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This Cuban city is easy to describe in one word - the beach. 20 km of the terry sand coast, the warm water of the Atlantic Ocean and the endless string of hotels create the atmosphere of Varadero. Local beaches have repeatedly entered the top of the best in the world. And let the cube have not yet been spoiled by the benefits of civilization, and the path here from Russia takes more than 13 hours - Russian tourists have long chosen this paradise.

Varadero refers to the province of Matanasas and occupies the Ikakos Peninsula, which is 135 km from Havana. It is inhabited by 27 thousand local residents and X thousand tourists, and at any time of the year. It is going to swim here and not fall under the sun, listen to the rhythms of salsa and play golf, hang out on discos and squeeze rum. And, of course, breathe air freedom.

Possible flight from Moscow to Varadero with a dock in Belgium and Germany. Ticket price in both ends starts from 800 USD, on the way - 22 hours or more.

Petersburgers are convenient to fly to Varadero with a change in Vienna or Frankfurt am Main. Total time on the road - from 16.5 hours, one end is about 420 USD. The second option is through Moscow and further - directly to Havana.

From the airport to the city

Guides in Varadero

Entertainment and attractions

In the evening, go back to the hugs of Varadero to plunge into the reckless Cuban fun. Disco and dance shows are arranged everywhere in hotels and clubs, anyone can get here for 10 CUC. The most popular dance floors in Casa de La Musica, hotels in Internacional, Tuxpan. You can dance under living music in Calle 62 cafe or in Mambo Club, while Cuevos Los Pirates is famous for its location - the club is built in the cave.

5 Things to do in Varadero

Take a sanding therapy on the beach. And forget about everything.
Dance with local amigo.
Play golf or his mini version.
Reside in Al Capone's house on Avenida Kawama.
Swim with dolphins.

Varadero for children

Cuban resort is welcome to young tourists. In many hotels, children's zones are provided, where they will not be bored with a three-year plan, nor teenage skeptics. The main thing is to specify the accommodation conditions in advance, the presence of a children's menu.

Charter from beach and hotel animation, small travelers will not refuse to visit Dolphinarium. It is allowed not only to watch the dolphins show, but also to swim with them after the presentation. (of. site) .yun

Resting here is best in winter time or offseason (November and april). There are many tourists, but the weather is more stable. In the winter, the ocean is heated less and the cooling happen, but they are just a few days.

07.01.2019

In the life of each tourist, this moment occurs when countries located in two or three hours of airfare cease to disturb the imagination. I want to leave them for later, "retirement", and break out of the continent, on the other side of the globe - in general, make a grand journey, and not just a trip. And when in the end, everything resumes the price of the issue, in most cases the preference is given to Cuba.

First, Cuba is the most affordable from the countries of the Western Hemisphere. Tourist message with this by island state The tour operators are still firmly and reliably, since our compatriots are not required to visit Cuba. Secondly, the Cuban climate provides tourists fully freedom from seasonal framework when planning a vacation: Even in January, the air is on average to 22 degrees. Thirdly, Cuba is undoubtedly a gastronomic and natural exotic, which guarantees vivid impressions and long memory. Well, how not to mention rum and cigars, the country of origin for which is a quality sign? Finally, a pleasant surprise for inexperienced travelers, weakly focusing in foreign languages, will be quite a large number of local residents who speak Russian: many citizens of this Socialist Republic at one time studied in the USSR.

So, it was decided, we fly to Cuba! It remains only to choose a specific resort. And this turns out to be the most difficult task, because the territory of the Cuban Republic is not limited to the island of the same name, and includes more than one and a half thousand small islands and coral reefs, which means that the choice will be extensive and complicated. Let's deal with together than rich and the resorts of Cuba are rich and what is different among themselves.

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Varadero is one of the largest resorts not only Cuba, but also the entire Caribbean. He is a couple of clock riding east from Havana and is located on the Uzeno Peninsula Ikakos. In general, Varadero is a face of Cuban tourism: the photos of this paradise, most often decorated with specialized booklets and advertising brochures. It is not easy to resist the image of white sand, a peaceful turquoise stroy and bowl palm trees, right? And this is not at all corrected by a professional designer picture, it is such a beauty that meets all travelers who choose Varadero to their place of rest.

By the way, Varadero Beach according to UNESCO is one of the cleanest in the world, and the coral reef reliably protects it from oceanic waves. Summer reigns here all year round - the January minimum almost never goes beyond 25 degrees, and August-September is characterized by the highest temperatures of water and air. Another wonderful climate feature of the peninsula is an abundance sunny days: Thunderstorm clouds Even in the rainy period for a long time over Varadero are not delayed. Already for this resort, we adore tourists who are enough here at any time of the year - numerous coastal hotels never suffer from the lack of guests.

Noisy and Ludilla Varadero is also a part of the tourist cuba - with the onset of darkness, vacationers smoothly moved to restaurants and discs, which are here in wealth and diversity. For example, you can visit the restaurant "Al Capone", located in the building, which in fact, at the beginning of the last century, served as the home of the famous mafiosis. Huge love of tourists enjoy a variety of Cabaret Varadero. So, in the cabaret "Pirates Cave" (La Cueva del Pirata) is always full of people: the establishment is located in the real cave, sometime sheltered real pirates Caribbean. Those who prefers the peaceful unity with nature, it is also possible to strongly recommend a ticket to Varadero: diving, fishing, a golf game is perfectly relaxed, and you can rent a motorcycle or scooter and go to explore the surrounding grots, caves and thick forests.

If Havana get a mig - a paradise country, a country that needs! Vladimir Mayakovsky, in the mid-1920s, admired the capital of Cuba, and after almost a hundred years she continues to admire everyone who came here on vacation. Being the largest city on Caribbean Islands, Havana is ready to offer 100% full and saturated vacation to each tourist.

First, Havana belongs to almost fifty kilometers of coastline, half of which are beautiful beaches. Sunbathing, Swimming, water sports, diving - all this is guaranteed. By the Word of Diving: 12 kilometers from the capital there is Bakuranao Beach, widely known among lovers to dive with the mask that at the bottom of the sea, in the midst of the thickets of corals, there is a sunken ship.

Secondly, in the five hundred years Havana, so many attractions and museums, which will have to try to get around them all during the holidays. Old center The cities in itself is one solid attraction and is protected by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage: according to experts, only in the old Havana about 900 buildings and structures are historical and cultural value. It is worth visiting the Havan Capitol - externally, it is not much different from Washington. The most popular and lively street of the city is the Embankment Malecon: young people hang out here, on duty over their rods fishermen, and also pass through all carnival processions. In the evening, tourists flock to Malekone to admire the sunset. Urban fortification facilities (San Carlos de la Caban and Castillo El Morro fortresses), at one time restrained pirated raids, are also of great interest, because they are among the largest in Latin America. Hamingue House Museum, Roma Museum, Museum of Combating Illiteracy - Curious Guests Havana will spend on what to spend their time. In the suburbs of the resort, a large botanical garden with a Japanese corner inside, also in the vicinity of a lot of karst caves, so it would not be bored and lovers of nature.

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And thirdly - for fans of noisy nightlife: Havana, as it should be the largest city in the country, offers a huge selection of restaurants, bars, clubs and cabaret.

This is the second after Varadero, the Cuban Resort - both in size and significance. But it is necessary to immediately designate that Olgin is considered to be a status resort: there is no hotel hotels below the "four" and vouchers in them cannot be called budget. Due to this tourists, the pond of the pride and the public is also appropriate. In other words, Olgin guarantees you a slow, measured and rich rest.

The beaches of the resort stretched along the northeast coast of the Atlantic Ocean by 40 kilometers. High-quality service and developed infrastructure waiting for tourists on each of the four dozen beaches. Playa Esmeralda (Emerald Beach), Guardalavaca and Playa-Peskero are considered the most popular.

Not far from Playa-Esmeralda more than five centuries ago, the ship of Christopher Columbus was moored, and I must say, the great navigator did not lose the parking lot: Nature here still overbursts the breath with its beauty. A powerful system of sputtering palm trees will approach completely close to emerald water by discarding a thick shadow on a snow-white small sand - on such a beach it is worth visiting at least once in life. In general, nature here tried to glory - caves and rivers, mountains and waterfalls, mud sources and a whole coral reef nearby!

Another gem in Diadem Olgin - Guardalavaca Beach. The translation of his name into Russian is not very poetic - "looking at cows", but do not hurry to frighten up, there are no cows here. So the Cubans call the Egyptian heron, which nests in these places. In addition to the paradise terrestrial beauties, Guardalavaca is famous for both underwater: the nearby coral reef descends on the bottom of the terraces, on which the variety is represented as a flora and fauna, so diving here is removed.

Playa-Ponkero is the youngest of the beaches of Olgin. Hotels here are a bit, so this quiet corner come to rest in the main family.

If we talk about outstanding entertainment, then in the vicinity of the resort is the largest waterfall on the island - Guayaabo. Lovers of history and archeology will be remembered by an excursion to Banners and his museum with a rich exposition of various household objects of the Caribbean Indians, children will be happy to spend the day in dolphinariums, and adults will participate in Jeep Safari.

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Cayo-Coco

30 kilometers from the northern shores of Cuban Province of Siego de Avila, the chain of Islands Hardine-del Rey, the most famous and large of which, perhaps, is Cayo-Coco. In the late 1980s, the construction of a bulk road was over, which was tied by Cuba with Cayo-Coco, so now to get to this island can be grounded.

True, the construction of the dam was accompanied by the turbulent protests and concerns of the natural cakes: Kayo-Coco, along with the little Cayo-Guillermo, with whom they are connected naturally, are a unique ecosystem and are under the protection of the state as a natural reserve. Here, paradise not only for people, but also, for example, for birds - more than two hundred species of birds nest on this island. One of them is a white Ibis, which is called the bird of coconuts (Coco) - and gave the name of the island. And the pink flamingos live here! The neighborhood of such a unique fauna and highly developed civilization is impossible, so there are no restaurants, noisy nightclubs, large stores - only a few self-sufficient hotel complexes that have enjoying huge tourist demand.

The overall length of the beach line is 26 kilometers. Nearby coral reefs reliably protect the coast from strong waves, and also create excellent diving conditions.

Cayo Santa Maria

Along with Kayo-Coco and Kayo-Guillermo, there is another tip of the Royal Islands group (Hardness-del Rey) - Kayo-Santa Maria. He is completely baby: 13 kilometers in length and 2 - in width. You can get to it by all the same man-made track from the island of Cuba, and from other islands - sail on the yacht or catamaran. From the eleven kilometers of the sandy coast of Cayo-Santa Maria half is occupied by hotels and their infrastructure, the rest of the coastal space is wild beaches, where there are few tourists. You can get to them on a rental scooter or bike, but be careful: ordinary sand paths serve on the island roads.

For local beaches, a gentle entrance to the water is characterized, which, however, quickly ends, so parents should not leave children to frolic in water unattended. Unlike neighboring island resorts, Kayo-Santa Maria is not protected from the winds of the Atlantic, so the excitement of the sea here, to the joy of surfers, stable and often strong.

Despite the fact that Kayo-Santa Maria - the resort is still young against the background of the neighbors and is also very modest in size, there is anything to have fun here. On the island there is a tourist village of Pueblo-la-Estrell, in which everything that only can interest visitors are concentrated: shops and restaurants, bars and clubs, souvenir shops and spa salons. Special minibuses are constantly running between hotels and a village for maximum convenience of tourists. Among other entertainment accessible to the resting on Kayo-Santa Maria, it is necessary to recommend visiting the fishing village of Kaibaryen, where you can treat the fresh catch, to get acquainted with the fishing lot and even ascene on marine fishing with local residents, and the town of Rememedios with excellent colonial architecture.

Kayo-Largo

This resort island, once former pirates, is located on the other side of Cuba - at its southwestern shores. Also having a rather modest size, Cayo-Largo has its own airport and an excellent car expense, combining all local hotels among themselves. Which is here, by the way, quite a few. This is a purely tourist island, the local population is not here - only a small zone for hotel workers.

The most popular resort beach is a five-kilometer Playa Lindamar, and the most secluded - Punta Mal-Tempo, on which not to find the slightest imprint of civilization. On the western beaches of the island (Playa Tortuga, Playa-Los Cocos) periodically can be observed pelicans, large turtles and iguan, and in general you can take advantage of the excursion offer and go to Kayo-Iguana Island, on which exotic lizards are found in large quantities. Also on Kayo-Largo you will be offered to do various types of water sports, diving, snorkeling, fishing and other joys of island tourism.

Active tourists who do not stand long lying on the beach are worth going to Matanasas - the administrative center of the province of the same name, which includes Varadero. Matanasas is large cultural Center Cuba and offers its guests a lot of interesting knowledge and impressions of the still unfamiliar country.

In the city you will find many museums and architectural attractions, among which, first of all, it is worth mentioning bridges. Often, Matanasas is honored with comparisons with Venice: the San Juan river flowing through the city of the River and Yumuri is framed by almost two dozens of original bridges. The most curious tourist objects here are castles of Castillo del Morillo and San Severino, historical, theater and pharmaceutical museums and made from the stone fresco of Che Guevara.

In five kilometers from the city, Beliamar is a unique cave, accidentally found by the shepherds of just a half century ago. Fancy stalactites, overflowing crystals, resembling stars seemed to superstitious Aboriginals too beautiful to be created without devilish participation, and therefore, the Beliamar had forgotten a hundred years, and only in the middle of the 20th century, researchers were interested in it, and subsequently built it to the status of sights. In these parts it is necessary to visit another incredible cave - Saturno. Visitors are allowed to swim with a mask in a cool underground lake with fresh water, in which shrimp and blind fish are found. Experienced scuba dignity will appreciate the fish cave, which is in the bay of pigs. Insofar as underground lake Here very deep, novice divers are better not to risk and admiring natural wealth from the shore.

On the territory of the province of Matanasas there are several curious natural reserves - Laguna de Maya with a marsh ecosystem, Leon with the endemic of Melokactus, a large National Park of Montamar. Reaching the Sapata Peninsula, it is worth a visit to the village of Alda Tain, which is the reconstruction of Indian life, and a huge crocodile farm.

Santiago de Cuba

This second most important city of Cuba is located at the very south of the island, in the Bay of the same name, and first of all is known for the whole world by the annual carnival, which takes place here in July since the 17th century. But this does not mean that during the remaining months there is nothing to watch and hotels in Santiago de Cuba and its surroundings there are many historical and cultural and natural attractions.

The Bay Beach is considered to be Playa-Sibona - a very picturesque place where not only tourists love to relax, but also indigenous people. The coral reef and a local diving center and a local diving center guarantee tourists fascinating and cognitive leisure.

Nature did not sentence him and Santiago de Cuba. Not far from the city National Park Bakonao, which is listed in the list of protected UNESCO objects. Especially remember Visit to the Park Children: there is a prehistoric valley with sculptures of more than two hundred extinct animals of the Paleolithic times, and an aquarium with a glass submarine tunnel, from which the life of the Caribbean can be observed. Another National Park - Pico-Turkino - is waiting for lovers to climb higher: it is located on its territory the highest point Republic - Mountain Turkino height of 1972 meters. At her top was Fidel Castro's headquarters, and now the Museum. Another reserve, Park Gran Piedro, was noted in the Guinness Book of Records Thanks to a huge monolithic rock - the third in the world in size.

The miracle of fortification is the fortress of San Pedro de la-rock, which coped with multiple pirate raids with honor - is the pride of the city and a curious object for studying. Presenting a Spanish colonial architecture, it is protected by UNESCO. Inside the fortress is the Museum of Piracy. Among other man-made sights, tourists stand out the street ladder Padre Pico, the Cemetery of Santa Iphigenia, the Square of the Revolution, Fidel Castro and the Carnival Museum.

On the south-west coast of Cuba, the city of Sienfuegos is located in the depths of the beautiful bay, which is often referred to as the southern pearl of the country. This resort is very attractive not only geographical positionbut also very comfortable climatic conditions for relax. The first and best that you can do here is to do diving. A number of modern dive centers, several dozen dive points on the impressive size of the water area are all at the disposal of tourists. Along the entire coast, the coral reef stretches, "responding" for a variety of underwater flora and fauna, there will be here and covered with seashells of the cozen of sunken ships, as well as ... Notre Dame! Yes, you did not hear: Nature - the builder is no worse than a person - created his coral masterpiece in the waters of the Caribbean sea, very similar to the Cathedral with Viktor Hugo.

Underwater charms natural creations are not exhausted in this region. In the vicinity of the resort, in the Eskumbrey Mountainside, there are healing thermal sources of Siego Montero and the waterfalls of El Nicho, and even further, in the direction of Trinidad, one of the most famous Cuba caves - Martin-Infierno is located. Here you will see one of the largest stalagmites in the world (its height is more than 62 meters), as well as the colony of the smallest on this planet of the bats, which are called "butterflies".

If you are resolutely configured to relax passively, then go to the ranch of the moon - the most beautiful and clean beach of the resort, washed by calm waves, or Guahimic - the most scenic beachLocated next to the place in the Caribbean Sea of \u200b\u200bthe La Hutia River and surrounded by mountains. To all of the above, it remains to add the fact that Sienfuegos is recognized by UNESCO with an outstanding model of Latin American urban planning and therefore brought under the protection of the UN. And this means that in the city itself there is a lot of unique and interesting places - the central square, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the Tomas Terry Theater, Hosé Marti Park, Paseo del Prado, Palace, Valier, Quarter with Multicolored Punta Gorda Houses and Fortress Castillo de Hagua.

Trinidad is called the open-air museum, consider the most beautiful city Cubes and compared from the machine time: in both Americas there is no other such place, so well preserved its colonial appearance. A whole century of its history Trinidad spent in isolation from the rest of the island, which helped to preserve the brushed streets and houses built back at the end of the 17th century! Of course, without the auspices, UNESCO did not cost it here, and the preservation of the historical appearance of the city has been spelled out for more than half a century in local legislation. Square, palaces, churches, bell tower, towers, museums - Does it make sense to list in detail the sights of Trinidad if even a welcome sign at the entrance to the city?

Being at the same time the resort, Trinidad is rightfully proud of both its beaches. At 12 kilometers south of the city, the six-kilometer Kosa Ancon, at which Playa Ancon and Playa Maria-Aguilar are located, which have a reputation as the best on the whole southern coast of Cuba. There are also two luxurious diving places - Casilde Bay and Cayo-Blanco Island. Underwater landscapes here are extremely picturesque: grottoes, tunnels and caves, species manifold of corals, abundance of fish.

The twelve kilometers of the Nordic Trinidad, in the Mountain Arrays of Escambray, begins the Topes de Coliance National Park, which is replete with mountain rivers and waterfalls, canyons and grotts, hills and caves, orchids and ferns. Coffee plantations are also spread here, through which one of the most popular tourist trailsleading to the 62-meter Kaburoi Falls.

Another natural park, El Kubano, is located quite close to the city, just five kilometers from the center. There is also a river and waterfall, many rare plant species. In El Cubano, you can ride horses, walk with ecoexkurstia and even stay with a tent in campsite.

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Surprise, delight, nostalgia. Cuba will capture you with hurricane impressions and will not let go until the last day of vacation. And already fastened with an airplane, you will seek and understand that they left a piece of self here that you were happy here. It's how to see the magic dream, and then wake up in tears. And it's not even in luxurious beaches, virgin nature, revolutionary romantics, masterpieces of colonial architecture and never betening Cubans. Cuba is another, unusual and unusual world. Cuba is a "holiday, which is always with you." So the great Hemingway said about Paris ... or yet about Cuba, where did he live happily and wrote his best works? The best resorts Cubes and most interesting places - in our review.

How to get?

By plane. This year, direct flights from Moscow regular carriers perform in Havana, charter flew immediately to Varadero. Time in flight is about 12 hours. If you use the flights of European airlines, except Havana and Varadero can be found in Santiago de Cuba and Olgin. And take advantage of the opportunity to make a transplant in Europe - some of this facilitates a long flight.

Which resort choose?

Cuba is more than a dozen resorts. An important point - as to any of them (except Varadero), you need to fly by local airlines, it is better to schedule the first and last night in Havana. Why - read on.

Varadero.

The unconditional leader of the tourist preferences of Russians. The local airport is just 40 km away, or you can get from Havana for 2 hours by car. Varadero is something like cancun, a narrow sandy spit of 25 km long is embedded in the Atlantic Ocean. Along the length, hotels of international hotel chains are located, there is a large-scale Congress Center with a supermarket for tourists, about a dozen worthy nightclubs, bars and discos, marina with yachts and catamarans, dolphinarium. Local population It is represented only by the staff of hotels, taxi drivers and other seruners. The whole resort is one large tourist area closed from simple Cubans. Most of the entertainment on the territory of hotels, which, like food and drinks, are already included in the price. Each hotel offers excursions to different interesting places, you can order fishing or diving. The only inconvenience is long distances between hotels, shopping and entertainment points. Navigating accounts for a taxi. In the evening you can go to the theatrical presentation or show in your hotel or look for adventures on the side in one of the local clubs. Many tourists prefer not to sit still and take transport rental. Best services Rent-A-Car (repeated personal experience) Offers the local Rex office. Middle Eastern Prices.

Cayo-Coco

A few years ago, Cuban tourist authorities made a bet on the development of this region. Today, here is a modern airport (fly from Havana about an hour) and excellent roads. But they are built very carefully, the island has the status of a state biosphere reserve with a huge number of rare birds. Only a colony of pink flamingos has more than 40 thousand individuals who stop at rest during seasonal migrations. Perhaps you will seem to see the pink from the birds of the sky. And if there is no - flamingo, like our cats, easily walk along the hotel lawns. Kayo-Koko is comfortable to relax with children. The sandy beaches of milk color are wide and stretched, the entrance to the water is gentle everywhere. Even in the coldest winter (very rare, no more than 10 years), the sea temperature does not fall below 23 ° C, and the air is below 25 ° C. This is usually a comfortable 26-28 ° C air and water. All Club hotels, as we love, work on "all inclusive", "fourths" and "fives" are very decent. The island is connected to the Big land (La Isla Grande, as Cubans call his homeland) by a bulk drop of 17 km long. Therefore, to go on an excursion for interesting places Cuba is very simple.

Kayo-Guillermo

This is a paradise place, in fact, the continuation of Kayo-Koko. Another 20 minutes of the dam, and you are in place. It can be said that this is a kayo-koco in miniature. Hotels and tourists are even smaller, and the sand on the beach is whole on Polton. And very unusual color of the sea. All shades of blue and green colors are like layers in contact, but do not mix and shine in the sun. Even the most tired traveler, the local atmosphere of ballasts and peace is guaranteed to relax. It was here that the Great Hemingway wrote most of the novel "Islands in the Ocean", inspired by local beauties. And very close, literally 5 km, the huge reef begins, a diver's dream, which stretches almost to Nassau, the coast of the Hawaiian Islands. By the way, the sand on the beach does not burn bare feet even at noon. The color is so white that the sun's rays are reflected from it almost completely.

Cayo Santa Maria

For about 20 years, Canadian engineers designed, and Cuban workers built almost a 50-kilometer dam, which joined the land with the Islands of Kayo-Santa Maria and Kayo-Esenachos. There is a small local Las Bruhas Airport. The flight from Havana will take an hour with a minute at the small ATR-42 local airlines. The hotel base on the islands is small, but very decent, only 4 * and 5 *. Naturally, all on All Inclusive. Hotels are huge, buildings not higher palm trees, and the length of the beach in some reaches 10 km. Great place for romantic couples and families with children. Leisure chamber and calm. Of course, more expensive (slightly) than on Varadero, because everything is imported. Single inconvenience - mosquitoes appear in the evening at sunset.

By the way, it is characteristic of most islands, because there are many mangrove thickets around. Cubans are very preferable to their ecology and rarely use aerofamigation. Therefore, repellents can be asked for free at the reception and without the need to touch the anti-mosquito nets in the rooms. Nature here is so close to the person that in a few days you will stop wondering to huge colored seashells thrown out the morning wave on the beach. And if you touches the night (rhythms of salsa at the hotel's disco under "Mojito", "Daikiri", "Cuba Liebru" or "Piggy Kolada" make you forget the bill of time), then on the beach it is so easy to see a giant sea turtle size with a piano or burning Dark dozens of palm crabs in thickets of blooming bougainvillia from your bungalow. How to dilute the beach boredom? Go on an excursion to Santa Clara. It is necessary to return to the dam on the shore and even about half an hour will go to one of the main revolutionary attractions of Cuba. This is Memorial Che Guevara and the Museum of His life and the struggle. For sure you will not regret!

Kayo-Largo

Knowing tourists choose rest on this island in the Caribbean for excellent beaches, silence and stunning diving. Hotels a bit, mostly 4 *. Here you can relax well and inexpensively together or simply fly (1 h 15 min) from Varadero or Havana for a daycarce. Important Council - Sunscreen needs to be applied with a thick layer (especially in the first days of vacation) not after bathing, but before entering the sea. Here the sand is so white, and the water is so clean and transparent that the sun's rays in water are practically not refracted, but completely reflected from the white bottom. There is a tan effect under water. Do not burn!

Resorts of Olgin Province

Cubans believe that somewhere in these places in 1792, Christopher Columbus stepped on the coast of Cuba and was admired whiteness and crystal purity of sea waters. Olgin Province is the most economically developed region of Cuba and the Motherland Fidel. The flight from Havana takes 2 h 20 min. The elite resorts of the country are on the beaches of Esmeralda, Ponkero and Guardardawak. And the best resort Hotel Cuba Paradisus Rio de Oro traditionally places in their villas of the first persons of the state and rich tourists from France and Italy. Here the present expanse lovers water species Sport and diving. And hence it is convenient to go on a tour of Santiago de Cuba, the informal "Caribbean" capital of the country. Reckless and cheerful, the city definitely stands at least a short visit. Take a look at the Museum on July 26, which is located in the left wing of the former barracks of Moncada, the Museum of Piracy, and in the evening, be sure to look at the bright costume show at the local branch of Havana Tropicans.

Havana

Be to be in Cuba and not to visit Havana - an unforgivable omission. Moreover, the standard three-hour excursion with the guide will only express your curiosity. But the day or two is the most. it amazing city, he is not at all like the world capitals familiar to tourists. About him and how the seaside resorts of the country were in their time undeservedly deprived of the attention of Russian tour operators, we will tell us in our next review. If by the time you do not leave everything and do not come here, inspired by this article.

If you decide to go to the island of freedom to relax on the Caribbean beaches and enjoy the Cuban charm, you will have to decide where to fly: a direct flight to one of the resorts or to the capital.
In the first case, the most popular option is Varadero, where most tourists are resting from Russia. Choosing a destination, you will search for information than the Havana differs from Varadero, and we will help you.

Choose wings

Direct flight from the capital of Russia to Havana or Varadero takes approximately the same time - 11-12 hours depending on whether the plane is flying there or back. Otherwise, the flight conditions are somewhat different:

Regular direct flights to the capital of Cuba are committed by Aeroflot and Cuban Airlines. The cost of a ticket for both ends is 40 thousand rubles and higher, depending on how much you book the flight.
A little cheaper will be able to get to the capital of the island of freedom with a change in one of the European airports. Usually the most profitable options Air France. - from 35 thousand rubles for the flight with docking in Paris.
If you are planning independent trip Without participation of travel agencies, you can only get to Varadero with transfers and almost twice as expensive than in Havana. The lowest prices are in Canadian airlines, but in order to buy a ticket for Air Canada, you will need a visa of Canada. There are no transit zones at the airports of the country of maple leaves.
Cheaper to fly to Varadero you can only charter, and therefore almost certainly you have to buy a tour.

The only option to organize an independent trip to Varadero and not pay more than $ 1000 for tickets to fly to the capital of Cuba, and then get from Havana to Varadero land transport.

Sea and beaches

Varadero and Havana are located on the northern coast of Cuba. The Atlantic Ocean in these latitudes is very warm and swim you can almost all year round. In the summer, the temperature of the water on the beaches of the northern part of the island reaches + 28 ° C, and in winter it can be lowered to + 20 ° C. However, it is much more convenient to organize a beach holiday in Varadero. It was there that the snow-white strip of sand stretches for more than 20 km, and hotels standing right on the seashore are most suitable for serene rest and relax.
In Havana, there is no sense in Havana in the city of the city, except for the rocky shore, which stretches along the embankment. Only local boys are usually bathed there. To sunbathe at the present Cuban beach, tourists in Havana have to go a few kilometers by bus. The road takes about half an hour, the ticket will cost a couple of euros. Taxi will cost an order more expensive, but a little faster.
Keep in mind that the special infrastructure of Havana beaches, unlike the beaches of Varadero, do not offer. Umbrellas and sun beds are rarity, and to buy water or cocktail, you will have to look for a roadside store or cafe. But the natural charms in such places are even debuning! The absence of hotels and other benefits of civilization allows you to feel like Robinzon.

About cultural heritage

Fly for many thousands of kilometers only for the sake of a beach holiday, few people want. As the main advantage of Havana before Varadero, the inquisitive tourists will call an abundance of architectural attractions. The old center of the capital of Cuba is listed by UNESCO in the lists of the World Heritage, and therefore the city's tours will be a pleasant addition to beach holiday. Many fly to Cuba and at all for the sake of Havana colonial architecture, similar to which there is little in the world where you will find.
In Varadero, admire a particularly nothing and a sightseeing tour of the resort on an open bus takes just an hour. However, resting on the beaches of Varadero, you can always buy a two-day tour to Havana, where you will get to know all the delights of the Cuban Capital.

Be realists - require the impossible
Ernesto Che Guevara

What associations caused me a cube before a trip? Like many - rum, Cigars, Che Guevara, revolution. I dreamed there a long time ago, but did not seem to be a suitable case. The impetus for my trip was a big event on the personal front - divorce. When I asked myself the question, where I want to go to entitle and find strength, the answer came instantly and automatically - of course, Cuba. After all, Cuba is the "Island of Freedom", and it was there that I was going to regret it again.

The plane to Havana flies for a long time - about 13 hours. All this time, in breaks from sleep, I read the guide in the city and felt how my anticipation is growing. In Havana, I had to stay for two days, after which I planned for a week to move to Varadero - the edge of the most beautiful beaches of the world.

On the first day, I decided to walk along the Havana, without resorting to the help of the guide, that is, I went to "where the eyes look". Eyes and intuition led me first to the National Library named after José Marti (Avenida 20 De Mayo). The library is considered the largest in Cuba, more than two million books are collected in its foundation.

Then, heading for the Malecon embankment, alleys and scan, I went outside with a lot of graffiti and the cluster of Cuban taxi - "Tuk-Tukov", where I sat in one of them and went to ride around the city.

Havana is a city of contrasts, and this will confirm, probably everyone who was there. Poor of urban quarters and wealth of the fashionable district of Miramar, bright colored cars and dark dirty entrances of houses, monuments of history and mountain garbage, dark skin and snow-white smiles. And how the views of the inhabitants of Havana are remembered. Meeting with them eyes, feel the very spirit of the freedom-loving independent people, which, despite the absence of luxury, did not lose enthusiasm and thirst for living.

After the taxi driver landed me near the Malecon embankment, I went to an inconspicuous local cafe and ordered myself a cocktail Cuba Libre. The cocktail was very tasty, because it was prepared from a wide Cuban soul for an equally broad soul of Russian.

The day was nearing in the evening, I went to walk along the embankment, with pleasure inhaling the sea air, and every minute more and more convincing is that now I am wherever it should be.

The next day I took the inspection of classic Havalan sights. A walk started from the Revolution Square, where José Marty Memorial and the Building of the Ministry of Defense with a huge portrait of Che Guevara.

Then I came to the majestic building of the former Cuban parliament, and now the Congress Center - Capitol. Bright American and Soviet retro cars, inviting "all those who wanted to take pictures near the Capitol.

And then the street of the old Havana brought me to the cathedral area. One of the main decorations of the square is the cathedral stunning architecture (its second name - the Cathedral of St. Christopher).

Nearby Ernest Hemingway is located nearby, from the terrace of which opens beautiful view On the old town where you can make spectacular photos.

In the same part of the city there is a cigar factory, where everyone can observe the process of twisting cigars and, of course, to acquire them as souvenirs.

In the afternoon I went to the souvenir market, located on the Embankment Malecon. Here I acquired a bunch of little things in memory of Cuba and went to walk along the embankment again, along the way, swaying a cocktail from fresh coconut.

The rest of the evening can be held in the famous Havana nightclub Casa de La Musica or in one of the Cuban restaurants, where the tourist from Russia will definitely be waiting for a welcome reception. It was in one of these restaurants that I arranged a farewell evening with Havana - the city, which will forever remain in my heart.

The next day, the bus brings me to the Ikakos Peninsula, which is 140 km from Havana. On this peninsula is the resort town of Varadero, whose beach in 1992 was recognized by UNESCO one of the cleanest in the world.

For me, this beach was also the most beautiful beach from those I saw in my life. Absolutely transparent ocean of all shades of blue and green colors, changing depending on which point you look at it, sand creaking under your feet, like starch, unforgettable sunrises and sunsets ...

Having decided to diversify your holiday, I purchased a circular review tour throughout Varadero on a two-story open bus. You can sit on this bus at any stop and exit in any convenient place. I decided to walk along the Hosone Natural Park, where parrots and lizards live, rare plants grow. The park is simply drowning in the greenery, there are many arbors on its territory and several small lakes connecting with each other for which I rolled onto a boat. Hosone Park is a great place for those who want to hide in the shade of the sun.

In seventy-five kilometers from Varadero, there is the city of Matanzas, where I went to move away from Cuba Tourist and look at the life of ordinary Cubans.

In Cuba, a huge number of interesting places that, unfortunately, I could not see in 10 days a trip - this is the unique city of Trinidad, Vinyales Valley, Statue of Christ in Havana. Each traveler will find something in Cuba.

But what would be from the attractions you choose, be sure to:

Try a cocktail from sugar cane and roma juice;
Stroll along the Embankment Malecon;
Ride at the Cuban "Tuk Tuka";
Watch for passing by "exhibits from the car museum";
To dance salsa with Cuban / Cuban;
Thousand and once sing the song "About Che Hevar".

And if you ask me why it was Cuba in my soul a special place, then I am convinced that Cuba is a mixture of memories of multicolored cars and houses, wide smiles of passers-by, Roma taste in the evenings and strong Cuban coffee in the morning, song melodies Hasta Siempre Comandante Che Guevara. Cuba is exactly the place where it will be necessary to return, having learned Spanish and learning to dance Salsa. Cuba is an island, where the soul particle will remain forever after returning to their homeland ...

Useful tips:

Do not touch the Medusa "Portuguese boat", it is very dangerous;
Take the euro with you, and not dollars. In connection with the voltage of political relations between the United States and Cuba, dollars change to local currency very unprofitable;
Take a Spanish Phrasebook with you if you plan to leave on tourist places.

Discussion

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