Ocean View Hotel And Villas Resort Campeche

I arrived in Campeche around 3pm. Only 1h late. It's a nice, smaller than I thought colonial city. You can go on the wall designed to protect the city from pirat attacks, and the central place with this typical spaniard church is lovely.<br>My hostel was in front of the place and had a ...

... the &#8220;centro historico&#8221;.<br><br>Our first venture outside the walls brought us in contact with a modern hospital, a super store and a beautiful park. That was a good start.<br><br>The hospital, Hospital General Dr. Alvero Vidal Vera, was the largest and most modern we had seen in Mexico. <br><br>Nearby was a huge church - La Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de los Ultimos Dias (Church of the Latter Day Saints or Mormons), striking for its ...

... of the Yucatan from world famous Cancun to the Tulum region &#8211; an area where one beach is more beautiful than the next.<br><br>Our destination of Campeche on the west side of the Yucatan peninsula is relatively unknown which sometimes supplies the best thrill in travel and Campeche was one of those times.<br><br>I don't know whether it was just the excitement of getting to the Caribbean Coast or plain determination but I did not mind the long overnight bus ride which ...

... seemed very heavy! We started to walk, and miracle of miracles, a very small car stopped and we were offered a ride. In that very small car was a very kind lady and man from Chicago and their baby and their bags and somehow we squeezed ourselves in with our packs and they dropped us off at the hotel, which also had a restaurant. Our room was very basic, with only cold water and a lizard on the bed but we didn't have much choice in this area so we took it. After ...

... it all to ourselves, we picked out the best site overlooking the ocean and club complex and laid back and enjoyed it. It was out of season so nothing was open but we had access to the pool and all the facilities. We did a shopping run into town first day and a beer and water run a couple of days later, the rest of the time we swam, fished, played volleyball, rollerbladed, BBQ'd , schooled and I had a couple of cold ones too. James ...

... juste le goutte à goutte des stalagtiques et le vol des chauves-souris. Ben oui, bien évidement il y a plein de ces petites bêtes là mais elles sont frugivores. Mais dans le noir complet quand il te parle de 'vampiro', tu fais pas le fier. Tu trouves dans les grottes des morceaux de poterie maya. Il y avait aussi des sacrifices. Ils ont retrouvé des squelettes décapités. Tu ressorts couverts de boue. A propos de chauve-souris, j'aurais besoin d'un ...

... and porticoed palace along two of the sides, and some hotels and hostels and restaurants along the third, the fourth being taken up by aforementioned wall. Most of the central-city restaurants and other shops are in the blocks surrounding the plaza, and of those there are enough but not an embarassment of riches. Moving further away from the plaza, things get quieter and more residential. While only a small portion of the modern city, the center is ...

On April 7, 2007 we arose and decided that we would tour Campeche. The city was quite large and full of history, so we wanted to get an early start. Campeche is a notable walled city built along a rugged bank of the Gulf of Mexico. It was originally a Mayan trading village until the mid 1500's when it was taken over by the Spanish and named Villa de San Francisco de Campeche. Under Spanish rule, it quickly became a major port city exporting local wood, gold and silver to ...

... already started to collect a pool of water in the seat area. He cleaned up the basics and then scrambled back to the comforts of the van to dry off. The rain kept pounding and the soothing sound of it put us both back to sleep in no time at all. Later that morning, we arose and cleaned up the campsite. The rain had made a mess of just about everything. There was mud splattered on all our stuff and fallen leaves from the trees were stuck to ...

... Spanish monarchy. On the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, the city is lined with old canons, bulwarks, walls, bastions and outposts. These structures, all in various states of decay, were built by the Spanish monarchy to ward off pirates and looters after taking control of the city. This little historical snapshot is why I visited Campeche. I had actually planned to spend two or even three days here, but ...