Customer Travel Tips for Puerto Escondido
Customer Travel Tips for Puerto Escondido
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22 Jul 2017
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Beach beds can be rented at Playa Carrizalillo for 200pesos for 2 beds (beds only included), at Puerto Angelito beaches the deal is a minimum consumption of 200 pesos for a full day.
Liked: Good if you wanna surf or chill out. Not much to see and the tours are expensive compared to other places in Mexico.
Disliked: Not good for cultural encounters.
19 Jun 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Relaxation / spa
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Age Range:
41+
Customer Travel Tip: Dont stick to the norm
Liked: The weather
Disliked: It has a bit of a resort feel to it along the beach front
30 Jul 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Beach / sunbathing
Customer Travel Tip: Eat delicious fresh seafood, seat either in Zicatela or la Punta to check out the surfers, take lots of sunblock and relax in a hammock.
Liked: I love Puerto Escondido! It's got such an amzing vibe and people are very friendly. It's an amaxing place to come watch the most experienced big wave surfers, they are INSANE!
Disliked: It can get too busy over holidays, but that is fun too!
28 Jul 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Go and explore urself
Liked: People
Disliked: Some angry dogs on the street;)
27 May 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Mazunte
Liked: beaches
Disliked: no
04 Feb 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Stay down by Las Brisas - good yoga places, nice restaurants and nicer neighbourly vibe than the main strip that runs along Playa Zicatela.
Liked: Great waves.
Disliked: Too many touristy restaurants!
16 Jan 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Playa Manzanillo
Liked: Beaches and weather
Disliked: A little bit to touristic
04 Jan 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Get a place close to Zicatela Beach, try to go out of the city, there are wonderful places to see and visit such as lagoons and hidden virgin beaches.
Liked: Wonderful weather and ambiance, cheap and amazing crowd.
Disliked: No sidewalks in some parts of the city, could be cleaner.
08 Nov 2014
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Customer Travel Tip: Hire 2 lounges for 100 pesos on any beach, sit back, relax and enjoy
Liked: The beaches are amazing
Disliked: Not really
06 Oct 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Beach / sunbathing
Relaxation / spa
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: well i like to relax
Liked: surfing and zicatela and the food
Disliked: no
05 Aug 2014
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Dont trust directions from the bus station its miles to the other side of town!
Liked: Mariposa is a great hostel to stay in and chill out
Disliked: It is stinking hot with some serious mosquito's
04 Aug 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Beach / sunbathing
City break
Relaxation / spa
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Pick the right season to visit
Liked: Beautiful beaches, really relaxed, relatively few tourists, great food.
Disliked: Too hot and humid in the summer
11 Jul 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Relaxation / spa
Customer Travel Tip: go to zicatela or carrizalisho to learn to surf
Liked: beautifull beaches with restaurants n bats at the sand. easy n cheap to move around
Disliked: maybe downtown
08 May 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: -
Liked: -
Disliked: -
29 Apr 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
City break
Customer Travel Tip: Don't miss out on La Punta. The beach is gorgeous and there are lovely restaurants around!
Liked: I loved how friendly the people were and how unpretentious the nightlife was.
Disliked: None that I could think of!
01 Apr 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Have a good time and enjoy yourself
Liked: The Surf and the laid back vibe.
Disliked: The Heat
15 Feb 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Relaxation / spa
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Learn or at least try to surf if you don't know it already and try to get mixed up with the local people. This way you will get the real flavor of Puerto Escondido.
Liked: I love the people and the relaxed pace of the local culture there. They are open and friendly and the waves. People go to Puerto for their waves, surf culture and beaches.
Disliked: It takes you a trip to the city to find an ATM. Hotels in Zicatela have some but local people tell they are mostly empty.
04 Feb 2014
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Beach / sunbathing
Customer Travel Tip: STAY NEAR OF BACOCHO, IT´S AMAZING
Liked: BEACHES
Disliked: NO
02 Jan 2014
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Go to tower bridge hostel at least for 1 night the vibe there is epic and the staff are lovely :D
Liked: Great surf and awesome party
Disliked: everything is very spread out but luckily taxis are cheap
26 Dec 2013
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: go dolphin's watching!
Liked: relaxed, great weather
Disliked: no public transport