Varadero, recognized by specialized international tourist institutions as one of the most beautiful beaches in Cuba and the Caribbean, has started operations with international tourism for the autumn and winter season.
Already the first foreign tourists from Europe and Latin America enjoy the spa and its various extra-hotel facilities.
The tour operator TUI has made weekly flights available from the United Kingdom directly to the Varadero international airport.
- Manchester- Varadero flight - every Sunday (started operations on October 25).
- Flight London (Gatwick) - Varadero - every Thursday, starting on November 5.
To make your flight and hotel reservation you can consult the website: https://www.tui.co.uk/
You can also contact the phones:
• To book holidays: 00 44 203 636 1931
• To book flights: 00 44 203 451 2688
You can obtain additional information about Cuba as a tourist destination on the web: www.cubatravel.cu
Cuba Tourist Office - London
Tel: 00 44 207 240 6655
Important notice: from Ireland you can obtain your tourist visa by contacting the Cuban Consular Office in Dublin.
Mail: embacuba@ie.embacuba.cu
Phones: 01 671 83 00 and 01 671 8320
(Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 09:30 to 13:00)
Opening of Varadero Resort
From 15th October 2020 the tourist resort of Varadero, Cuba, is receiving international tourists and airlines that requested to fly to this tourist destination.
This initial phase includes the extra-hotel services associated with:
- Marina Chapelin and Marina Gaviota.
- Gastronomic, commercial and recreational services of the extra-hotels Marina Gaviota
- Golf services
- The Delphinarium.
- Plaza Hicacos
Hotels on offer for this initial stage:
- Hotel Valentín El Patriarca
- Meliá Península Varadero
- Iberostar Bella Vista
- Playa Vista Azul
- Grand Memories Varadero.
- Swandor Varadero Beach (Ex-Fiesta Americana Varadero)
- Roc Arenas Doradas
- Muthu Playa de Oro
- Iberostar Tainos
- Hotel Tuxpan
- Sol Palmeras
- Royalton Hicacos
- Iberostar Varadero
EXCURSIONS
Travel agencies can sell:
- Maritime excursions of the two marinas.
- Tourist Bus tours.
- Tours in motorbikes and bicycles.
- Car rental with driver (Travel car) and without driver with reduced mobility only in the approved area.
- Dolphinarium excursions
In addition, commercial and recreational services will be offered in Plaza America and Punta Hicacos, as well as the Golf Course.
To be known:
- As hygiene measures to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, the protocols establish that all services will be paid for by customers with the use of their credit cards to avoid the manipulation of cash.
- In all the hotels in the tourist pole, a Titular Doctor, a nurse and an epidemiologist specialist will be included with the staff of the hotel, whom will always accompany our clients throughout their stay, conducting health enquiries frequently without disturbing their stay.
- In this first stage the mobility of the clients and the excursions will be reduced to the approved Varadero area, as it is not possible to visit the big island. Therefore, all clients travelling to the destination must bring a hotel reservation with them.
Varadero International Airport:
The “Juan Gualberto Gómez” international airport has resumed its operations and all the biosecurity protocols are in place to receive customers who visit Varadero.
The workers of the different airport entities have been skilled and trained to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus.
Covid-19 test on arrival to Varadero Airport
Tourists will receive a free PCR test on arrival at Varadero airport, after which they will go to the Hotel and will be able to enjoy their holidays normally.
The waiting time for the test result will take 48 hours. If the result of the Covid-19 test is positive, tourists will be visited by doctors, then they will be isolated in a Cuban Hospital, with all the conditions and attention required, until their complete recovery.
Tourists must have a Covid-19 Insurance before travelling to Cuba, or they can buy a Cuban COVID Insurance on arrival (£25.00). Hospital care will be paid by the insurances.
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