Varadero The long drive into Varadero from Santa Clara is again a vision of small villages of tiny smallholdings, poor farmers and an array of cattle, horses and varying degrees of agriculture.Slowly as we drive into Cardenas and through to ajoining Varadero the surroundings change and it becomes a long finger of resort hotels and eventually towards the tip of the peninsula we arrive at Paradisus del Mar our home for the next 7 days. Our Adults only, all inclusi...

Trinidad to Varadero Gosh time flies when were having so much fun. Good points in Trinidad? As with all of Cuba the people are fabulous. Our hotel, Iberostar Trinidad is beautiful. 40 rooms, very pretty lobby and reputedly the best restaurant in Trinidad. Its much smaller and quieter (during the day) than our Havana Iberostar but as fabulous as that was, it was definitely a transit stop for most. The breakfast buffet in Trinidad is tranquility personified. When...