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Cuba... Caribbean with a Difference.

Advantages: Tropical Paradise, Havana, All inclusive hotels.
Disadvantages: Scary Customs.

...Holland again.

Varadero and Accommodation
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Suitcase issues aside we arrived in Varadero, a beautiful beach resort filled with tropical palms and miles of sandy beaches on crystal blue seas. It is the same as over most of the Caribbean, fantastic if you like beaches. I personally am not much of a beach man but anyone who is will be very satisfied.

Whenever travelling All Inclusive ...
...and mint.

Varadero itself did not really have a huge amount to offer, there were quite a good number of high end clothes shops (good as I had no clothes and was buying on my travel insurance). It is mainly hotels and beaches and has a large nature reserve. I guess it would be possible to have a very relaxing and filling holiday hanging around the hotel and beaches but personally I like to get out and about so on with the excursions.
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hero164 24.10.2007 (24.10.2007)
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Sandals Royal Hicacos Resort & Spa

Advantages: great food, lovely beach, lots of amenities.
Disadvantages: not as advertised, lousy service sometimes, expensive.

We chose Sandals Royal Hicacos in Cuba as our Honeymoon destination. The resort is very nice, but it is not what we expected from a Sandals resort and was certainly not worth the price that we paid for it. We stayed for 2 weeks from 21st July 2003. We booked through The Holiday Place (online) in the UK; we spent many weeks looking for offers for either an all-inclusive or a cruise for our honeymoon. We eventually chose a Sandals resort (this resort ...
...most luxurious and pampering holiday from all those offered. From the advertising that Sandals gives on TV and in brochures, their resorts certainly look perfect for Honeymoon couples. Our travel agent sent through our tickets in the wrong name (yes, we should have double-checked them, but like you don't have enough to organise when you get married!) so we had 3 hours of intense stress at the airport finding a way for us to fly. Eventually we had ...

redridinghood 23.08.2003 · Read full review
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Sandals Royal Hicacos Beach Resort Varadero

Advantages: Excellent service, climate and people
Disadvantages: menus need a review, water features...

...Yank you fly direct into Varadero on a charter flight, you are probably looking for a week or two of blistering Caribbean sun, a few cold ones and the cosseted pampering of an all-inclusive resort. If that's you, then look no further. However - and it's a biggie - if you chose Varadero over, say, Jamaica, because, well, it's Cuba innit, then you might be disappointed. This isn't Cuba, it's bland, sterile, feels like it could be anywhere in the sub-tropics, ...
...So bear with me. Varadero was developed during the 1990s as Cuba looked for an alternative source of foreign (hard) currency. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union the bankrolling of the Cuban economy to the tune of several $US Billion per year by the Soviet government dried up almost overnight. This left Cuba in a state of affairs referred to euphemistically as the 'special economic period'. No income of foreign currency (blame the US sanctions ...

anthonylees 21.10.2003 · Read full review
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Sandals Royal Hicacos...... its.....blah!

Advantages: Excellent staff. Right on the beach. Very clean.
Disadvantages: Very dated. Limited food choice. Bizarre entertainment.

...Hicacos and not Cuba or Varadero as a place to visit. I can't fault Cuba as a holiday destination.... it's fabulous! I`ll get straight to the point instead of giving a blow by blow account of my entire holiday. We stayed at this resort of 2 weeks in July 2007. Good Points: The staff were wonderful. Especially the waiters/waitresses and the maids. They are paid buttons and work very hard for tips but they don't at all come across as pushy and never ...
...maid cleaned our room and arranged our towels into some sort of amazing sculpture! Swans, hearts, flowers.... we saw it all... literally works of art... with towels! Our maid wrote us a little welcome letter and a little "hope you enjoyed your stay and will remain in love with each other forever" letter for us on our last day.... very sweet. She was discreet and we never actually saw her and our room was always very clean. Our fridge was kept constantly ...

LGRAY26 10.03.2009 · Read full review
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Varadero & Hotel Iberostar Tainos

Advantages: Beautiful beaches & pretty cheap when you get there
Disadvantages: Lots of begging in Havana

I went to Varadero for one week in April 2005. First of all, my holiday got off to a bad start with a 10 hour delay with Thomas Cook Airlines (I have written a review of them separately). I went to the Iberostar Tainos hotel in Varadero. I would say the hotel is of an excellent standard, both for food and accommodation. There is a fridge and satellite TV in the room. The bathroom was very clean and modern. The hotel is all-inclusive so food is served ...
...like that EVERY DAY. Varadero is a tourist-based town with very little of the real Cuba. However, if you like the beach, it is fabulous here and the hotels do have all the food and drink and amenities you won't find in the local towns. There is not really much to see in Varadero but there is a local park called Parque Josone. This is a beautiful public park with a lake in the centre. You can hire a small boat to use on the lake. There are different ...

Maureen100 08.05.2005 · Read full review
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Sandals Royal Hicacos

Advantages: All inclusive, laid back, peaceful
Disadvantages: 2+ hour journey from Havana

16th – 30th August 2004 Flights We flew from Manchester to London Heathrow on BMI. The service and leg room on BMI was excellent. However, it is a very short flight and were just getting comfortable when the flight landed. Our connecting flight from Heathrow to Havana was with Air Jamaica. This flight was delayed an hour for boarding because of Hurricane Charley which was causing problems for most flights in that direction. Once boarded the flight ...
...Aid Kit. The leg room on board was EXCELLENT in economy and the food was very good. We were constantly being feed and given drinks (champagne, beer or any drink you desired). The main problem we did have was that the big screen in front of us was not working and our headsets were not working properly. However, that was not something that bothered me too much. On the flight back, we stopped in Jamaica and had to leave the plane for it to be cleaned. ...

ukusa 26.11.2004 · Read full review
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Advantages: Very safe, beautiful beaches, friendly
Disadvantages: Not too much of the 'real Cuba' to see.

Varadero is a large tourist resort on the Atlantic coast of Cuba and is a peninsular of I spent two weeks in Varadero with my partner at the beginning of June 2008. What a stunning location. Varadero beach is the most beautiful beach I have been on in my life, with its stunning white sand stretching up the coastline and mild temperature Atlantic Ocean to bathe in. I love this beach! The beach is, of course, the main reason so many tourists visit Varadero! There's always loads of water sports going on there too! There is more to do than just the beaches however. With all the hotels offering All Inclusive packages (and it seems almost every tourist is indeed on one of those) the tendency seems to be for many never to venture beyond the gates of their complex, which is a real shame. First and foremost this is one of the safest ...

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Hotel Palma Real, varadero, Cuba

Advantages: All round good pick for those wanting Caribbean on a budget. Great beach!
Disadvantages: Probably not quite up to 5* standards like some other hotels, but we didn't mind!

I stayed at Hotel Palma Real, Varadero, Cuba in September 2005 with a friend. We both had a fantastic holiday. I would rate this as a 3/4 star hotel, as it is typically at the lower end of the pricing for holidays to Varadero. However, don't let this put you off this merely makes it even more value for money! Location# The hotel is situated approximately 150 metres from the beach. Literally cross the road and you are there. Facilities on the beach include sunloungers, parasols, snack bar serving food and drinks, watersports, dance classes. The beach itself is beautiful and is around 20 miles long so you can walk as far as you like. We didn't find a problem with the beach being across the road, if anything it made us explore a little more than if we had been staying at hotel that was on the beach itself. Hotel Facilities ...

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See as much of Cuba as possible and talk to the people

Advantages: Friendly People, beeches and Hotel service
Disadvantages: Be aware of the free loaders and people offering services

If your thinking of a holiday in Cuba, then read this. Firstly, if you just fancy sitting around pools in luxury hotels, why go all the way to Cuba? Yes the private beaches are fantastic, the sea clear and warm and the hotel service in general, is very good. But I think the only way to enjoy Cuba is by getting amongst the people of Cuba. I have been twice and the first time I traveled to the second city Holguin and stayed in a private rented house outside the town. Big mistake! Not many English speakers and so I struggled to order food and drinks etc, But the second time, armed with a little Spanish, I again traveled to Holguin, but this time I also traveled to Havana and took in a few nights at an all inclusive in Varadero too. My advice then is to plan your holiday to try and see as much of Cuba as possible and meet and talk to ...

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