Zipolite As-it-happens update ⋅ October 23, 2014

Zipolite As-it-happens update ⋅ October 23, 2014

Things to do around El Tres

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We don't have a full guide online for this place yet so we've pulled together the advice from in and around the area that we think may be helpful.

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 Within 2 Km of El Tres

Italian

Las Casitas

Sample the great homemade pasta (with fish, seafood or vegetable sauces) and the meat dishes and homemade baked goods at this Italian-run place back from the west end of the beach...

Zipolite

Top Pick

Mexican

La Providencia

Zipolite’s outstanding dining option, on a lane behind the western end of the beach, combines delicious flavors, artful presentation and a relaxed ambience...

Zipolite

International

El Alquimista

The classy Alchemist is delightfully sited in a sandy cove, and atmospherically lit by oil lamps and candles at night...

Zipolite

International

Lo Cósmico

Mellow out on the rocks above the beach in this open-air restaurant at the accommodations of the same name...

Zipolite

Breakfast & Brunch Spots

Orale! Cafe

This shady tropical-garden cafe with soothing music is perfect for a relaxed and tasty breakfast.

Zipolite

Other

Babel Cafe

Pool table, darts, pizza oven, spacious garden-like setting, well-stocked bar and live music once or twice weekly (rockabilly, reggae, electronic cumbia...) make Italian-run Babel a favorite hangout.

Zipolite

Italian

Pacha Mama

The chef is one of Zipolite's large Italian community, and he turns out very professional steaks, seafood and home-made pasta with some tasty sauces. With a garden-like setting, this is worth its above-average prices.

Zipolite

Seafood

Piedra de Fuego

You’ll get a generous serving of fresh fish fillet or prawns, accompanied by rice, salad and potatoes, at this superbly simple, very clean, good-value place run by a local family. Good aguas de frutas, too.

Zipolite

Working & Volunteering

Piña Palmera

Piña Palmera, a rehabilitation and social integration center for physically and intellectually disabled people from rural communities runs workshops and therapies at its beautiful palm-grove site and on village visit...

Zipolite

Other

Barracuda

In classic Zipolite style, with palapa roof and dim lighting (and hookahs), Barracuda is the place for after-dark drinks and dancing to music ranging from reggae and salsa to blues and jazz...

Zipolite

Health & Wellness

Solstice Yoga Center

At Solstice Yoga Center, located within the La Loma retreat, Brigitte Longueville leads 1½-hour hatha yoga classes (US$7) in a large, inviting space most days in the morning and/or afternoon...

Zipolite

 Within 5 Km of El Tres

Water Sports

Ola Verde Expediciones

This professional team of adventure-sports enthusiasts takes recommended rafting trips on the Río San Francisco inland from here (Class 2 to Class 3; late July to early October; half-day trip M$500) and the Río Copal...

San Agustinillo

Top Pick

Seafood

Un Secreto

Run by Julien from Un Sueño along the street, Un Secreto serves up sabores del Pacífico (tastes of the Pacific) with a touch of French flair...

San Agustinillo

Top Pick

Water Sports

Coco Loco Surf Club

Coco Loco’s qualified French surf instructor, David Chouard, gives excellent classes for anyone from five years old upwards (one hour for one/two/four people M$350/650/1000)...

San Agustinillo

Health & Wellness

Solstice Yoga Center

At Solstice Yoga Center, located within Las 3 Marías accommodations on the San Agustinillo hillside, Brigitte Longueville leads 1½-hour restorative hatha yoga classes (M$90) most days at 9am or 5pm...

San Agustinillo

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Boating & Cruises

Boat Trips

Local fishers will take you on exciting boat trips to look for turtles, dolphins, manta rays and whales (best from November to April for these last two)...

San Agustinillo

Seafood

Restaurante Paraíso del Pescador

This marine-themed spot, sitting right above the beach and open to sea breezes, is a top spot for fresh fish of the day, which you can have a la plancha (grilled), empanizado (breaded), al mojo de ajo (in garlic s...

San Agustinillo

Other

Restaurant Alexana

The friendly restaurant attached to Hotel Paraíso del Pescador offers goulash as well as good carnes, mariscos and pescados .

San Agustinillo

Italian

La Termita

Roughly in the center of the village, La Termita’s moist, flavorsome, wood-oven pizzas are the best anywhere in the area, and there are good salads to go with them.

San Agustinillo

Other

La Casa Mágica

A favorite with San Ag’s amiable little bunch of expats, this welcoming Irish-run bar offers pool, darts, drinks and light food, a couple of hundred meters up the hill opposite Posada La Mora.

San Agustinillo

Breakfast & Brunch Spots

El Sueño de Frida

Frida’s tiny kitchen serves brightly colored fruit plates and light breakfasts, plus plates of tapas and cocktails in the evening...

San Agustinillo

Beaches, Islands & Waterfronts

Playa del Panteón

On the west side of the bay, this is a small, shallow and calm beach, with several rather overpriced beachside restaurants, and its waters are cleaner than those near the fishing pier across the bay.

Puerto Ángel

Water Sports

Azul Profundo

Enjoyable four-hour, four-beach snorkeling boat trips for M$180 per person, at 10am daily. En route you should see turtles and, with luck, dolphins and even (from December to April) whales...

Puerto Ángel

Nature & Wildlife

La Ventanilla

Some 2.5km along the road west from Mazunte a sign points left to the tiny village of La Ventanilla, 1.2km down a dirt track...

Mazunte

Other

Luna Nueva

Run by indefatigable Carlos from Argentina, barnlike Luna Nueva is Mazunte’s nightlife center. Drinks are inexpensive and most nights there is live music of varying kinds or an aerial acrobatics show.

Mazunte

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