Having spent four days embracing all that the enchanting city of Havana has to offer, by the fifth day we are made up of 30% culture and 70% rum. It’s time to redress the balance a little: we clearly need more rum.<\/p>\n
The journey time by coach to Varadero<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, our next destination in Cuba<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, is around two hours\u00a0– just long enough to decompress from the hectic pace of Havana and the exhausting business of sightseeing, take a deep breath aaaaaand relaxxxxx in preparation for our luxurious (ahem!) all-inclusive surroundings.<\/p>\n Varadero is a popular beach resort in the Matanzas province<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>along the coast from the capital, boasting it’s own international airport (each of the 15 provinces in Cuba has one), over 60 hotels and 20km of white sandy beaches, which run along the skinny Hicacos peninsula<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, facing the Gulf Of Mexico.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n