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 Booking a holiday to Cuba gives you sandy, palm-fringed shores washed by crystal-clear waters and cooled by breezes carrying the scent of orchids, jasmine, orange and guava.
This is the picture-postcard of Cuba, by far the largest holiday island in the Caribbean. Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba on his way back to Spain after his second voyage to the New World in 1492 and was the first European to remark on its beauty.
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Today, despite continued US sanctions, the island state is starting to exploit its glorious attractions and offers visitors an alternative Caribbean holiday.
The holiday resort of Varadero has been officially designated one of the top ten beaches in the world. Varadero located less than a two-hour drive east of Havana and stretching for some twenty kilometres along a narrow peninsula on the north coast of the island.
Durring your holiday to Varadero check out the "downtown" area to explore even briefly, from the temptations on offer at your hotel to get out and about and have a look around the resort in search of the real Cuba.
Your holiday to Cuba is incomplete without visiting fabulous Havana. Much of the city has been locked in time since the revolutionary fifties, most classically symbolised by the fantastic selection of old American classic cars, which somehow manage to keep going!
Old Havana is now a World Heritage Site, where many of the centuries-old buildings having survived years of neglect are now being meticulously restored in their original style. Some of these have become hotels.
There is a lot to take in here for the culturally-minded including the magnificent Plaza de Armas, the imposing Castillo de la Fuerza Real and the beautiful Palacio de los Capitanes.
Havana is also the home of the Daiquiri, so there's plenty of opportunity to explore Cuba's rum culture, perhaps in one of Ernest Hemingway's old haunts such as El Floridita or the lobby bar of the Ambos Mundos hotel.
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Havana preserves more of its historic colonial legacy than any other city in the Americas. Experience another side to Cuba with these excursions from Havana.
Cayo Coco is the fourth largest in the Cuban Archipelago.
This tropical resort has 15 miles of virgin beaches falling away to the world's second-largest coral reef. Although there are several fairly large resort hotels, and plenty of room for more, Cayo Coco remains a relatively undiscovered pearl, perhaps because of the lack of a very close international airport.
Access to Cayo Coco is currently by car along the narrow causeway, or by internal flight from Havana into the small domestic airport. There is an international airport planned for the future, so get to Cayo Coco soon while it retains so much of its natural charm!
In the same group of islands as Cayo Coco, Cayo Guillermo is significantly less developed and offers great beaches and relaxed seclusion.
Similarly to Cayo Coco, some new hotels are being planned. Both islands are stunning, and must be seen to be believed.
Cayo Guillermo is joined to the Cuba mainland by a 68 km causeway, that brings you to this nature lover’s paradise.
If picture postcard beaches are what you’re looking for, look no further. There are miles of tranquil beaches for walking, swimming or just relaxing in the warm Cuban sun.
With its Spanish colonial history and great choice of natural attractions Cuba has much to offer. Eco-tourists come for the exotic flora and fauna and the wild scenery attracts hikers. For most tourists, however, Cuba is famous more for its classic American cars, fat cigars, rum, fun and sun
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