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Hotelito Desconocido
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Located 1 hour and 40 minutes from Puerto Vallarta, this hotel adjoins a nature preserve, straddles an estuary, and fronts a pristine beach; a water-sports center offers canoes, kayaks, and windsurfers.
Above the estuary
Hotel highlights include a rustic restaurant built on stilts over the estuary, an ultra-casual beach club, a spa with complimentary steam bath, bird-watching opportunities, and horseback riding.
Back to nature
The 30 rooms have thatched roofs, beds with handcrafted frames and mosquito netting, open-air showers, and solar-powered ceiling fans, but no phones or TVs. Balconies face the ocean or estuary.
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More about Hotelito Desconocido
What to expect: Guests of Hotelito, mostly couples from all over the world, come to get away from the stresses of life and return to a time when life was simpler. And simple it is: Hotelito operates on solar power; there is no electricity, no phones, no Internet, and no television. The palapa-covered buildings are spread along an estuary and on the beach, just a short rowboat ride away. Each unit (palafito) has a small solar generator, powering a ceiling fan. At night, hundreds of candles and torches light the public areas, walkways, and rooms. Each July, sea turtles make their way to Hotelito's beach to lay their eggs, and a biologist helps oversee the hatching and fight-for-life process, supported by Hotelito staff and its guests.Amenity highlights: Hotelito offers canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and windsurfers. There is a small pool, plus a long and deserted stretch of beachfront, ideal for sunbathing, volleyball, exploring, and horseback riding. The hotel’s Mundo de Salud spa offers massages and body treatments, including hot-stone therapy. Instead of calling room service, guests raise a red flag on their terrace for morning coffee and cookies.
Insider tip: Guests can order wine by the bottle and request that any amount remaining be labeled and saved at the bar for the next meal.
Dinining
- Guests of the hotel enjoy complimentary coffee and cookies each morning by raising a flag on their balcony.
- El Cantarito The hotel’s rustic main restaurant is built on stilts over the estuary. It has a wooden floor, thatchedroof, and ceiling fans. The walls are painted a mellow yellow and decorated with local handicrafts and paintings. Blue leather handcrafted chairs. Bar modeled after an oldtime drugstore, with an assortment of beers and liquors along the wall rather than medicines.
- Nopalito Nopalito is the hotel’s ultracasual beach club. It has a palapa roof and wooden furniture and offers lunch, tropical drinks, and sometimes dinner in an al fresco beachside location.
Property amenities
Hotelito may be short on electrical appliances, but it is long on other amenities. The waters sports center offers canoes, rowboat, kayaks, and windsurfers. There is a swimming pool and shaded hammock area, plus horseback riding, bird watching, biking and, on some nights, an evening bonfire. For relaxation, guests lounge by the pool or visit the Mundo de Salud spa for a complimentary steam bath or other treatment. In the evenings, guests gather in the El Cantarito bar, for dinner, drinks, and billiards by candlelight. Transportation to and from Puerto Vallarta is available upon request (surcharge).
List of property amenities
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Poolside bar
- Spa services on site
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Parking (free)
- Self parking
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Security guard
- Currency exchange
- Tour assistance
- Garden
- Pool table
- Patio
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
Recreation
Guests enjoy a variety of water sports, including kayaking, row boating, wind surfing, and canoeing. Others ride horses along the beach, go cycling or hiking, play beach volleyball, take a bird-watching tour, or rent bicycles and explore the local area. After an outing, guests relax by the beachside swimming pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Windsurfing
- Boating
- Dock
- Rowboat
- Rowing or canoeing
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Volleyball
- Running track/path
- Bicycle rentals
- Hiking/biking trails
- Mountain biking
- Horse riding/rental
Room amenities
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Balcony
- Ceiling fan
- Bottled water in room (complimentary)
- Housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Bathrobes
- Window opens
Rooms
This hotel has 24 guestrooms, all of which have handcrafted wooden bed frames and solar-powered ceiling fans. Balconies offer estuary or ocean views. Open-air bamboo showers are supplied with solar powered hot water and biodegradable soap. Rooms have wooden floors, a small sitting area, and original artwork. Beds have a gauze mosquito-net covering. Thatched-roof ceilings. No electrical outlets, phones, or TVs.
Policies
Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
There are no room charges for children 12 and younger occupying the same
room as their parents.
Rollaways and cribs may be available and should be requested at the time of
booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required upon
check-in for incidental charges.
All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in.
- Pets considered
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is 1 PM
Rates from $271.00 | |
