beach palafitos

At Hotelito Desconocido the beach rooms are directly on the sands, with views from the front across the dunes and towards the roaring surf. From the rear windows you can see the river estuary and the rowing boat ferry that brings you to your room. Next to your door you'll probably find a cactus or two and a couple of invitingly positioned deck chairs.

You might be alarmed to find a full size bed in the porch adjacent to the entrance door in many rooms ('is this where we sleep?') But this is purely for the daytime, when the sun gets too strong but you still want to hear the waves. Around it are hand painted murals and you can easily kill an hour or so just looking at the intricate scenes of local life depicted by your pillow.

The Beach Palafitos have either one queen, one king or two queen beds and all face towards the ocean. From outside the rooms it is possible to walk for miles along the deserted beaches - the coastline stretches as far as the eye can see.

Choose these palafitos if you want to be closest to the sea, within easy earshot of the waves at night, and to enjoy the privilege of sleeping on a protected beach.

Inside, the furnishings set these accommodations a world apart from the average Mexican beach palapa. The comfortable queen size bed features a romantically draped canopy and hand painted motifs decorate the walls - each room has a different theme.

There's a large "outdoor" shower - of course - with a view of the beach and a collection of environmentally friendly toiletries. You are encouraged to use these in preference to your own, and within a few days you'll be hiding the plastic bottles out of shame (plastic and other manmade pollutants, you will soon find out, are rarely to be found in the Hotelito).

From these accommodations you can walk to the swimming pool complex and the Nopalito restaurant, where lunch is served. For breakfast and dinner you'll need to take the boat across to the main complex (a shuttle service is manned continuously from daybreak until all guests have returned to their rooms at the end of the evening).