Varadero is the most famous beach in Cuba and the most famous sun and sand destination. It’s a mixture of many dreams, earlier perspectives, later on became projects and eventually facts. At this paradisiacal point of the Cuban geography the visitor will find hotels, cabarets, restaurants, nautical offers, golf, and a bunch of options to make him feel at ease.
As we approach Varadero the ambience seems to change to one softer and lighter.
By the end of the XVIII century the French immigration made the city of Matanzas a rich and cult region, the most flourishing in that part of Cuba. Personalities like Fanny Elsser, Ana Pavlova, Sara Bernhardt and Adelina Patti visited the province and as one of its guests was Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, who would eventually, become the king of France.
Out of Varadero, in Matanzas and in the Zapata Peninsula, one of Cuba’ most important ecosystems and the biggest reserve of swamps in the Caribbean. It natural rich environment shelters different species of wildlife, characterized by its high level of endemism.