Need some nitty gritty details on a place to stay in Oaxaca Coast.
Replies: 8 - Last Post: Dec 2, 2012 6:15 PM Last Post By: nosarayogi
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Need some nitty gritty details on a place to stay in Oaxaca Coast.
Hi.I have looked at the forums on the Oaxacan coast and looked at what came up in searches and I am still lacking need a few suggestions.
I stayed in Puerto Escondido once, it was okay. I am flying into Huatulco at the end of the month and I am looking for a beach town with a simple and very clean hotel (budgetish $50-$60/night a wee bit more if it is amazing) in a beach town with a balcony or patio that goes out onto the beach. I am not looking for a thousand square feet with a 500 square foot balcony. Just something on the beach, super clean and a view or ideally a patio onto the beach. From the sounds of things, Zipolite would not be to my liking, if it is a party spot; seems like I am more of a Mazunte, Zicatella, Carazalillo type. Looking for a place I can go to from the airport, plunk down and relax.
I would rather not wander around on a beach that I am not familiar with looking for a hotel, I was hoping that someone who knows these beaches well and knows of a place that could fit the bill to let me in on their secret!!!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hablo Español También.
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You may find some accomodation on the further reaches of Playa Zicatela that open onto the beach. Carrizalillo is surrounded by steep headlands, so any nearby accomodation will be on a cliff, and require a walk down the slopes to get to the beach. Perhaps Huatulco would suit you, but I only visited the town and not the beaches. I predict wherever you stay will be relatively quiet in November.2
Check into San Agustinillo between Zipolite and Mazunte, seems like a good fit for you, some interesting and very nice spots in the $50 range.3
Look at Hostal Ziga in Mazunte. The link below has some info.http://globetrottergirls.com/2011/05/hotel-tip-mazunte-mexico-posada-ziga/
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I'm sure this is too late for the OP, but I can recommend Casa Herbolarea, it's a house rental up the hill in Mazunte with an amazing view straight out to Punta Cometa. It's a really cool house, all solar power (and gas stove top) with lots of truly creative design elements. The owner is Canadian. I think we paid about $600 for the month*, and there's enough room for 3 to stay, I'd say. Great kitchen with absolutely everything you could possibly need, including some great books. We had our fishing rods and every morning & afternoon went down to the beach for the most consistently good beach fishing we've ever experienced (this was Oct/Nov). We finally started giving them away to the local kids since we couldn't eat that many fish.- Price includes fascinating insect life including but not limited to scorpions, tarantulas, chinches, cuarenta manos, many many small bats, etc. And a giant toad, for whom I put out a big tupperware of water every evening & he'd spend the night sitting in it. I bet he misses me. And really great birds, if you're a birder.
