Accommodation near Mazunte

Punta Placer Bungalows San Agustinillo, Oaxaca. 1 mile east of Mazunte Hotel 39 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #2 in San Agustinillo, Mexico Bambu San Agustinillo, Oaxaca. 1 mile east of Mazunte Small Hotel 30 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #1 in San Agustinillo, Mexico Lyoban Beach Hostel Zipolite, Oaxaca. 2 miles east of Mazunte Small Hotel. Price*: US$ 380 8 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #6 in Zipolite, Mexico Las Casitas Bungalows Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 2 miles east of Mazunte Camping/Caravan site 5 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #10 in Oaxaca, Mexico Gundi Y Tomas Puerto Angel, Oaxaca. 4 miles east of Mazunte Lodge 5 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #3 in Puerto Angel, Mexico Villa la Luna Puerto Angel, Oaxaca. 4 miles east of Mazunte Hotel 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #3 in Puerto Angel, Mexico Gloria's Shambhala Puerto Angel, Oaxaca. 4 miles east of Mazunte Hostel. Price*: US$ 12 4 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #2 in Puerto Angel, Mexico Hotel Nova Express Huatulco, Oaxaca. 19 miles northeast of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 38 4 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #16 in Huatulco, Mexico Plaza Tangolunda Huatulco, Oaxaca. 19 miles northeast of Mazunte Hotel Traveller rating: not rated  Sueno Real Huatulco, Oaxaca. 19 miles northeast of Mazunte Condominium. Price*: US$ 300 4 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #8 in Huatulco, Mexico Villas Coral Huatulco, Oaxaca. 20 miles northeast of Mazunte Hotel 22 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #8 in Huatulco, Mexico Hotel Mexicana Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 21 miles northeast of Mazunte Hotel 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #26 in Huatulco, Mexico Hotel Bahia Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 21 miles northeast of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: MXN 859 2 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #33 in Huatulco, Mexico Sheraton Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 27 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 95 1 review. Traveller rating:  Ranked #55 in Oaxaca, Mexico BEST WESTERN Posada Chahue Huatulco, Oaxaca. 28 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 111 22 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #15 in Huatulco, Mexico Quinta Real Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 28 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 292 64 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #13 in Huatulco, Mexico Posada Sicaruu Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel Traveller rating: not rated  Villa Pacifico Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Villa 9 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #5 in Huatulco, Mexico Mision de los Arcos Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 40 190 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #1 in Huatulco, Mexico Gran Hotel Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: MXN 1,012 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #29 in Huatulco, Mexico Sonadores Dreamers Lodge Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Small Hotel. Price*: US$ 42 1 review. Traveller rating:  Ranked #9 in Huatulco, Mexico Flamboyant Hutaulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 45 9 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #20 in Huatulco, Mexico Maria Mixteca Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Small Hotel 2 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #4 in Huatulco, Mexico Villa Escondida Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Bed and Breakfast. Price*: US$ 265 42 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #2 in Huatulco, Mexico Hotel Arrecife Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: MXN 470 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #18 in Huatulco, Mexico Marlin Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 157 1 review. Traveller rating:  Ranked #27 in Huatulco, Mexico Meicer Palmier Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel 2 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #34 in Huatulco, Mexico Marina Hotel & Resort Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 80 23 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #21 in Huatulco, Mexico Villa Blanca Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 55 90 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #3 in Huatulco, Mexico Fandango Suites Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Villa 17 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #6 in Huatulco, Mexico Dreams Huatulco Resort & Spa Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte All-inclusive Resort. Price*: US$ 204 985 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #5 in Huatulco, Mexico Princess Mayev Hotel Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 100 18 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #10 in Huatulco, Mexico Hotel La Isla Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 66 20 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #14 in Huatulco, Mexico Hotel Balcon Gueela Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel Traveller rating: not rated  Hotel Posada Eden Costa Huatulco, Oaxaca. 29 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: MXN 1,550 29 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #2 in Huatulco, Mexico Las Brisas Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 31 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 137 740 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #12 in Huatulco, Mexico Barcelo Huatulco Beach Resort Huatulco, Oaxaca. 31 miles east of Mazunte All-inclusive Resort. Price*: US$ 160 602 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #7 in Huatulco, Mexico Crown Pacific Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 31 miles east of Mazunte Resort. Price*: US$ 173 191 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #19 in Huatulco, Mexico Camino Real Zaashila Huatulco, Oaxaca. 32 miles east of Mazunte Resort. Price*: US$ 163 207 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #9 in Huatulco, Mexico Casa del Mar Huatulco, Oaxaca. 32 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 126 10 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #31 in Huatulco, Mexico Casa del Mar Huatulco Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 32 miles east of Mazunte Hotel 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #36 in Oaxaca, Mexico Fa-sol Villas Huatulco, Oaxaca. 33 miles east of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 318 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #17 in Huatulco, Mexico Agua Azul La Villa Huatulco, Oaxaca. 33 miles east of Mazunte Bed and Breakfast. Price*: US$ 94 145 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #3 in Huatulco, Mexico

Villa Sol y Mar Huatulco, Oaxaca. 33 miles east of Mazunte Bed and Breakfast. Price*: US$ 100 135 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #1 in Huatulco, Mexico Best Night La Laguna Hotel Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 34 miles west of Mazunte Hotel 2 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #37 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Secrets Huatulco Resort & Spa Huatulco, Oaxaca. 34 miles east of Mazunte All-inclusive Resort. Price*: US$ 249 175 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #4 in Huatulco, Mexico Caracol Plaza Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 34 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 106 1 review. Traveller rating:  Ranked #39 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Papaya Surf Beach Hotel Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 35 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 45 13 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #17 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Luna Rosa Hostal Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 36 miles west of Mazunte Hostel 2 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #11 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Daikiri House Hotel Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 36 miles west of Mazunte Small Hotel. Price*: US$ 60 Traveller rating: not rated  El Tucan Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 36 miles west of Mazunte Hotel 1 review. Traveller rating:  Ranked #35 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Hotel Rockaway Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: MXN 749 17 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #34 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Marina Park Plaza Huatulco Huatulco, Oaxaca. 37 miles northeast of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 87 30 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #6 in Huatulco, Mexico Hotel Santa Fe Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 125 96 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #11 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Hotel Ben-Zaa Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: MXN 250 10 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #28 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Villas Chakaron Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Villa. Price*: US$ 137 Traveller rating: not rated  Hotel Flor de Maria Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 50 78 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #8 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Studios Tabachin del Puerto Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 75 93 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #4 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Las Gaviotas Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 18 2 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #30 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Casa Bastin Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #29 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Bungalows Zicatela Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Ranch/Farmhouse/Cottage. Price*: US$ 58 14 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #10 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Casanuna Villas Resort Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Resort. Price*: US$ 137 33 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #9 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Villa Belmar Beach Hotel Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 108 6 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #41 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Hotel Arco Iris Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 30 35 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #24 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico The Hotel Tower Bridge Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Ranch/Farmhouse/Cottage 25 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #13 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Cabanas de Playa Acali Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 50 7 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #38 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Hotel Castillo de Reyes Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 22 2 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #32 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Castillo de Carrizalillo Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Bed and Breakfast. Price*: MXN 350 1 review. Traveller rating:  Ranked #13 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Hotel Mayflower Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 22 35 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #21 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Hotel Hacienda Revolucion Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Bed and Breakfast. Price*: US$ 65 7 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #6 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Quinta Lili Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel 265 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #1 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Surf Olas Altas Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 97 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #20 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Camino Del Sol Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Small Hotel Traveller rating: not rated  Hostal Losodeli Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Hostel. Price*: MXN 400 Traveller rating: not rated  Posada Real Puerto Escondido Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 37 miles west of Mazunte Resort. Price*: US$ 214 48 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #14 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Hotel Suites Villasol Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 38 miles west of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 67 39 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #16 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Hotel and Youth Hostal Mayflower Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 38 miles west of Mazunte Hostel 11 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #5 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico Condos Hacienda Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. 38 miles west of Mazunte Condominium. Price*: US$ 89 Traveller rating: not rated  Casa Giron Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 78 miles north of Mazunte Guesthouse 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #22 in Oaxaca, Mexico Casa Allende Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 95 miles north of Mazunte Bed and Breakfast. Price*: US$ 111 Traveller rating: not rated  Caribbean Village Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 95 miles north of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 122 Traveller rating: not rated  Fiesta Inn Oaxaca Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 96 miles north of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 120 16 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #22 in Oaxaca, Mexico Puesta del Sol Puerto Angel, Oaxaca. 96 miles north of Mazunte Guesthouse. Price*: MXN 255 1 review. Traveller rating:  Ranked #4 in Puerto Angel, Mexico Hotel Victoria Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 96 miles north of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 95 65 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #34 in Oaxaca, Mexico Marques Del Valle Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 96 miles north of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 132 20 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #64 in Oaxaca, Mexico Parador San Miguel Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 96 miles north of Mazunte Hotel. Price*: US$ 89 75 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #11 in Oaxaca, Mexico

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Accommodation in Mazunte

Cabanas Balamjuyuc Hostel 31 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #2 in Mazunte, Mexico Casa Mermejita Villa 1 review. Traveller rating:  Ranked #6 in Mazunte, Mexico Casa Pan de Miel Boutique Hotel. Price*: US$ 137 209 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #1 in Mazunte, Mexico El Copal Hotel. Price*: US$ 97 73 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #2 in Mazunte, Mexico La Dolce Vita Ristorante-Pizzeria Small Hotel. Price*: MXN 400 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #2 in Mazunte, Mexico La Isla Camping/Caravan site. Price*: MXN 250 14 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #1 in Mazunte, Mexico Los Jacalitos Ranch/Farmhouse/Cottage 2 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #4 in Mazunte, Mexico

Miramar Camping/Caravan site 4 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #5 in Mazunte, Mexico Posada Arigalan Bed and Breakfast. Price*: US$ 65 27 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #1 in Mazunte, Mexico Posada del Arquitecto Camping/Caravan site. Price*: MXN 22 32 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #3 in Mazunte, Mexico Posada de las Flores Bed and Breakfast. Price*: MXN 800 3 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #3 in Mazunte, Mexico Posada y restaurant Yuri Lodge Traveller rating: not rated  Posada Ziga Hotel 23 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #4 in Mazunte, Mexico Zoa Hotel Hotel. Price*: US$ 250 31 Reviews. Traveller rating:  Ranked #3 in Mazunte, Mexico

Mazunte hit hard too by Carlotta THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012

THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012

Mazunte hit hard too by Carlotta

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Here a video showing the damage done to Posada del Arquitecto. I am not familiar with this Posada but I do love Mazunte. Mazunte is a lovely laid back place, similar to Zipolite but a little more expensive. I hope people will help out where they can.




http://www.posadadelarquitecto.com/home.htm

The Bajo Quinto: The Instrument That Will Not Go Gently by BETTO ARCOS

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Don Telesforo next to a bajo quinto, holding a jarana mixteca.

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June 28, 2012

Almost 20 years ago, a young student at the National University of Mexico went in search of a very old instrument in the mountains of the southern state of Oaxaca. Today, he has become a leading force in the revival of the instrument called the bajo quinto and the music played on it.

Ruben Luengas was working on a research project at the National School of Music in Mexico City in 1995. He wanted to focus on the music of his hometown, in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, so he asked his 97-year-old grandmother to tell him about the music played at her wedding.

"She tells me it was played on violin and bajo. That's what they played at the parties," he says. "I imagined an upright bass, then I thought an electric bass, so I asked her if she could describe the bajo to me. I had no idea what she was talking about."

The bajo quinto looks like an oversized acoustic guitar, with five courses of doubled steel strings. It's played with a pick, with an emphasis on the bass strings. But Luengas did not know any of this.

He went to his professor, Guillermo Contreras, who invited him to his studio and showed him a collection of more than 15 bajo quintos from the states of Puebla, Morelos and Guerrero — but none from Oaxaca.

"He said to me, 'This is the bajo quinto.' I was speechless," says Luengas. "I became captivated by the instrument. So I asked my teacher, 'Where can I get one?' And my teacher says, 'You have to go find it and learn how to play it. It's part of your tradition.' And he gave me a whole lecture on it."

Contreras, who's still a professor and researcher at Mexico's National School of Music, says the bajo quinto likely evolved from the Italian baroque guitar, called chitarra battente, brought to Mexico during the colonial period.

He didn't say anything. He turned around and got a brand new instrument he just finished, for whoever needed it, and he said he was waiting for me.

- Ruben Luengas on meeting Don Telesforo

"Chitarra battente is very similar to the bajo quinto because it has five courses of strings — 10 strings in total — and metal strings," says Contreras. "And the body is very similar — big body, large neck."

He says in the mid- to late-1800s, a German music store had branches all over Mexico, including one in Oaxaca. He has also found evidence of instrument builders there: "In Oaxaca, there were two important centers for building musical instruments: Coicoyan, in the heart of the Mixteca, and Oaxaca City."

It was that first town, Coicoyan de las Flores, that ethnomusicologist Luengas' grandmother had told him about. She — and just about everybody else — said it was a dangerous place, and advised him not to go.

But one day he mustered the courage and took off to the tiny, hard-to-reach town, deep in the Mixtec mountains. Luengas says that when he arrived, he had the odd feeling he was going back in time. A colleague at the university had given him her grandfather's contact. By now, he felt that everything seemed prearranged.

"My friend's grandfather told one of his workers to take me to the luthier's house. We went down a very deep ravine, then up a hill," Luengas says. "I knocked on a little wooden house, and out comes a man, about 80 years old. He speaks very little Spanish. I told him I was there to get a bajo quinto. He didn't say anything. He turned around and got a brand new instrument he just finished, for whoever needed it, and he said he was waiting for me. That day completely changed my life."

Luengas is now one of the leading bajo quinto players in Oaxaca. He has formed several groups to showcase the instrument, including an eight-piece band, Pasatono Orquesta, modeled after the traditional Mixtec orchestras of the 1920s.

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Don Telesforo with Ruben Luengas.

Luengas says Don Telesforo, the luthier he met in Coicoyan, has died. Nobody there learned his secrets: his respect for the trees, the music and all the mysticism that goes with the craft of making the bajo quinto.

"But the truth is, it's not dead," says Luengas. "I had the opportunity to learn from him. Now I'm reproducing his bajo quinto models, his singular style. And as long as I'm here, I'm not going to let it die."

Luengas says he now has the responsibility to pass on the tradition, but first he needs to find apprentices interested in learning it.