Puerto Ángel
Not many elect to stay in Puerto Ángel, but, if you do, head to this bright, white hotel run by the owners of boat-tour specialists Azul Profundo. Rooms…
Must-see hotels in Oaxaca Coast
Bahías de Huatulco
It's all about the sweeping views from cliffside cabañas, a lovely swimming pool and an open-air restaurant at this coffee plantation with well-manicured…
Puerto Escondido
German-run Inés has a wide variety of bright, cheerful cabañas, rooms, apartments and suites, around a shaded pool area with a restaurant serving good…
Bahías de Huatulco
Nonni has managed to preserve a newish look in rooms with modern fittings, freshly tiled showers and an aura of underlying cleanliness. While modest in…
Puerto Escondido
Busy but relaxed Buena Onda, set in a shady palm grove with a beachfront palapa hangout area, can seem like surfer dude central station. It is also one of…
Zipolite
This Italian-run beachfront joint is on a friendly, personal scale and has smallish but clean, colorful rooms with good beds, four-poster mosquito nets,…
Puerto Escondido
This small hotel provides a guest kitchen with free coffee, tea and purified water, and a pool in the pretty garden, in addition to eight fan-cooled rooms…
Bahías de Huatulco
A good midrange option, Habitación Azul is one of three color-themed rooms tucked away in the rear garden of this Mexican family's home. Guests have use…
Bahías de Huatulco
Mediterranean-style Edén Costa, 500m inland from Bahía Chahué, has attractive rooms with avian touches in the form of colorful bird murals. Most rooms…
Zipolite
Peaceful Las Casitas sits like a lighthouse on a lane behind the west end of Playa Zipolite. Six detached rooms done out with tasteful Mexican color…
Bahías de Huatulco
María Mixteca offers 14 prettily decorated yellow-and-white rooms on two upper floors around an open patio, with supercomfy beds, air-conditioning, all…
Puerto Escondido
Many of the hotels in the center of Puerto Escondido are fly-blown places and rather unappealing, but not this little hotel overseen by a friendly family…
Zipolite
A lot of what’s good about a hotel is the people who run it. A case in point is Hotel Teresa managed by a lovely Mexican couple who’ll cater to your every…
Mazunte
A few steps from Playa Mermejita, this small hotel offers eight carefully designed rooms in two-story palapa-roofed cottages with attractive contemporary…
Chacahua
Locals refer to La Isla as Chacahua's 'luxury' option, and while the four fan-cooled cabañas with handcrafted wood furnishings and sliding glass doors are…
Puerto Escondido
This newish hotel is Zicatela’s fledgling posh abode, advertizing itself in slick white with purple accents. Rooms are as attractive as they are spotless,…
San Agustinillo
A decent budget option on the east end of town, the fan-cooled rooms at Posada Paloma overlook a small garden and open-air lobby with an on-site…
San Agustinillo
Sunny rooms with adjoining kitchens (equipped with large fridges) and broad balconies characterize this orange-hued posada above a restaurant along San…
Puerto Escondido
Colonial-style rooms, some with full kitchen and sitting area, overlook attractive courtyards with fountains and a large pool area edged by a tropical…
Puerto Escondido
A popular Canadian-owned hotel with 24 ample rooms sporting good large bathrooms, folksy Mexican decor and pretty wall and door paintings. A highlight is…
Barra de la Cruz
Shady property with plenty of hammocks and run by a great Mexican couple, Blanca and Rusbel, the new air-conditioned rooms here are among the best in town…
Bahías de Huatulco
Bright Jaroje, two blocks south of the Plaza Principal, has 13 large, clean, white rooms with mosquito screens, air-con and either one king-sized bed or…
Barra de la Cruz
El Chontal in Barra de la Cruz's small village has large, bright rooms with private bathrooms, air-con and king-sized beds. Good chicken, seafood and…
Bahías de Huatulco
On the beach's quiet north end, El Capi has your R&R needs covered with simple fan-cooled cabins, tents, a shady palapa restaurant with hammocks and a…
San Agustinillo
On a spacious hillside site, Las 3 Marías enjoys awesome views especially from its pool and the mostly vegetarian restaurant. Its cabañas and rooms are…
Zipolite
Tapping into Zipolite’s clothing-optional vibe, the Nude wears its nudist reputation fairly subtly (guests usually save their nudity for the beach)…
Zipolite
Aptly named and aptly subtitled too (the second stanza reads: 'Where people come to do nothing'), Nice Place has eight basic rooms, split four upstairs…
San Agustinillo
La Termita isn't just the best pizzeria in the area. Also here are four attractive, big rooms with good wood furnishings and either one or two double beds…
Mazunte
Inhabits a terracotta-hued building on Calle Rinconcito and is fronted by a row of crafty shops, including La Baguette bakery. Rooms are gathered on the…
Casa de Huéspedes Gundi y Tomás
Puerto Ángel
A rambling establishment up steps from Blvd Uribe opposite the naval base, it offers basic rooms with some offbeat artistic touches that help plaster over…
Puerto Escondido
This relaxed and spacious hostel is close to all Rinconada's facilities. Spacious dorms with solid wooden bunks, ample, mural-bedecked common areas, a…
Puerto Escondido
This well-kept, family-run place has a small pool and a communal kitchen either side of a nice green courtyard. The 22 spacious rooms exhibit cheerful art…
Barra de la Cruz
Pepe’s has well-built wood-and-palm-thatch cabins with fans, mosquito nets and shared toilets and showers, plus a large palapa (thatch-roofed) comedor…
Zipolite
Run by a long-time Zipolite resident from France, El Carrizo is a classic basic backpacker joint with a friendly atmosphere. There are four very simple…
Chacahua
Siete Mares, at the beach's west end (nearest the river), has simple cabañas, each with two double beds, fans, mosquito nets, electric light and curtained…
Bahías de Huatulco
Toward the north end of San Agustín beach, El Tronco comedor (food stall) is run by a friendly family and has a tent to rent as well as hammocks. It's…
Oaxaca Coast
Santuario La Escobilla's clean, sturdy, well-kept cabañas are set in a neat garden and equipped with electric light, fans, mosquito nets and hot-water…
Oaxaca Coast
The San Pedro, 300m south of the main bus station, has pleasant, spacious, air-conditioned rooms with tiled bathrooms behind a sandy yellow facade. The…
Bahías de Huatulco
A friendly little budget spot just south of La Crucecita's Plaza Principal with six smallish but neat and well-kept rooms all with hot-water bathrooms and…
Puerto Escondido
Las Olas has good, clean, excellent-value rooms, with pretty tiling and craft details, and a pool. Second-floor choices have ocean-view hammocks, and…
