Zdenko's Corner » CUBA BY CAR: Varadero

Immediately after arriving in Varadero we started looking for a hotel. We knew we couldn't afford room in the big hotels, so we started searching for the small and not so expensive hotels. Driving slowly down the main street in Varadero, we spotted several .... Cubans call this “the city of bridges,” because they are one of its distinguishing characteristics, and, ever since the first half of the 19th century, “the Athens of Cuba,” because of its active cultural life. ...