Overview
The Valentin El Patriarca Varadero is an all-inclusive beachfront resort located on Cuba's gorgeous Varadero beach, surrounded by expansive green spaces with tropical foliage, including the legendary 500 year-old "El Patriarca" cactus.
Adults only 18+years
Check in
3 p.m.
Check out
11 a.m.
Rooms
420
Inclusions
- Daily activities
- Round-trip airport transfers
- Nightly entertainment
- All taxes
Rooms
Amenities
Location
Reviews
Unforgatable vacation
Jeine M on Mar 23, 2024
Roberto very Kind and gentle in the resort ,People very kind and helpfull Blanca Was realy nice to us,the masagge in the SPA Was very relaxing and calm the People in the bars Tony ,yula ,Roberto were very profesional I had a good tiene I wont forget.
July 2023 - Nice stay
jessica_by_the_ocean (Montreal, Canada) on Mar 16, 2024
We visited Valentín El Patriarca in July 2023. GROUNDS The resort grounds are big, and all the buildings are spread out. Expect to do a lot of walking. There was no a/c anywhere except in the rooms. Prepare to sweat. A lot. Our bungalow was the farthest, right next to a utilities setup. We could hear a loud buzzing from the air conditioner from inside our room. There were cute cats everywhere. There were signs around the resort advertising a giant cactus (cactus gigante). Although there is a big one along the path to the beach, it's not the official giant cactus they're talking about. I found the hidden path behind the beach and walked through the bushes all the way to the main road, but never found the cactus, even though the signs are still there. I guess it died during the pandemic and the hotel never bothered removing the signs. The hotel reception had no idea. ROOM The reception kindly upgraded our room when we arrived because it was low season. The outside of the bungalows is painted in lovely bright colonial-style colours, in stark contrast to the inside of the rooms, which were painted in black and aggressive colours like orange, red and lime green. Not very relaxing. The rooms are a bit dated, but relatively modern for Cuba. We had a few issues, like no hot water, no deadbolt, the sides of the bathtub that were much too high to step over, a patio door that wouldn't lock, issues with the door key, a broken showerhead holder and a safe that didn't work. The maintenance employee came by within a few hours and fixed everything. There were cute, harmless lizards in the room, and oddly enough, scented toilet paper. The mattress was hard. We had water bottles and drinks every day. BUFFET After walking into the buffet from 36-degree weather, the first thing I noticed was that there was barely any air conditioning. With all the heat from the grills, we were melting. For breakfast, there was an egg station where you could get omelettes (ask for a "tortilla"). I'm vegan. On some days, there were plenty of things for me to eat. Other days, they put butter or meat in all the vegetables and tubers. I was especially happy to eat fresh seasonal fruit, like mango, guava, mamey and anoncillo. (In Cuba in general, you can expect to eat locally grown fruit, local staples like rice and beans, and very few imported goods, like canned and marinated vegetables.) My husband liked the beer on tap (it can be watery at some resorts), the wide variety of meat on the grill, and the big dessert selection. The entrance door scrapes against the floor and makes an ear-wrenching sound. BEACH We always arrived late but were always able to get chairs and sit under a palapa. The sand is made up of lots of shell fragments, so it's not as soft as in other parts of Cuba. Mid-July, the water is a perfect temperature without too many waves, and there's a nice refreshing breeze. There was music and a bit of entertainment. All-inclusive hotels are supposed to come with free catamaran rides, but the employees just pestered hotel guests to pay to go snorkelling, so there were never any catamarans available for free trips. WI-FI We got 10 hours of internet to start, and the reception topped it up for us when we ran out. There was Wi-Fi in most public areas of the hotel and in the bungalows, but not at the beach. CALETA SNACK BAR They had fries, but unfortunately they were closed at 6:00 p.m. on some days, which is when we were hungriest and when the buffet was closed. Overall we enjoyed our stay.
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