Besides Varadero, Cuba boats many other islands reefs and islets that offer the visitor excellent virgin beaches, some known, others still to be discovered. A few miles from Havana’s downtown are the Playa del Este. Always overflowing with the happy noise of thousands of people, they extend all the way from Alamar to Jibacoa, near the border of Matanzas province.

There are beaches full of people, and others that are practically empty, so one always has the choice between lots of company or an intimate escape. For intimacy, the ideal beach is Playa Esmeralda, full of beautiful natural landscapes, in the north of eastern province Holguin.

In Trinidad, there is Caleta Buena, three natural pools of blue waters, where friendly tropical fish swim around the bathers, only 4 miles from Playa Giron.

We can't forget to mention the beach at Punta del Este, on the southern island of Juventus, nor Bibijaguas, with its black-sand beaches and history of enchantment and legends. Or there are always the beaches of Levisa and Paraiso Keys in western province of Pinar del Rio, Where Ernest Hemingway used to take refuge to enjoy its romance and write a few of the pages that eventually became classics of literature.