooms are mini-suites with a fridge, microwave and seating area and, although the furnishing...
The first hotel you encounter when driving into Varadero is an attractive enough place with a lovely pal...
This intimate Spanish castle-style pensione is one of Varadero's nicest budget-type hotels and has long ...
Apparently this garden suburb of cream bungalows sits on the most coveted part of the peninsula judging ...
Plain from the front, but infinitely more attractive on the oceanside, this four-story, crescent-shaped ...
Formerly the Gran Hotel, Club Amigo’s lurid pinks, yellows and greens suggest Disneyland, Vegas or worse...
Another decent choice for independent-minded travelers is one of these one-bedroom apartments with kitch...
This stunning resort wins the prize for Varadero's most impressive lobby (and there's some pretty ostent...
The monstrously sized 1025-room Sirenis, opened in 2007, is Cuba's biggest hotel (you'd need a book to l...
This complex is actually made up of two hotels situated three blocks apart...
A mammoth place with 532 rooms in two eight-story towers...
Opened in December 1950 as a sister hotel to Miami's Fontainebleau, the four-story Internacional is Vara...
A venerable old hacienda-style building from the 1930s, the Kawama is a piece of Varadero history...
Hotel chain Islazul goes (almost) all-inclusive in this friendlier, cozier copy of the big resorts furth...
Varadero's most intriguing, intimate lodging is in the grand former residence of US chemical entrepreneu...
This very good value resort in western Varadero is squeezed between the beach and the canal, meaning eve...
The eastern tip of the peninsula at Punta Hicacos is five-star territory and this Meliá wins the Oscar f...
Built in the shape of a pre-Columbian Mexican pyramid, the Blau might have taken the Cancún comparisons ...
Right on a great piece of beach, this activities- oriented hotel attracts youthful package tourists and ...
You've arrived at the luxury end of the peninsula...
Affording some semblance of independence, the one- and two-bedroom apartments in this scattered complex ...
This large resort right on the beach now run by the French Accor chain was once a personal residence of ...
If you prefer a little house to a hotel set-up, try one of these 25 older two-story villas, each with th...
Some may revel in Tryp's four-star luxuries...
At no-frills, no-pretensions Villa la Mar you'll dine on fried chicken, mingle with peso-paying Cuban to...
The 1960s concrete-block architecture make this all-inclusive one of Varadero's ugliest tourist shrines,...
Admittedly, this 1970s Legoland structure is never going to win any architectural prizes...
Formerly known as Hotel Bellamar (locals still call it that), this place is one block from the beach...
Ever had the feeling of déjà vu? You will here at this other large end-of-peninsula complex, where child...
This hotel is a training ground for Cuban students vying to work in the tourist industry and is the best...
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