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Valentin Varadero El Patriarca

Autopista Sur km 18 Parque Natural Punta Hicacos, Varadero 42200 Cuba
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#18 of 30 all-inclusives in Varadero
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Valentin El Patriarca Varadero: Comodidad y servicio excepcionales en un paraíso caribeño. Experimenta la belleza de Varadero con comodidades de primera clase en nuestro complejo turístico. Piscina, habitaciones acogedoras y una ubicación ideal cerca de atracciones. ¡Tu escape perfecto en Varadero!
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Free parking
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Fitness Centre with Gym / Workout Room
Free breakfast
Beach
Tennis court
Free airport transportation
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Breakfast available
Breakfast buffet
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Swimup bar
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Business Centre with Internet Access
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Sun loungers / beach chairs
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5.0 of 5 stars
HOTEL STYLE
Modern
Quiet
Languages Spoken
French, Spanish
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Jessica wrote a review 16 Mar
Montreal, Canada143 contributions30 helpful votes
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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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Date of stay: July 2023
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mlr753 wrote a review 14 Mar
Charlottetown, Canada7 contributions15 helpful votes
I visited Feb 2024 with my sisters with Transat out of Moncton. We chose Cuba because we've visited many times before and always loved it, and we went knowing the challenges Cubans are facing we were prepared for shortages. We booked solo, so we each had separate rooms. Check in was smooth and we were brought to our rooms by golf cart. Rooms: Initially we were very happy with our rooms. Air conditioning worked well, good quality toilet paper and lots of hot water in bathrooms all week. The fixtures in the stand up shower were leaky, but the shower head in the tub worked fine. Safe in the closet worked well. Mini fridge stocked with bottled water restocked throughout the week. Beds were firm, but comfortable, there were spare blankets in the room. TV had at least 4 or 5 English channels, and the wifi worked well throughout the resort but we often had to log back in. Problems with rooms: The lock on my door malfunctioned daily, it just wouldn't lock behind me when I left the room. Each day I'd report it to reception or guest services and it would get fixed, but the next day the same would happen. As a solo woman traveler this was a worry. My sisters toilet stopped working half way through the week, after several trips to guest services they moved her room. Bath towels were scarce also, instead I had 4 nice beach towels in my room that I made do with all week. Used ones were not replaced with fresh towels. Pool: The pool was smaller than I was expecting but it was clean. Chairs and sun umbrellas were scarce, many people laid out towels on the pool deck or grass nearby, or brought chairs out from the snack bar to sit. My sisters and I took turns getting up to reserve a spot, some days as early as 5 am, and many spots were taken by that time. There were activities at the pool daily like exercise and volleyball. Swim up bar, like all the bars, had a chalk board with drinks list each day that they could make with what they had available to them that day. As the day went on and the supplies ran out, they erased items. Rum punch was always there because it's rum and any mix available. We joked that we had rum punch 57 different ways. If you're open to trying what's available, you'll have a good time. Beach: I go to Cuba for the beach, but this was disappointing. A storm had come through a few weeks earlier and eroded a lot of the beach. What was there was a steep incline, exposed coral and lots of washed up Portuguese man o war. Went for a couple walks up the beach but never spent any time there otherwise. Food: Most meals were at the main buffet and we found if you go at the beginning of the meal time you'll have the best selection. Later on things may run out. We had eggs every day, pasta, bread, chicken pork and fish on the grill lunch and supper. There was no butter until the last couple of days, and no orange juice. There was a powdered orange drink like Tang the last 2 days. Many choices of prepared foods as well. Ice cream, pineapple and papaya every day, plus all the sweet cakes. The beach restaurant was a la carte and had delicious fried fish, we went there 3 or 4 times. We also went to the Italian restaurant twice and Gourmet once. The food was good and service was excellent. The snack bar by the pool had 6 to 8 different menu items offered daily, again on chalk board, erased as they ran out of supplies. Mikes Coffee: Daily visit to Mike's, they have a good choice of hot and cold drinks, with or without alcohol. I brought my travel mug and took my drink with me to the pool. Excellent service here. Lobby: Not enough seating in this area. Very nice live music and singing in the evenings and a popular place, but crowded. Piano bar: A very nice spot to sit with a drink, sometimes quiet, sometimes piano playing, only open in the evening. They seemed to be well stocked with everything there. Theater: We only stayed up a few evenings to see the show. Long days in the sun, shows only start at 9:30. Typical entertainment. We popped in to see the disco, spa and gym but didn't spend much time there. The clientele is mostly older here, if you want a party scene you'll have to make it yourself. The service here is excellent. The staff do as much as they can to make you happy. They have limited resources and do their best. We did not have the upgraded section and I dont think we missed much. Their pool area looked a little crowded. We paid for late check out $11.00 per hour until 4pm, $30 an hour after that. We were happy with 4 as our check out time. Overall it was just ok. You have to be flexible and willing to try new things. Don't have your heart set on one thing because it may not be available. Bring a travel mug for drinks. Bring a beach towel from home as a back up and to save your spot so it's not mistaken by someone else as theirs. Be willing to try new food, new drinks, participate in activities, and tip well for good service. A good attitude makes the difference. Cuba is beautiful and the people are wonderful but they are in hard times right now.
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Date of stay: February 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
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Thalia V wrote a review 14 Mar
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Lovely and beautifull resort we are going to come back on june ,I like the beach and the pool ,people are awesome and rooms are clean I like the instalations and the grounds are well kept ,gardeners are very smily and kind I felt at home..........
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Date of stay: March 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
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Laza v wrote a review 11 Mar
Varadero, Cuba2 contributions2 helpful votes
There is live music everyday, and it was mainly great. There are morning beach activities, and afternoon pool activities such as sports, contests, and dancing. There are night time activities such as Bingo or a theatre (dance) show most nights. However, the schedules were not always accurate but there were always good activities .
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Date of stay: March 2024Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Susan P wrote a review 9 Mar
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Fantastic hotel in allá aspect ,really good views,they sea and the sand is perfect ,I love the staff Have been honestly verte Nice yo me I serously going to come back ,the breakfast at allagance was perfect thanks You very much Patriarca....
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Date of stay: March 2024Trip type: Travelled solo
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Edvard wrote a review 8 Mar
Montreal, Canada5 contributions5 helpful votes
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We've been there from Feb 25 to March 3, 2024. Over all, amazing experience. We're never too picky when it comes to Cuba, we understand occasional menu & drinks shortages, but beautiful weather and beaches make it up for us (so I admit, I am bit subjective). Let's go one by one... Some people complain about the beach... They are referring to one section of the beach, in front of Allegiance section of resort... Apparently, allegiance section of the beach has its sand washed away by the recent storm, so it is bit rocky. For more reasonable people, all you have to do is walk (literally) 20m to the right, et voila (see pic from the last week)! Some of them are complaining about lack of beach loungers... Personally, we did not have that problem (on the beach around 9AM latest), but it is generally good idea to tip (couple of USD$) beach safeguard, as they will make sure you had one available for you whenever you come. Note that they switch and work every other day, so you have to tip two different crews. Rooms... Beautiful, clean, comfortable beds (see the pics). Note that we were NOT at the Allegiance section of resort, but the regular one. We read some bad reviews about people complaining that their towels did not get changed for the whole stay. Again, we had different experience. We were leaving tips to the maids daily, and each time we would ask to get our beach of regular towels changed, it would be done. Food... Not too picky about it, but there is significant variety of options. I could easily live on freshly baked bread and butter, omelet and fried eggs, ham, bacon, several types of cheese, juice (breakfast), BBQed chicken & fish (mostly white), freshly cooked pasta and carbonara (i.e. bechamel and tomato sauce), salads, fruits (mostly ananas and guava), beer, etc (lunch and dinner). Note that on the 4th day, they did not have real eggs for breakfast (we were served Truman's eggs), but then 2 days later everything was back to normal. We went to "a la cart" restaurant only once (Italian), but we did not like pizza and medium rare "steak", so we gave up and did not go to any other. We just heard from other people that Cuban one is worth visiting. Drinks... Surprisingly, they did not have mojito, or pina colada all the time, but I always had option of escaping into world of Cuba Libre, or even straight rum on the rocks:-) You probably figured by now that rum is my thing. At some point (around 5th day) they ran out of real coffee beans, and they started serving cappuccino made of instant coffee. Considering that I am religious coffee drinker, that kind of bothered me. But definitely nothing to cry about. Entertainment... It was pretty much as good as in any other Varadero resort we've been at (well... other than Iberostar Selection, and Royalton - almost Vegas quality;-). There was nothing organized at the beach (i.e. no beach volleyball), but there was plenty near the pool (which I did not attend as I don't like wasting time at the pool, while I have option to spend time on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world - any Varadero beach is contender). Night show hosts/MCs were good, especially a guy (apologies, forgot his name - see the pic), very engaging with the crowd. Sports and exercise... Tennis court is in excellent shape (played couple of times, see the pic)! Gym as good as any YMCA with treadmills and dumbbells available all the time. But then again... Running and walk on the beach, sunset etc. Shivers... The only thing I would complain about does not have to do anything with resort (I think she works for Sunwing). On the way from the airport, guide in the bus convinced us that (if we want to go out of resort, and have dinner at Varadero, i.e. Beatles Bar), it is much better to exchange $s into CUP in the bus, because she is offering much better rate than what we can get in the hotel or at the bank (1CAD = 120CUP vs 80CUP in the bank - btw it is weird that google currency exchange gives totally different rates). Rationale is that, according to her, all prices in the restaurant are in Cuban pesos, and if we want to pay in i.e. CAD or US$, it will cost us much more (as they have to convert price according to the official - bank rate). This could not have been further from the truth. We had dinner at the restaurant Varadero 60 (btw amazing lobsters), and prices were in USD$ (so we lost some money in double exchange transaction). Girl (guide at the bus) was apparently part time employee, studying English (German as a second language), but I forgot her name. At the end, special shoutout to two beautiful young ladies at the reception desk: Veronica and Maria. Beautiful smile, and with two of them there is no problem that does not have quick solution! Keep up the good work ladies!
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Date of stay: February 2024
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Rena999 wrote a review 8 Mar
Toronto, Canada2 contributions1 helpful vote
This is a bad hotel. Little food, bad service, and all the negative reviews are true. I have 12 more days to go. Only good food is available if you bought the Alegance upgrade -- food and service are abundant there! Stay away. Go to Mexico. Anywhere but here. I've been to Cuba many times to different properties. This is by far the worst. It's not the people. It's the management!!
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Date of stay: March 2024
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marti wrote a review 7 Mar
Burnaby, Canada2 contributions2 helpful votes
The staff do their best with what they have .Everything is in short supply all over Cuba . Makes you appreciate what we have when we get back home. Do not expect seafood towers like in the photos ..do not expect any gourmet food , simple food and cleanliness is what you get .we were in the " alagance " section and would like to mention the great service we received. Henry the bartender is the best , as well as Mulan , Regla ( Cuqui) & Anely in the restaurant and Jolly our concierge . Amelia our chamber maid also put in a great effort. I think Andy from Public Relation is the only one who seem to worry about the success of the hotel. A shout out to the gardening team , they all do amazing work .
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Date of stay: February 2024
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Ken wrote a review 6 Mar
Delta, Canada5 contributions23 helpful votes
It’s been awhile since I’ve reviewed a resort…I use that term loosely. No travel agency or airline should be servicing this place. Absolutely awful! I know Cuba struggles but this place is an all new low. Dirty, Unsanitary practices, filthy rooms, bugs galore. Staff is ungracious and pushy. I cannot think of any reason to go to this dump.
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Date of stay: February 2024
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Response from Javier Aguilar, Director General at Valentín Varadero El Patriarca
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Dear Ken, we are truly sorry not to meet your expectations during your vacations in our hotel. We are sad to know that you got a bad impression of our staff, as most of the clients that visit us recognize our staff as friendly, kind and professional. You can be sure that we work everyday for the satisfaction of our clientelle.
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Judy S wrote a review 5 Mar
Kitchener, Canada29 contributions40 helpful votes
Just returned from Feb 26 - Mar 4 week vacation. We were at Valentin El Patriarca. I've been to Cuba at least 15 times in as many years. All resorts are affected by the shortages in Cuba right now (the locals of which are suffering the most with food and fuel shortage). No wine or liquor other than the Cuban rum... and beer. They are running out of many things. Eggs and milk are powdered. They are running out of usable loungers for the pool and beach and you need to "reserve" them early (but that is, sadly, what is happening in most beach resorts everywhere). Beach towels cannot be changed during your stay. The resort does have beautiful grounds and foliage. Staff are all friendly. Wi-Fi is free everywhere including the rooms. The sun, pool, beach, palm trees and warm breezes will forever be greatest asset of Cuba.
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Date of stay: March 2024
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Dear Judy, we thank you for your review. As you mention, our staff is very friendly and you can be sure that we work ina daily basis for the improvement of our services. We are pleased to know that you enjoy our sun, beach and warm breezes.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Valentín Varadero El Patriarca
Which popular attractions are close to Valentín Varadero El Patriarca?
Nearby attractions include Varadero Beach (2.0 miles), Cueva de Ambrosio (1.0 miles), and Varahicacos Ecological Reserve (5.0 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at Valentín Varadero El Patriarca?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include a swimup bar, free breakfast, and a pool.
Which room amenities are available at Valentín Varadero El Patriarca?
Top room amenities include a minibar, air conditioning, and a flat screen TV.
What food & drink options are available at Valentín Varadero El Patriarca?
Guests can enjoy a swimup bar, free breakfast, and an on-site restaurant during their stay.
Is parking available at Valentín Varadero El Patriarca?
Yes, free parking is available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to Valentín Varadero El Patriarca?
Conveniently located restaurants include Xanadu Restaurant, Restaurant La Arcada, and La Panchita.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Valentín Varadero El Patriarca?
Yes, guests have access to a pool and a fitness centre during their stay.
Does Valentín Varadero El Patriarca have an airport shuttle?
Yes, Valentín Varadero El Patriarca offers an airport shuttle for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Does Valentín Varadero El Patriarca have airport transportation?
Yes, Valentín Varadero El Patriarca offers airport transportation for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Are any cleaning services offered at Valentín Varadero El Patriarca?
Yes, dry cleaning and laundry service are offered to guests.
Does Valentín Varadero El Patriarca offer any business services?
Yes, it conveniently offers a business centre, meeting rooms, and a banquet room.