Description Varadero, Cuba

Varadero - the most famous beach resort and tourist mecca of Cuba. Varadero is famous for its beautiful beaches with clear coastal waters and beautiful scenery. Varadero is the largest resort complex of the Caribbean, with more than 50 hotels. Beaches Varadero recognized as one of the three best beaches in the world. "This is the most beautiful land human eyes have seen what" - were the words of Christopher Columbus when he landed in Cuba in 1492.

Varadero is located 140 kilometers east of Havana, on the peninsula Hikakos washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

International tourism in Varadero was born after the early 1930's, an American millionaire, built a large estate on the peninsula.

However, the first tourists came in Varadero as early as 1870, and for a long time, this place was considered an elite resort. In 1959, after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, the beach was open to a wide range of visitors, and all the houses removed from the property of their former wealthy owners.

Varadero "in translation from Spanish means" smolilnya. Once upon a time there was a shipyard, and the Spaniards resins their ships before sailing into the ocean. Now almost all built up Varadero hotels, they are an incredible number. Hotel complexes are located along the narrow isthmus, a length of 18 kilometers and a width of 700 meters, which delights the imagination of tourists with its huge beach with tropical palms, transparent coastal waters and white as powdered sugar and sand.

In 1992, the Varadero beach has been recognized by UNESCO one of the cleanest beaches in the world. On the choice of tourists will be offered many types of water activities - sailing, excursions on boats, fishing, scuba diving.