Five must-visit beaches on Mexico’s most laid-back coast


Pacific coast, Mexico. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

Excerpts;

Last year, over 25 million Americans flocked south of the border to bask in the country’s sun and sand. And while Mexico’s bustling capital city and beach resort spots like Cancun tend to trap most of the tourists, the southeastern coastal state of Oaxaca is quietly attracting more and more people.

It’s the perfectly preserved colonial architecture, lush green mountain ranges, and — most importantly, at this frigid time of year — its pristine Pacific coastline…

Read Full Article; Thrillist (02-03-2017)

The Last Of the Shells Dyers, Oaxaca Coast, Mexico; “Fiber Arts of the Oaxacan South Coast” Mexicotraditions; (03-25-2011)
Discovering one of the last ancestral Purpura (murex) dyers on the planet, on remote beach on the coast of Oaxaca…

What Made Mexico’s Most Mysterious Beach? The Daily Beast (10-14-2014)
There’s an islet off the Pacific coast of Mexico with a pristine beach drilled into its central core like the hole of a donut. This hidden Eden continues to baffle geologists with its oculus of volcanic stone…

Latest Posts + Popular Topics