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Royalton Hicacos - Adults Only - All Inclusive

4.0 star property
4-star beachfront property near Marina Gaviota

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Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • All-inclusive
  • Spa
  • Breakfast included
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Gym

Explore the area

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Crt. Las Morlas Km 15 Autopista Varader, Varadero, Varadero, 42200
  • Varahicacos Ecological Reserve
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Cueva de Ambrosio
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Marina Gaviota
    ‪5 min drive‬

Room options

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Junior Suite

  • 52 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Junior Suite (Diamond Club)

  • 60 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

About the area

Varadero

Beachside getaway.Stay at this Varadero property and you'll be within half a mile (1 km) of Ambrosio Park and 2 miles (3 km) of Cueva de Ambrosio. Marina Gaviota is within 6 miles (10 km) and Josone Park is within 9 miles (15 km).

What's nearby

  • Varahicacos Ecological Reserve - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Ambrosio Park - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Cueva de Ambrosio - 2 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Marina Gaviota - 5 min drive - 4.8 km
  • Varadero Beach - 13 min drive - 9.6 km

Restaurants

  • ‪Grazie - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪El Chiringuito de Tania | BBQ Grill Bar - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Las Morlas - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Bar Piscina | Pool Bar | Aqua Bar - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪The Pearl - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Royalton Hicacos - Adults Only - All Inclusive

4-star beachfront property near Marina Gaviota
Royalton Hicacos - Adults Only - All Inclusive is an all-inclusive property. Room rates include meals and beverages at onsite restaurants and bars. Other items and amenities, including taxes and gratuities, and access to recreational activities and entertainment may also be included. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.

Royalton Hicacos - Adults Only - All Inclusive offers its guests a full-service spa, 3 outdoor swimming pools, outdoor tennis courts, and a sauna. There are 5 restaurants on site, along with a coffee shop/café. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include 5 bars/lounges, a beach bar, and a poolside bar. Free breakfast is served, and guests can also enjoy a free manager's reception. WiFi is available in public spaces for a fee.

Business amenities include a business center and a meeting room. A nightclub, a 24-hour fitness center, and spa services are also featured at the business-friendly Royalton Hicacos - Adults Only - All Inclusive. Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 4-star Varadero property.

  • 404 guestrooms or units
  • 5 dining venues
  • 5 bars or lounges
  • Buffet breakfast (free)
  • Nightclub
  • Manager's reception (free)
  • Business facilities
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Wedding services available
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • Gift shop
  • Beauty salon
  • Bellhop
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Bar on the beach
  • Coffee shop
  • 1 conference room
  • Bar by the pool
Royalton Hicacos - Adults Only - All Inclusive offers 404 accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels and pay movies.

Bathrooms include showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and ceiling fans. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the property's full-service spa, The ROyal Spa. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room. The spa is open daily.

Languages

English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: WiFi (USD 1 per hour)

Parking and transportation

  • Free offsite parking
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast
  • 5 bars/lounges
  • 5 restaurants
  • A beach bar
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A poolside bar
  • Free daily manager's reception

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • 3 outdoor pools
  • 3 outdoor tennis courts
  • Full-service spa
  • Kayaking
  • Nightclub
  • Racquetball/squash
  • Sauna
  • Scuba diving
  • Windsurfing

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels
  • Pay movies

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Laptop workspace
  • Living room
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 11:00 AM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Royalton Hicacos - Adults Only - All Inclusive

Children and extra beds

  • Children younger than 18 are not allowed at this adults-only property. All guests 18 and older are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for wireless internet in public areas: USD 1 per hour (rates may vary)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, and a smoke detector
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts cash. For guests' safety, the property includes a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, and a smoke detector in each accommodation.

We should mention

  • This is an adults-only property and guests under 18 years old aren't allowed.
  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.
  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

Royalton Hicacos Varadero Resort
Royalton Hicacos Resort
Royalton Hicacos Varadero
Royalton Hicacos Adults All Inclusive Cardenas
Sandals Cuba
Sandals Royal Hicacos Resort Spa
Royal Hicacos
Sandals Royal Hicacos Varadero
Royalton Hicacos Hotel Varadero
Royalton Hicacos Hotel
Royalton Hicacos Adults Inclu
Royalton Hicacos Adults Only All Inclusive
Royalton Hicacos - Adults Only - All Inclusive Varadero

Royalton Hicacos - Adults Only - All Inclusive Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 174 out of 371 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 109 out of 371 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 50 out of 371 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 19 out of 371 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 371 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
not as we expected
Clearly not a 5* in EU Or in USA but in Cuba yes. Noisy room, they dont offer other room.. lots of food nice on the pictures but the quality not the best. Beach is nice.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Staisha, vancouver canada

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
I found the food to be pleasantly better than I was expecting. I love to eat so this was a huge surprise in the best way. We did the buffet for breakfast and lunch, also tried the Mexican, Caribbean and Italian restaurants for dinner. I highly recommend avoiding the Italian restaurant. You can get better tasting pasta at the buffet which is more fresh/made to order :) Out of 6 of us, 5 loved what they got at the Caribbean restaurant. I also found it to be the best ambience and layout! The server that we had that night was very awesome as well. The Mexican was decent, I was a little disappointed with no guacamole as it is a Mexican place but otherwise it was enjoyable. We didn't get a chance to try the others. Things need to be better set up for reservations or have more pagers available as it can be misleading how to get yourself into the restaurants. The ice cream is very good but could be better to stay open later... only 12-5. I found the mojitos to be a big disappointment compared to other places I have been in Cuba.. Mojitos are their staple! They should be amazing every time! They used fake lime juice which made everything taste a lot sweeter and more artificial. The beach was amazing. So beautiful and clean. The beds in the rooms were terrible.... So hard and springy. I got really bad sleeps at night and woke up very sore and stiff. Sadly this took away from me feeling rested after leaving this place. I probably wouldn't go back, although I really enjoyed some things.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Food was not that good limited selection & what was there wasn't that great.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Kellie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice beach and pool. Food and food choices mediocre
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They have a nice beach, and a good setup to enjoy it with the beach cabanas. The large pool is nice, but not heated at all, so a bit chilly. None of the hot tubs seem to be functional, just there for their website photos I guess. The drinks were all good, but the food ranges from awful to edible. None of the food is good. You have to tip early and often to get OK service.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

JT, Calgary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it all. Beaches are magnificent and close. Great staff. Perfectly clean and lovely
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not Recommended at all , Staff are not very responsive , once you check in you are assigned a go to person (Butler) but the honestly no value added . for my booking i have requested the diamond club that gives you special accesses and areas however they have giving me the normal access and when i have followed up no action was taken .
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Long Yau

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

pepino, Japan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
We requested for a taxi service to go to the airport however the taxi didn’t show up and we missed our flight back home. We had to rebook our flight and it costed $1600. It is hotel duty to make sure we can a taxi on time but they didn’t and they even don’t reply to our refund request to cover our rebooking flight fee. It is the worst service I’ve experienced
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Nedeljko

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

4/10 Poor

Carl, San Francisco

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The pool and beach are good. The most problematic thing is the food. The buffet restaurant is not good, the food is always the same for the two days I stayed. The other restaurants like El Caribe, the Italian restaurant and the Beach seafood restaurant, all need reservations for dinner. We arrived at the hotel at around 12 pm, and our room butler assistant asked us to make the reservation for our dinner asap. We went to the office and was told everything was booked out for the next 2 days. We were so upset that we cannot try the restaurants that are supposed to be included in the all-inclusive hotel. During dinner time, we tried to go to the restaurants to see if anyone cancelled the reservation. However, the restaurants are not fully occupied at all, and the reception doesn't allow us to have dinner there. We have to go to the buffet restaurant for several meals.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Stay - would not recommend Butlers
Overall the stay was very positive - the property itself is lovely and the beach is gorgeous. We were part of their Diamond Club and had an issue from day 1 with our Butler - we were assigned someone who then promptly signed off and we didn't have anyone the following day to help us with our a la carte restaurant booking so ended up getting passed around from the Butler hotline to the Diamond Club to the Food and Beverage team which ultimately resulted in us not getting into the restaurant we preferred. The next night was their weekly Diamond Club dinner - despite being told multiple times in the 2 days prior that all details would be provided in an invite which would be delivered to our Room - we needed up with no details and had to call the Butler hotline at 6pm to find out what what happening - turns out the event started at 6.15pm! Once we gave up on trying to use the Diamond Club lounge and butlers the stay was lovely and very relaxing. All other staff were incredibly helpful and tried to go above and beyond to ensure an enjoyable stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mazen, Beirur

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Friendly people Clean rooms Many good restaurants
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

ClaireMacIntyre, Glasgow

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We did not enjoy our stay at the royalton hicacos. The hotel is dated and certainly not up to any 4 star standard anywhere else in the world. It’s pretty much stuck in the 80’s. If you’re into free booze for your holidays and that’s about it it’s probably ok but the food is literally the worst food I’ve ever eaten on holiday/my life. The seafood restaurant was manageable but the Mexican was terrible. We ordered fajitas and got a small bowl of fried onions and cabbage with some chewy pork with a couple of small tortillas as a main. No spices or seasoning what so ever. There were salt and pepper shakers on all the tables but just for show. The buffet section was poor, if I’d been served this food anywhere else I wound have sent it back but the hotel isn’t within easy walk of anywhere so we had no choice. We spent the majority of our holiday hungry/unwell because of the poor food only eaten what we thought looked safe (I.e soggy flavourless pasta and salad - when it wasn’t tinned spinach). There were also animals (cats in the seafood restaurant) roaming around. I saw another review of bird poo being in someone’s salad - doesn’t surprise me. We ended up booking flights to leave early due to our experience - which was our honeymoon. To say we are disappointment is an understatement. This is not a luxury hotel by any standard. I asked for a complaint/feedback form when we left - looking forward to the response.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We were not offered VIP amenities,which were 15 percent off spa services and one bottle of wine,regardless of the email saying that we would be offered before the trip.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
1. Hotel is old and needs updating. 2. Fixtures are rusting. 3. Smell of sewer in the VIP area. 4. Butler service is useless. I had to deliver my own luggage and butler was less then enthusiastic to get restaurant reservations. 5. Lack of customer service. 6. Final bill was wrong. Had to clear it up twice in the lobby with two different people. Lack of communication between staff. 7. VIP lobby needs updating.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff was amazing! The beach is very good. We got the diamond club and we were very satisfied we did it.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019