http://RealAdventures.com/vacations/3084_bacalar-mexico.htm Check out some of the recently updated travel & vacation listings on RealAdventures. Be inspired, go explore! en-us Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:01:46 GMT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:01:46 GMT http://RealAdventures.com http://RealAdventures.com/vacations/3084_bacalar-mexico.htm 100 100 http://RealAdventures.com/listings/1021343_Rancho-Encantado-Eco-Resort-Retreat-Center http://RealAdventures.com/listings/1021343_Rancho-Encantado-Eco-Resort-Retreat-Center Bed & Breakfasts Mexico Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:09:06 On beautiful Laguna Bacalar An alternative to huge resort hotels. We provide a tropical haven for ecotravelers with archaeological excursions, birding, lakeside tranquillity and beautiful private cabins Individuals, couples, families and groups. - US $65 Per Night
On beautiful Laguna Bacalar An alternative to huge resort hotels. We provide a tropical haven for ecotravelers with archaeological excursions, birding, lakeside tranquillity and beautiful private cabins Individuals, couples, families and groups.


In and Around Laguna Bacalar Just a little more than half an hour away from the capital city of Chetumal and its airport, and about the same distance to the border with the country of Belize, Rancho Encantado is situated on the shores of the pristine waters of Laguna Bacalar, outside the small 16th century village of Bacalar. Villa Encantada is located on the lakefront at the north edge of the village.
This area, in the southernmost part of the Yucatan Peninsula, is just at the point of developing as a tourist destination for the ecominded traveler who seeks escape from the larger, often overdeveloped areas of the northern part of the Peninsula. Just an hour away from the nearest seaport of Mahahual, on the Caribbean coast,
Details & Reservations: Rancho Encantado, EcoResort, Retreat Center
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]]> http://RealAdventures.com/listings/1184770_Casa-Estrella-de-Bacalar http://RealAdventures.com/listings/1184770_Casa-Estrella-de-Bacalar Vacation Rentals Mexico Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:06:36 Private 2 Bdrm 2 Bath architect designed home on the shores of Laguna Bacalar, hidden treasure in the southernmost part of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Private gardens, extensive landscaping, walled courtyard, terraza, just yards from the water - US $1,500 Per Week
Private 2 Bdrm 2 Bath architect designed home on the shores of Laguna Bacalar, hidden treasure in the southernmost part of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Private gardens, extensive landscaping, walled courtyard, terraza, just yards from the water



Details & Reservations: Casa Estrella de Bacalar
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]]> http://RealAdventures.com/listings/1023747_Amigo-s-B-B-Bacalar http://RealAdventures.com/listings/1023747_Amigo-s-B-B-Bacalar Bed & Breakfasts Mexico Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:01:00 Lake front B&B each room with private bath, private palapa terrace with hammock.Nearby mayan ruins of Kohunlich,Cenote Azul Peaceful, quiet. Kayaks available to enjoy the lake.families welcome.Wireless internet now available - US $44 Per Night
Lake front B&B each room with private bath, private palapa terrace with hammock.Nearby mayan ruins of Kohunlich,Cenote Azul Peaceful, quiet. Kayaks available to enjoy the lake.families welcome.Wireless internet now available


Located on the shores of the Laguna Bacalar, the lake of seven colors, a quiet relaxing area. The town of Bacalar is shadowed by the Fort of San Felipe where you can learn the history of this small ,but important fort.. The Cenote Azul, the world's largest fresh water well, is here for your refeshing enjoyment. Only 45 minutes away by car are the impressive Stucco Masks of the Maya found at the major ruin of Kohunlich.. Many more areas to explore, or enjoy on the lake or off..
Details & Reservations: Amigo's B&B Bacalar
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]]> http://RealAdventures.com/listings/1024433_Surprise-of-a-Lifetime http://RealAdventures.com/listings/1024433_Surprise-of-a-Lifetime Articles Mexico Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:01:00 How personal travel experience can lead to the highs and lows of owning a hotel in Mexico. -
How personal travel experience can lead to the highs and lows of owning a hotel in Mexico.


by Michael O'Brien

Nearly 30 years ago, I was appointed headmaster of a private boarding school for boys aged seven to 13 in the peaceful countryside of Southern England. At the same time, I began to feel that I also needed to experience another side of the world where life was not so (comparatively) easy and where the culture and language were completely different. So, I travelled to Mexico five times over three years, stayed with modest Mexican families, and learned to speak Spanish.

Somehow, with the pressure of work and other responsibilities, my interest in Latin America faded. I bought a very nice timeshare on Longboat Key, Florida, where I went with my family over 10 years. Then, suddenly and without explanation, I felt I needed to return to Mexico. I had sold my three weeks of timeshare and had a little money to spend on something wild. So, when I walked down a little street in Puerto Morelos just south of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula and found a plot of land just 150 meters from the main downtown square and 100 meters from the beach, the temptation proved irresistible. I bargained, set deadlines for replies and bought two little houses 5,000 miles away from home.

But that was just the start. I hadn&8217t bargained with Fernando! He had given me some help during the purchase of the plot, and when he realised that the deed was done, he decided it was time for him to play his part in the drama. What! Just refurbish the two houses? Was I a man or was I a mouse? Instead, he suggested, there, just three minutes&8217 walk from the Caribbean, in the heart of a real Mexican pueblo, he would demolish the houses and build a HOTEL for me, become the manager and assure me of the adventure of a lifetime.

How could I say no? And the money to build? No problem, he assured me. He was sure that I could find enough to finance a little hotel in the real Mexican style where people would come from all over the world to stay a day, a week or a month and enjoy the best that Mexico had to offer at a reasonable price. Anyway, he wanted to be the manager, we had become amigos, and that was more than enough reason.

And that is what has happened. We started building four years ago, and the building has taken up to now (October 2000). We organised the project in three phases. The first phase finished two years ago, and we opened 10 rooms. We were in business, and that first Christmas an extended Mexican family booked the whole hotel. And it worked! Not a single problem with the plumbing!!

The following year we built the restaurant and four more spacious rooms on the second floor with airconditioning and bathrooms to rival anything, anywhere. I am sure nobody else around has bidets! By Christmas 2000 we will have 21 rooms, terraces with a view of the sea and the waves breaking over the reef, a special laundry area, an extended reception area and, of course, Fernando&8217s tasty breakfasts.

I am still working fulltime in England running a language school and helping to promote new fashion models. I go over to Mexico four times a year with my little grandson, but I am involved every day in England promoting our websites and replying to emails from people who want to know what this Hotel Inglaterra is all about and, of course, sharing the daytoday fun with Ferndano by phone.
Details & Reservations: Surprise of a Lifetime
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