Puerto Escondido is promoted as the “Surf Capital” and is one of the most important tourist attractions on the southern Mexican coast of Oaxaca. The main attractions are its beaches. Zicatela Beach is world famous and hosts major surfing competitions, while other beaches like Carrizalillo and La Punta have gentle waves and are great to learn to surf.
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There is an active and growing cycling community in Puerto Escondido. In the last few years more and more people have been getting on their bikes and cycling all around Puerto Escondido in Mexico.
Cycling around Puerto Escondido can be done on any bike – but most local people use a mountain bike. A gravel bike could be ridden 90% of the locations because the roads just outside of town are hard packed dirt. A few people ride road bikes but they only ride along the major roads like the costal hi-way 200 or out to the mountain towns like San Pedro or Colotepec. View some cycling routes here.
There are plenty of routes to ride bicycles in and around Puerto Escondido. Here are a few to help you get around and enjoy your bike rides.
There is an active recreational cycling community in Puerto Escondido. In the last few years more and more people have been getting on their bikes and cycling all around the Puerto Escondido area in Mexico.
The motto that is on the recreational groups cycling jersey is “ámense unos a otros” (love one another) because everyone is welcome to participate.
If you want to go cycling with others, connect with them using Instagram or Strava and to get information about their Whatsapp group here.
Cycling around Puerto Escondido can be done on any bike – but most local people use a mountain bike. A gravel bike would be a good choice for 90% of the locations because the roads just outside of town are hard packed dirt. A few people ride road bikes but they only ride along the major roads like the costal hi-way 200 or out to the mountain towns like Colotepec and San Pedro.
There are dozens of people who give surf lessons in Puerto Escondido. You can get a surf class from a surf school or a private individual surf instructor.
At each beach where surfing is done in Puerto Escondido you will find surfers ready to teach you how to surf. They have boards available for classes and surf instructors ready to teach anyone how to surf.
There are many Christian churches in Puerto Escondido. 20% on the 77 thousand population of Puerto Escondido ascribe to being evangelical or protestant Christians. Many of these 15 thousand people go weekly to the Christian church meetings that are held all around Puerto Escondido.
