Many visitors do not stray far from their package tour hotel. Depending on how close to the town of Varadero your hotel is located, many opportunities to explore either on foot or with a vehicle are present. Visitors staying at Varadero beach hotels pretty much from the Internacional Hotel or past end up walking the beach. Any trip to town will require a ride. Those staying in Varadero town have many options on foot.
By bus
There is a double-decker open-on-top bus that runs on a regular schedule from the tip of the peninsula up by the Barcelo Marina Hotel and Princessa del Mar all the way into the town of Varadero, with stops at the International Centre shopping mall with about 100 stores, and restaurants, the open-air marketplace, and most major hotels. Look for the blue sign-posts to indicate stops, routing, and schedules. 5cuc gets you a day pass that you can use as much as you want goes along the whole peninsula. Watch out for the palm tree branches when sitting on the open top. The branches will whack you in the head, seen it happen at least 7-8 times. Cheers.
By taxi
All hotels will have a taxi stand. Fares are either metered or set by distance. Some hotels, mostly the better ones, have car rentals available right at the hotel. There are also several rental outlets in Varadero.
Other
In town, there are motorized trikes with a round enclosure think of a car-sized orange that are available for hire, either for sightseeing or point-to-point travel. These are referred to as Coco Taxi.
There are also horse-drawn caleches carriages available for hire. They are more prevalent in town, but any hotel concierge or front desk can arrange one upon request. Mopeds are readily for hire throughout town at a cost of 9CUC for one hour, 12CUC for two hours or 20CUC for twenty four hours. You'll need a drivers licence to rent one, even a learners one will do.
