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Visit Cuba > Varadero, One of the world's most beautiful beaches

A 20-km peninsula of white sand and emerald sea that stretches far out into the calm waters of the Atlantic. Its 21-kilometre strip of fine white sand is an ideal vacation spot for sun lovers, water babies and golfers. It was once an exclusive vacation spot for Cubans. Today Varadero is Cuba’s main beach resort. The nearby cities of Cárdenas and Matanzas (the provincial capital) are known for their art, culture and history.

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Places to visit

Varadero Beach
Cuba's trademark beach boasts fine, white sand and an average year-round water temperature of 24ºC-26ºC.

Cayo Piedra Underwater Park
This park to the northeast features several shipwrecks where schools of colourful, tropical fish and crustaceans gather.

Varadero Golf Club
Is a magnificent 18-hole championship course on the peninsula, marked by an intricate system of lagoons in the British “links” tradition.

Centre Plaza América
This well appointed international convention centre incorporates shopping malls, restaurants and amusement centres.

Josone's oasis
Near the beach has typical tropical vegetation in its gardens and groves, as well as lagoons. Several old mansions have been converted into restaurants.

Ambrosio Cave
an archeological site first used as a ceremonial spot by the area's primitive inhabitants and later by runaway slaves, has well preserved pictographs.

Punta Frances
A 600-year-old-cactus as tall as a tree grows at the end of the Hicacos peninsula, near a natural salt pit where leathers and meats were prepared over the centuries.

Cárdenas
Is noted for three unusual monuments: replicas of a bicycle, a horse-drawn carriage and a crab cast in concrete that represents the abundant crustaceans in the area.

 
 
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