Varadero Beach
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Who can do it? Those who want the all-in-one-place beach holiday on a Caribbean shore. Varadero has the lot – warm sand and water by day, rump-shaking bars by night. Let's go! Often deemed to be unrepresentative of Cuba, Varadero is seafront heaven nonetheless.
The main beach runs along the top of a 15-mile peninsula that juts out from the mainland, and has been hosting tourists since the late 19th century, when well-to-do Cubans would come to bask in the sun. Things have changed in the interim, but even if the clientele is more international these days, the fun-filled feel is still alive and well.
Stay at The Tryp Peninsula resort – a relaxed hideaway alongside the Hicacos Point Natural Park.
Top tip: Wander along to the very north-east tip of the peninsula, where the Hicacos Point Natural Park offers virgin forest and something of a change of pace.