Huatulco

Pros: Beautiful beaches, family friendly environment, clean, modern, safe
Cons: Limited nightlife, few authentic cultural draws

Everybody loves a great beach, and in Huatulco you've got a choice of more than 30 beaches along a 22-mile stretch of coastline with its infamous nine bays. Some of the beaches draw folks with the promise of great swimming, some with great attitudes. ...

Pros: warm water, sun, sand, friendly service
Cons: difficult to get to, loud music, gets very hot in summer

Huatulco Bays are nine bays in the south of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where the Sierra Madres (Occidentales) run into the Pacific Ocean, the coastline of about 35 kilometers between the mouth of the Coyula and the Copalita river mouths. The whole ...

Pros: Beautiful, chic!
Cons: Can be hot. You may want to do everything at your hotel. Don't do that.

You've heard all the big "Mexican Riviera" names like Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Ixtapa, etc., but you may not have heard of Huatulco - yet. (Although I - and the Mexican Tourist Board - have been saying this for 10 years!) Huatulco is, in a ...