Hotel Descalzo — Hotel in Oaxaca

Just what I needed! After spending days walking, visiting museums and overdosing on Mexico City, it was time to just spend time on the beach, with nothing to do. Not much was going on in Zipolite in early March, except for the sun and the sea and the laid back beach bars. Hotel Descalzo is right there behind a little gate and some some wonderful landscaping. The cabins have a great design, cool concrete, ceiling fans and a big comfy bed. It is an open layout inside (no interior doors) but everything is around another corner with partition walls, so it's all lovely. I couldn't imagine a more perfect spot. The beach lounges under the thatch umbrellas are the perfect foil to hot mid-day sun, and the little beach bar is all you need. Sal y Pimienta is a few steps away if you need something to eat. I loved the laid-back vibe. We had a bit a of a booking kerfluffle which I won't go into here, but the folks at Descalzo were fabulous and very accommodating, and everything worked out fine. I'd go back any day. Room for improvement: Faster and hotter water in the shower, and comfier chairs on the lovely porches. But you're on the beach,...

I was really excited when I walked in to the beautiful room/cabaña... exquisitely designed and styled it looked really high-end and attractive. The location at the dreamy beach of Zipolite was also heavenly. We adored being able to step out onto the sand.|However, sadly all changed the very first night when the heavy bass thumping beat from the nearby bar made sleep an impossibility until it stopped at 2am!! And this was with earplugs. Then the rooster started at 4am and a very noisy water truck delivery at 8am... the hotel only has shuttered windows (no glass) so there was no escape. |The second night was no better, but (oh bliss) the music stopped at midnight on night 3 and we could finally sleep before my crankiness took over completely. |Had we not paid in full in advance and been able to find an alternative, I would have been out of there after night #2.|We decided to come back to Zipolite the following week and stayed elsewhere which was a...

We stayed here 3 nights ( Saturday-Tuesday) during the Jazz festival weekend. The hotel is beautiful and the staff could not be nicer. The 2nd floor rooms do not have AC, but the ocean breeze was enough to cool the room. We also had a ceiling fan above our bed in the mosquito net which was perfect for keeping us cool. Filtered water and coffee are available 24 hours a day. We also had beach blankets for the chairs at the beach. The restaurant across the street serves a wonderful breakfast and the bar is open from 12-11 pm serving up delicious drinks and cold beers. The only complaint is the loud music from across the street at the bar which tends to play late into the night on the weekends. A room further in back or a first floor A/C room may help with the noise, that or ear plugs. Sunday and Monday night were much quieter.|This hotel is only a short 5 minute walk on the beach to the actual village of Zipolite which is even...