Villa Mozart

This place was literally empty when we arrived - due to the previously mentioned lag in tourism. The innkeeper, Manfred, is a super friendly Deutschland ex-pat, who gave us our pick of the house for an amazing price. We basically had the entire hotel to ourselves. Manfred would bump amazing blue note jazz in the morning and serve us coffee and fruit, and we'd either hire a cab for a five minute drive to Zicatela Beach, the town's main strip and surf spot, or walk across the street to a more secluded Carizalillo Beach, with friendlier surf and local flavor. The bungalow where we stayed had an outdoor kitchen and hammock on the patio to lounge and read a book or snooze in the middle of a lush garden. This place is really a hidden gem, for as long as it's been a favored surf destination, I'm surprised how it's managed to slip under the radar for this long.