Royalton Hicacos Varadero Resort & Spa | Cuba 2024

Beach Thoughts:
- It's one of the nicest beaches I've been to.
- White sand beaches, and super clear water (could see it from the plane)
- A nice stretch to walk on, and very calm.
- ...one might say too calm, if you like playing in the rougher waves.

Diamond Club Thoughts:
- It probably wouldn't have been worth it if I didn't get it on sale
- Butlers are assigned based on room location
- When in 1st room 403, couldn't really get anything booked or get help
- Room flooded due to drainage issue, I had to put a lot of effort to get it
sorted myself (it wasted a good day and was quite unpleasant)
- When we swapped to 208, she got everything booked almost instantly.
- Experience can very quite a lot, and we only had 3 nights left to try.
- The rooms for diamond club members are at the end of the resort, so plan on lots of walking (about 5-10 mins)
- Free excursion included (either snorkelling or a round of golf), didn't know till 2nd butler mentioned it. (need to book early though)
- Free wifi (that we had to continually logged back into, but worked fine)
- I was unable to use room service as there's no real instructions/explanation when you get to the resort. (there's a number that's on their "login" page that you need to find - before it auto changes on you or possibly on the TV)
- I went to the diamond club lounge where all the butlers were chilling, and I felt very unwelcomed.
- I wouldn't waste money on it again (even on sale).

Food Thoughts:
- If you compared to Mexico, it's average.
- I've been to a different resort, so I know this one is miles better then the usual Cuba resorts.
- They actually have salt and pepper around, and most the food is seasoned well.