Mexico Guide
Oaxaca
Puerto Ángel
Though it's pretty well established as a tourist destination, PUERTO ÁNGEL still goes about its business as a small, scruffy fishing port with minimum fuss. Everything remains resolutely small-scale – you may very well find pigs and chickens mingling with the visitors on the streets – and locals fish off the huge concrete dock, catching yellowtail tuna and other gamefish with a simple rod and line. Though it has a nice setting – around a sheltered bay and ringed by mountains – the beaches are less than pristine. Small hotels, rooms and simple places to sling a hammock, however, are abundant, with some of the most promising on the road between the main village and the Playa del Panteón. It is a pleasant place to spend a few days, meandering and sampling the superb local seafood, available at every turn.