Set in Puerto Escondido, Hotel Santa Cruz Punta Zicatela is a four-star property with real observed prices for 2026. On site you'll find a pool, wifi and air conditioning. 67 guests rate it 2.5 out of 5. Observed 2026 prices start at US$69 per night. It sits about 3 km from the centre of Puerto Escondido. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Puerto Escondido: Puerto Escondido is less a town than a string of beaches with separate personalities, and picking the wrong one means a taxi for everything. All hotels in Puerto Escondido →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 9 priced stays for Hotel Santa Cruz Punta Zicatela, with rates from US$69 a night. As with most hotels in Puerto Escondido, midweek nights tend to come in cheaper than weekends, and booking two or more weeks ahead widens the choice of rooms with free cancellation. The price you see after tapping “Check availability” is the live app.impt.io rate for your exact dates, not an estimate.
Location
Hotel Santa Cruz Punta Zicatela is at Av. Alejandro Cardenas 620 Brisas Y Maldonado Col. Zicatela, Puerto Escondido, Mexico. That puts it about 3 km from the centre of Puerto Escondido's hotel district, based on the coordinates in our scans. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Santa Maria Tonameca, about 59 km away — compare Santa Maria Tonameca hotels too if your plans are flexible. This page's “View on map” link opens the exact spot in Google Maps, so you can measure the journeys that matter to you.
The facilities, in detail
On the wellness side there's outdoor pool and swimming pool. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, 24h. security, concierge, laundry service and luggage storage. In the room itself: air conditioning, bathroom, free wifi, safe, shower and swimming pool. The full list of 28 facilities is below; double-check the ones that are deal-breakers when you book, as hotels adjust what they offer by season.
Good to know before you book
The booking flow is three steps: dates and guests in this page's widget, the live price on app.impt.io, and instant confirmation. Most rooms are offered with free cancellation until a few days before arrival — the exact deadline is shown next to each rate before you pay. Every confirmed booking also removes a tonne of CO₂ through IMPT's carbon-removal projects, at no extra cost to you. When comparing, note that the four-star rating reflects the hotel's declared standard; the guest reviews on this page tell you how it actually feels to stay.
Puerto Escondido for hotel guests
Zicatela is the big wave, the bars and the roar of the surf; La Punta, at the south end, means beginner waves, hostels and dirt streets; Carrizalillo and the Rinconada hold the hotels with pools and a view; the Centro, around the Adoquín, is where the practical business happens. Our 2026 scans logged 20 hotels with a real price: from US$47 a night and a typical from-price of around US$102. The warning that matters: you do not swim at Zicatela, the currents are serious. All hotels in Puerto Escondido →
Facilities
Guest reviews
2.567 reviewsNo bad, no good. As a tourist destination, Zicatela disappointed me. It is full of hostels and shared places, without privacy. The room I had was well located, it is not for spending time in the hotel (it does not have amenities or much common space) but it is fine for sleeping. The service is not exceptional but it does its job. Indeed, their sheets and towels are stained, they should be changed. The room is clean, I do not recommend staying in Zicatela for more than two nights. It is full of motorcycles, the beach is dirty from gasoline and in the restaurants you will not find local fo…
Bed bugs! Very dirty! Don’t stay here! I had bed bugs in my bed and showed this to the owner. His reaction was that he killed it with his nails and said: now there aren’t bed bugs anymore!!! I just stayed there for 1 hour and paid for 2 nights. They did not refund me. The room is really dirty. Everywhere insects and cobwebs. The towels and bedsheets are really dirty, had blood stains.
Rude staff, unhelpful with a double booking that occurred due to their bad internet… No place to store your clothes, shower doesn’t stay on unless you press a button pretty hard. Not a 4 stars at all, they maybe stole them from another hotel I am not sure… hotel is still under construction!! Dirty rooms and sink and stinky rooms. Didn’t have the courage to try to get into that pool, disgusting and with some weird foam in it. Never changed bed sheets in 3 days and you had to go and ask for toilet paper. Worst experience ever, I would stay away… but if you have to stay here then book thru booki…
Planning your trip to Puerto Escondido
When to go
The dry season runs November to April: dependable sun, low thirties Celsius, warm nights. Prices peak over the last week of December, the first week of January and Holy Week, when Mexican travellers arrive in force and the better rooms disappear months ahead.
June to October is the wet half — showers mostly late in the day, humidity from breakfast onwards, green hills and near-empty sand. It is also the cheapest stretch of the year, and the season for bioluminescence in Laguna de Manialtepec, best on moonless nights.
Surfers keep a different calendar: the south swell lands from May to September, which is when Zicatela earns its reputation. Heat never really relents — count on 30°C and thick humidity in any month — so air conditioning, a proper fan or a pool is a selection criterion rather than a bonus.
Getting there and around
PXM airport sits roughly four kilometres from the centre, over on the Bacocho side, with daily flights from Mexico City and Oaxaca City. A taxi to Zicatela or the Adoquín costs in the order of MX$150-250 depending on the beach, a little more to La Punta.
Overland, the Barranca Larga–Ventanilla motorway cut the drive from Oaxaca City to about three and a half to four hours, against six or more on the old mountain road. Buses and shared vans run it; there are fewer curves now, not none.
In town, short taxi hops run around MX$50-100 and you agree the fare before getting in. Shared pickups work the coast road towards La Punta and the airport for pocket change. Walking between zones sounds sensible and seldom is: highway shoulder, full sun, patchy pavement.
Where to stay, zone by zone
Zicatela is the long strip facing the open Pacific: hotels and hostels at every budget, bars, restaurants and the noise that comes with them. You sleep near the water and wake to the wave. During swell season the whole street runs on surf time.
La Punta, at the southern end, is the young, cheap end of town: dirt streets, hostels, simple rooms, surf lessons and food eaten off the kerb. You pay less and slow down, in exchange for fewer services and a colectivo or moto-taxi for everything else.
Carrizalillo is the small cove with the best swimming water and the view you have already seen in photos; the Rinconada above it holds many of the pool-and-terrace hotels. You pay for that, and the staircase down to the beach announces itself on the way back up.
The Centro, around the Adoquín and Bahía Principal, is the useful zone: market, banks, boats to Puerto Angelito and Manzanillo, hotels short on charm but well placed. Bacocho and Sector Reforma are quiet and residential near the airport; carless, you will live in taxis.
Eating and going out
Fish and shellfish do most of the work: fillets, ceviche, tostadas, whole fish grilled a la talla. At market and downtown comedores a set lunch runs about MX$90-130; a fish plate on the seafront climbs to MX$220-350, beer MX$45-70. The late fruit-and-coffee breakfast is a local institution.
For nights out, Zicatela is the axis of bars and music running late; La Punta ends the day on the sand, barefoot, around food stalls; the Adoquín is more touristy and earlier. Two streets back from the front line, the same dishes cost noticeably less.
The region has seen violent incidents that do not target visitors, but ordinary caution applies: take a taxi at night rather than dark stretches of highway, carry little cash, skip empty beaches after dusk. In practice, though, the Pacific undertow is the real hazard here.
Booking well
Our 2026 scans found 20 hotels with a real price in Puerto Escondido: from US$47 a night, with a typical from-price of around US$102. It is a small formal inventory sitting alongside plenty of guesthouses and apartments that never show up in scans, which is why peak dates sell out earlier than people expect.
Book two or three months out for the last week of December, the first of January and Holy Week. In September and October you can arrive on a few days' notice and still have room to negotiate a weekly rate.
Before you confirm, check three things: whether the air conditioning is real or just a fan, whether the windows have insect screens, and the actual distance to the beach you care about — ten minutes here can mean ten minutes of highway. In Zicatela or the Adoquín, ask about night noise too.
Frequently asked about Hotel Santa Cruz Punta Zicatela
How much does Hotel Santa Cruz Punta Zicatela cost?
In our 2026 scans we found rooms from US$69 a night. Rates move with dates and occupancy — check the live price with the availability widget on this page.
Where is Hotel Santa Cruz Punta Zicatela?
Hotel Santa Cruz Punta Zicatela is at Av. Alejandro Cardenas 620 Brisas Y Maldonado Col. Zicatela, Puerto Escondido, Mexico, in Puerto Escondido, about 3 km from the centre. You can open the exact location in Google Maps with this page's "View on map" link.
What facilities does Hotel Santa Cruz Punta Zicatela have?
Facilities the hotel reports include: 24 Hour Front Desk, 24H. Security, ATM, Air conditioning, Bathroom and Cleaning. The full list (28 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Santa Cruz Punta Zicatela?
Use the gold button or the availability widget: choose dates, see the live price on app.impt.io and complete the booking there. Most rooms allow free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
