Suggestions for Ixtapa

[folsom73]

Can someone give me some ideas of things to do in Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, Mexico? Maybe a good All-inclusive Hotel ?
I'd like to do some fishing , diving/snorkeling. My girlfriend would like a good Yoga class. We are from Chihuahua, Chihuahua.
I wanted to get ideas from Expat and not just things I can find on the Net.
We'll also be traveling to Taxco, Cuernavaca and Morelia.
Thank you for all your help................

[Mr Wahoo]

Originally Posted by folsom73

Can someone give me some ideas of things to do in Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, Mexico? Maybe a good All-inclusive Hotel ?
I'd like to do some fishing , diving/snorkeling. My girlfriend would like a good Yoga class. We are from Chihuahua, Chihuahua.
I wanted to get ideas from Expat and not just things I can find on the Net.
We'll also be traveling to Taxco, Cuernavaca and Morelia.
Thank you for all your help................

We stayed at Las Brisas, an AI, and Beautiful. Went fishing with David Otero, caught some sails. Also does day tours. Maybe better charter operations there. Not a real swimable beach, but maybe because surf was up. I believe it was in october, a few years back. I thought the town was fun, albeit, hot. Hope this helps.

[toniold]

Originally Posted by folsom73

Can someone give me some ideas of things to do in Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, Mexico? Maybe a good All-inclusive Hotel ?
I'd like to do some fishing , diving/snorkeling. My girlfriend would like a good Yoga class. We are from Chihuahua, Chihuahua.
I wanted to get ideas from Expat and not just things I can find on the Net.
We'll also be traveling to Taxco, Cuernavaca and Morelia.
Thank you for all your help................

From Morelia I would check out going to Patzcuaro, the hotel Escudo is right downtown on the main plaza. Also Troncones is a great beach just to the north of Ixtapa, not an all inclusive but you can have a much better vacation there.

[dpebbles]

We went last year at Halloween and stayed at the Melia...it was ok. The pool area was very nice...food was decent. Our rooms were very nice as we stayed in the renovated part. They had tons of things you could sign up to do. We took a boat across to the island and went snorkeling. We were told that Club Med is better s far as all inclusive goes.

[folsom73]

Originally Posted by Mr Wahoo

We stayed at Las Brisas, an AI, and Beautiful. Went fishing with David Otero, caught some sails. Also does day tours. Maybe better charter operations there. Not a real swimable beach, but maybe because surf was up. I believe it was in october, a few years back. I thought the town was fun, albeit, hot. Hope this helps.

Thank you for the information

[folsom73]

Originally Posted by Mr Wahoo

We stayed at Las Brisas, an AI, and Beautiful. Went fishing with David Otero, caught some sails. Also does day tours. Maybe better charter operations there. Not a real swimable beach, but maybe because surf was up. I believe it was in october, a few years back. I thought the town was fun, albeit, hot. Hope this helps.

I curious did you check into fishing for Squid ?
Do the charters cook what you catch....thanks

[folsom73]

Originally Posted by toniold

From Morelia I would check out going to Patzcuaro, the hotel Escudo is right downtown on the main plaza. Also Troncones is a great beach just to the north of Ixtapa, not an all inclusive but you can have a much better vacation there.

I'll look into it thank you !

[folsom73]

Originally Posted by dpebbles

We went last year at Halloween and stayed at the Melia...it was ok. The pool area was very nice...food was decent. Our rooms were very nice as we stayed in the renovated part. They had tons of things you could sign up to do. We took a boat across to the island and went snorkeling. We were told that Club Med is better s far as all inclusive goes.

I like the part about alot of things to do and snorkeling....thanks

[ZihuaRob]

I recommend staying in Zihuatanejo instead of Ixtapa. Ixtapa is a government-planned resort and although it provides some low-paying jobs to a few locals, Zihuatanejo is the heart and soul of the region, and Playa La Ropa in Zihuatanejo is one of the most beautiful beaches in all of Mexico. I also recommend avoiding all-inclusive for a number of reasons. Primarily because they are killing our local economy, causing restaurants and shops to close. Also, the profits from most of the big hotels in Ixtapa go somewhere else. In contrast, most of the Zihuatanejo hotels are locally owned and their profits more directly benefit the community.

My recommendation for a hotel would be the Hotel Catalina on Playa La Ropa in Zihuatanejo.

catalina-beach-resort dot com

(Apparently I am not allowed to post any URLs here yet. Hope I'm not violating any rules posting them like this.)

I offer a treasure trove of information about the Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa region on my own website, in case you are interested.
zihuatanejo dot net

I hope this helps you. You are going to LOVE it here!

[folsom73]

Hi ZihuaRob,
We are going to the Catalina in July from Chihuahua [we live here]. Are there places to rent snorkel gear and can you recommend a boat to go fishing on? thank you for your time....... Tim [my email is folsom73 at yahoo dot com]
Love your web site too.......................