Does anybody know the smartest way to get from Airport Mexico City to Zipolite by bus?

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Hi all,Does anybody know the smartest way to get from Airport Mexico City to Zipolite by bus? I already read on the tree thatś it easy to bus to Oaxaca but i cant  ...
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AlexisBulowski

Jun 11, 2013 11:05 AM
Posts:  2

Airport Mexico City => Zipolite

Hi all,

Does anybody know the smartest way to get from Airport Mexico City to Zipolite by bus? I already read on the tree thatś it easy to bus to Oaxaca but i cant get my finger behind the trip from Oaxaca to Zipolite. I even wishfully wonder if there is a better connection between airport mexico city and zipolite.

Thanks in advance,

A

lake_wobegon

Jun 11, 2013 12:38 PM
Posts:  917

1

Neither from Mexico City nor from Oaxaca (via Mexico City) ... is getting to Zipolite an easy journey, by bus. It's a very long ride. Two routes: 1) which takes you from Mexico City over by Acapulco then down Hwy. 200 through Pinotepa Nacional, Puerto Escondido and then a couple of options as to where to make the cut over to the Pacific Coast beach area at Zipolite; 2) which takes you from Mexico City to Oaxaca and from Oaxaca you have a couple of choices as to routes which will get you over the mountains to Hwy. 200 and the same couple of options as to where to make the cut over to the Pacific Coast beach area at Zipolite (most likely through Puerto Angel). Neither of these possible routes begins at the airport. You will have to make the trip from the airport to either the city's east or south bus terminal (depending upon the route you choose). If you have the money to do so, flying into Huatulco will save considerable time and wear and tear on your body. From Huatulco's airport you can get to Zipolite, relatively easy.

LW

Queretaro

Jun 11, 2013 1:26 PM
Posts:  576

2

Vivaaerobus have cheap flights that will take you to Puerto Escondido (i.e. as cheap as the bus and about 11 hours quicker). You may have to stay in Mexico City overnight though (depending on your arrival time) although overall it may not cost you any time. If you go all the way by bus the most comfortable and quickest route is that described as option 1 in #1's reply.

mclarjh

Jun 11, 2013 1:29 PM
Posts:  1,070

3

More detail: there is an ADO first-class service from Mexico City to Pochutla (782 MXN; 16 hrs). From Pochutla, camionetas travel frequently to the nearby beaches, including Zipolite (20 MXN; 20 mins).

enroutesiglo

Jun 11, 2013 3:26 PM
Posts:  2,195

4

Considering that the bus is around 800-850 for an endless, winding, 16 hour ride, and the plane is around 800-1000 pesos for a quick flight 55 min flight to Puerto Escondito or Huatulco, there really is only one sensible choice.

AlexisBulowski

Jun 12, 2013 10:04 AM
Posts:  2

5

thanks for your replies, i guess i just fly to mexico airport, check if there is any reasonable flight, if not take the bus.

adios

yaguri

Jun 12, 2013 4:14 PM
Posts:  411

6

You'll probably get better airfares if you reserve ahead, rather than walk up to the airline desk at the airport.

Aeromexico and Interjet fly from Mexico City to Huatulco, which is a bit closer to Pochutla (and therefore to Zipolite) than Puerto Escondido.