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PENÍNSULA DE ZAPATA: Casa onto the flower-filled patio. Meals VARADERO: Varadero 60 $
Luis $ are served by the gre garious B&B Road Map C2
B&B Road Map C3 owner and his staff. Calle 60 y 3
Carretera Cienfuegos, e/ Carretera Tel (45) 613 986
Playa Larga y Playa Girón SANTA CLARA: Hotel América $$ This great guesthouse is right
Tel (45) 984 258 Family Road Map C3 on the beach, very close to
Luis and Marley serve outstanding Calle Mujica, e/ Colon y Maceo Parque Josone. Guests have the
shellfish dinners at their casa close Tel (42) 201 585 advantage of a good on-site
to Playa Girón. They can also set Located close to all the historic paladar but, unusually,
up diving and cenote exploration. sights, this is a comfortable no- breakfast is not offered.
frills hotel. Its real appeal is the
PENÍNSULA DE ZAPATA: Hotel swimming pool – the only one VARADERO: Meliá Península
Horizontes Playa Larga $$ in downtown. Varadero $$
Countryside Road Map C3 Resort Road Map C2
Playa Larga SIERRA DEL ESCAMBRAY: Hotel ∑ meliacuba.com
Tel (45) 987 294 Hanabanilla $ Key-West style buildings dot this
This is a basic hotel with Countryside Road Map C3 family resort. The extensive
bungalows dotted across the Salto del Hanabanilla, Manicaragua, children’s facilities include a
grounds. It is a lacklustre complex Villa Clara splendid themed playground.
and really only a base for divers, Tel (42) 208 461
birders and fishermen. This is a basic, modern hotel set VARADERO: Meliá Varadero $$
in the Escambray mountains. Resort Road Map C2
PENÍNSULA ZAPATA: Hotel Guests can explore the Carretera de las Morlas
Playa Girón $$ neighbouring lake and trails. Tel (45) 667 013
Countryside Road Map C3 ∑ meliacuba.com
Playa Girón VARADERO: Beny’s House $ This all-inclusive hotel has a great
Tel (45) 984 110 B&B Road Map C2 location right on the best stretch
This austere hotel comprises Calle 55 no. 124, e/ 1 y 2 of Varadero beach, as well as a
bungalows scattered across Tel (45) 611 700 very good buffet restaurant.
grassland fronting the beach. ∑ benyhouse.com
Perfectly located, near Parque DK Choice
REMEDIOS: Villa Colonial Josone and the beach, this B&B
Frank y Arelys $ has three rooms and a neat garden. VARADERO: Mansión
B&B Road Map C3 Xanadú $$$
Calle Antonio Maceo 43 e/ General VARADERO: Casa Mary y Historic Road Map C2
Carrillo y Fe del Vall Ángel $ Autopista del Sur km 8.5
Tel (42) 396 274 B&B Road Map C2 Tel (45) 667 388
∑ casa-villacolonial.com Calle 43 no. 4309, e/ 1 y 2 ∑ varaderogolfclub.com
This beautiful 1839 colonial home Tel (45) 612 383 This unusual half-board hotel,
in the town centre is run by the ∑ casamaryyangel.com on a small bluff overlooking
hospitable Frank and Arelys, who A short walk from the beach, turquoise seas, has one of the
are both mines of information. this family home has a patio and best addresses in town, and
terrace for meals and sunbathing. enjoys spectacular views.
SANTA CLARA: Casa de Part of the golf club, its guest-
Consuelo Ramos y Nelson $ VARADERO: Casa Menocal $ rooms, din ing room and
B&B Road Map C3 B&B Road Map C2 popular terrace bar feel more
Calle Independencia 265, apto. 1, e/ Calle 14 no. 1, e/Camino del Mar y Playa like a private house – as it
Pedro Estevez (Unión) y San Isidro Tel (45) 613 164 once was – than a hotel.
Tel (42) 202 064 With an excellent location on the
Che Guevara stayed in this beach, this is a cheaper option in
modern house in 1959. The host Varadero and has basic facilities. VARADERO: Meliá Paradisus
might even serenade you while Varadero $$$
you enjoy his garden. Resort Road Map C2
Punta Francés
SANTA CLARA: Casa Mercy $ Tel (45) 668 700
B&B Road Map C3 ∑ meliacuba.com
Calle Eduardo Machado (San One of the few truly stylish
Cristóbal) 4, e/ Cuba y Colón resorts in Varadero, the Paradisus
Tel (42) 216 941 caters for families and couples,
This casa in the centre of town offering sports, a spa and a
has two rooms – both of which children’s club. The two Garden
enjoy access to a terrace where Villas provide total seclusion.
cocktails are served.
VARADERO: Royal Hicacos $$$
SANTA CLARA: Hostal Florida Resort Road Map C2
Center $ Carretera de las Morlas km 15
B&B Road Map C3 Tel (45) 668 844
Calle Maestra Nicolasa (Candelaria) ∑ royalhicacosresort.com
56, e/ Colón y Maceo This resplendent all-inclusive,
Tel (42) 208 161 couples-only resort is on one of
∑ hostalfloridacenter.com the most secluded sections of
The two rooms here are embel- An elegant Garden Villa at Meliá the peninsula. Extensive sporting
lished with antiques and open Paradisus Varadero and entertainment facilities.
Key to Price Guide see p256
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