is one of more beautiful Cuban beaches, and also is the best equipped beach of the island.

It is situated on the Hicacos Peninsula, between the Bay of Cárdenas and the Straits of Florida, some 140 km east of Havana, at the eastern end of the Via Blanca highway. It's connected to Havana by a freeway of great visual beauty.

The peninsula is only 1.2 km wide at its widest point and is separated from the island of Cuba by the Kawama Channel. This spit of land however extends more than 20 kilometers from the mainland in a northeasterly direction and its tip, Punta Hicacos, is the northernmost point of the island of Cuba. At the northeastern end of the peninsula there is a nature reserve with virgin forests and beaches




Varadero also has an international airport connected with several cities of North America and Europe.

More than 20 km (12.5 miles) of beaches of the best quality, 14000 rooms in around 50 hotel facilities, 70% of which are category of 4 and 5 stars; restaurants, night clubs, golf fields, marines and centers of nautical sports, as well as a privileged climate and other natural beauties as cliffs, keys, lagoons and natural parks that transform it into one of the main tourist destinations of Cuba.

Its most valued resource; the beach, has added natural attractions such as the caves and rasp, and a rosary of virgin keys easily accessed. Unfortunately those natural resources today show a lack of care and maintenance and have already lost a lot of ecologic value and attraction. Nevertheless these riches of natural scenery overshadow Varedero's status as the most northern portion of the territory, and other attractions of cultural, historical and environmental character in the vicinity like the cities of Matanzas and Cárdenas, the Peninsula of Zapata and the resort of San Miguel de los Baños.

Varadero, which is a free port, possesses conditions for scuba diving, deep-sea fishing, yachting and other water sports.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/