
23 Best beaches in Cuba
Ultimate guide (February 2025)

Cayo Largo is an island with the best beaches in Cuba. It is pure tourist reservation, but much better (and more expensive) than Varadero.… / read more » /

Cayo Coco are the islands with great beaches near the northern coast of Cuba. The best island is called Cayo Guillermo (in the west part … / read more » /

Cayo Levisa is an island near the northern coast of Cuba. The island has one of the best beaches in Cuba, as well as an excellent diving an… / read more » /

Varadero City is a low key beach located to the southwest of the main Varadero beach in Cuba. There are no upscale five star beachfront resor… / read more » /

Santa Maria Del Mar is the most popular beach to the east of Havana in Cuba. In most cases, when someone says Playas del Este, he means right this … / read more » /

Varadero is the most popular beach resort area in Cuba. It is a sand spit with a large number of upscale resorts. Beaches itself are bea… / read more » /

Tarara is a beach in the east end of Havana in Cuba. Before the revolution, there was a perfect beach village with an amusement park, … / read more » /

Playa Ancon is a beach near the town of Trinidad in Cuba, which is a UNESCOs World Heritage site. The beach itself is not the best by the s… / read more » /

Cayo Santa Maria is an island on the northern coast of Cuba. The beach is beautiful with white sand and clear turquoise waters. Unfortunately, t… / read more » /

Guanabo is the most remoted beach in the group of Playas del Este to the east of Havana in Cuba. The beach is extremely popular among C… / read more » /

Playa Santa Lucia is a very long beach in the north coast of Cuba, located not far from Camaguey city. Few beach areas have their own names: Play… / read more » /

Bacuranao is a beach in Cuba nearest to Havana from the east. While nobody consider it seriously, in reality it is a great beach with pal… / read more » /

Cayo Jutias is an island in the north-west of Cuba, not far from the magnifical Vinales Valley, listed in the UNESCO's World heritage List.… / read more » /

Playa Giron is a beach on the Caribbean coast of Cuba. You will find an idyllic tropical scenery ashore, as well as an excellent snorkeling… / read more » /

Guardalavaca is a popular beach in the north-east of Cuba. It is located not far from the major town of Holguin. Like Varadero it is a dedic… / read more » /

Playa Rancho Luna is a beach near the town of Cienfuegos in the south of Cuba. The beach is quite ordinary, but Cienfuegos is a nice authentic Cu… / read more » /

Boca Ciega is one of the "eastern beaches" of Havana in Cuba. The beach is known as the favorite place for the LGBT community. The area is… / read more » /

Playa Larga is an unremarkable beach in the south of Matanzas province of Cuba. It is interesting mainly as a convenient stopover on the wa… / read more » /

Maria La Gorda is a diver's beach in the west of the Cuba island. While the shore line is beautiful - with palm trees and white sand, the sea … / read more » /

Jardines de la Reina is an archipelago in the south of Cuba. It has the best scuba diving in Cuba, as well as a great ocean fishing. There is also g… / read more » /

Playa Jibacoa is a a series of beaches in the north of Cuba located between Havana and Varadero. The beaches are not very good by the standar… / read more » /

Baracoa is a region in the east of the Cuba island. The beaches are generally bad, but Baracoa town is the most authentic in all of Cub… / read more » /

Manzanillo is a town on the Guacanayabo bay in Cuba. Though the city and its surburbs have some beaches, these are not very good by the st… / read more » /