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Recommend Hotel near ABC bus terminal in Rosarito, or Ensenada

walterbyrd - 4-4-2014 at 12:57 PM

Looks like ABC has a bus leaving TJ at 01:00 AM. I think the bus stops in Rosarito and Ensenada.

Maybe if I got a hotel room, in Rosarito, or Ensenada; I could just use the ABC buses to visit TJ, Rosarito, and Ensenada?

But, I would not want a hotel that's 15 miles away from bus terminal, that would defeat my purpose.

EnsenadaDr - 4-4-2014 at 01:01 PM

I thought you were staying west of Real del Mar?

Udo - 4-4-2014 at 01:03 PM

Just stop at any business in either town, they'll tell you where the bus stops are.

walterbyrd - 4-4-2014 at 01:23 PM

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I thought you were staying west of Real del Mar?

I was going to, I still might. But it seems like, from there, I would have to take a taxi everywhere, or rent a car. If I were in Rosarito, or Ensenada, I could take the ABC bus.

But, since I don't know the area, it is very very difficult for me to get hotels that make sense. There would be no sense in me getting a place that is 15 miles from the bus terminal.

Also, trying to get information on the exact cost of a taxi, or the exact address of the bus terminals, seems impossible. Google, the hotel search services, nor I, understand "near the corner of" or "right be the bakery."

DENNIS - 4-4-2014 at 01:26 PM

The terminal in Ensenada is out by 10th street. I don't know of any hotels within walking distance, but when the terminal's open there are cabs out front. You'll only be about a mile from ground zero in the tourist zone.

bajaguy - 4-4-2014 at 01:35 PM

You might want to reconsider renting a car either in San Diego or TJ/Ensenada. I have rented before from Dollar, Avis and Enterprise at the SD airport....they will provide you with the Mexican liability insurance

You are not going to have the freedom in checking out places on your schedule if you rely on taxis and busses, and the cost will probably be a wash.

You can take the ABC to Ensenada then a taxi to the Corona hotel where they have rental cars

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I thought you were staying west of Real del Mar?

dasubergeek - 4-4-2014 at 03:06 PM

The ABC bus is going to cost you $15 a pop to go anywhere. You're STILL going to have to use taxis to get around town—Rosarito is essentially one long strip of stuff intersected by another long strip of stuff—and Tijuana is still ridiculously huge.

The bus stop in Ensenada is at 10th and Riveroll. It is not convenient to anything at all. It is nine very poorly kept, unattractive blocks toward the water to get to anything touristy. There isn't a central bus stop in Rosarito, so where you end up depends on which bus company you hire. Mexicoach lets you off at the Rosarito Beach Hotel, which at least is close to stuff. Guamuchil lets you off on Art. 27 near the giant Comercial Mexicana near the toll road—not useful, especially if you're looking at Rosarito as a place to live.

There are two bus stations in Tijuana. One is near the border; one is in the middle of nowhere off Lázaro Cárdenas and the Vía Rápida. Imagine if you pitched up in Los Angeles at a bus station in Van Nuys, or in Phoenix at a bus station in Chandler. That's what you're proposing to do.

I know you don't want to rent a car, but if the goal is to save money, this isn't how to do it.

sancho - 4-4-2014 at 03:24 PM

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Originally posted by walterbyrd
Looks like ABC has a bus leaving TJ at 01:00 AM. I think the bus stops in Rosarito and Ensenada.

Do you know which Bus Station in TJ you are leaving from?
Is it the small one 2 blks inside the border at TJ, that station
is called La Liena? or the Central Station which is 4 mi. east
of TJ? If it is the La Linea, I would try to confirm if those
ABC busses stop at Rosarito on the way to Ensenada, my
previous attempts at asking there leads me to say no, I could be wrong. If I were you, and I'm fairly experienced,
if I was walking into TJ at 1 am, I would pay the extra and get a taxi to Rosarito, at 2 am there won't be much open
in Rosarito

BUS

J.P. - 4-4-2014 at 03:51 PM

When you get to Ensenada try the Micro Bus System a very inexpensive way to see the town and outlaying area's

walterbyrd - 4-4-2014 at 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by sancho

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Originally posted by walterbyrd
Looks like ABC has a bus leaving TJ at 01:00 AM. I think the bus stops in Rosarito and Ensenada.

The 01:00 AM ABC bus leaves from the central station of TJ, and stops in the central station of Ensenada.

You are probably right. I probably just stay with my original plan, and get a taxi to Real Del Mar Golf & Resort place.

Bajahowodd - 4-4-2014 at 04:54 PM

Obviously, you are dead set against a car rental. Do you not have a drivers license?

Renting a car gives you so much freedom to wander wherever and whenever you wish.

dasubergeek - 4-4-2014 at 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by walterbyrd
The 01:00 AM ABC bus leaves from the central station of TJ, and stops in the central station of Ensenada.

You are probably right. I probably just stay with my original plan, and get a taxi to Real Del Mar Golf & Resort place.

I'm 6 feet tall, have been all over the city of Tijuana many, many, many times, speak fluent Spanish, and can deadlift a baby grand piano, and you wouldn't catch me going to the Central Camionera at 1 a.m.

Not to mention that in one of the several threads you've opened, you mentioned you land at San Diego at 10:15 a.m.

I hate to break it to you, but the only way you're landing at Lindbergh Field and making a 1 a.m. bus from the Central Camionera is if you don't check luggage and you hire a car to take you straight there. The central bus station is miles from the border, out in the new city. You still need to buy a ticket—very few people buy tickets online in Mexico, it's much more common to walk up to the window and buy your ticket there.

Assuming you've checked luggage, here is what your evening will look like, assuming everything is on time:

22:15 Land at San Diego Airport.
22:45 Retrieve luggage (if you're lucky).
22:59 Take last 992 bus.
23:10 Get off at Broadway and Kettner and walk to America Plaza.
23:18 Take second-to-last Blue Line trolley south to San Ysidro.
00:03 Arrive at San Ysidro and walk to the border.
00:10 Arrive at Mexican Immigration.
00:15 Clear Immigration (assuming no secondary search)
00:20 Get to the taxi stand and hire a taxi.
00:40 Arrive at the Central Camionera.
00:45 Buy a ticket.
01:00 Board the bus.

If anything goes wrong—luggage is delayed, bus is behind, trolley hits traffic lights, you get selected for secondary at immigration, taxi driver decides to take you on a scenic tour of Tijuana—you're going to miss that bus... and trust me when I tell you, the Central Camionera is not a place you want to be spending a lot of early-Sunday-morning hours.

Even if it all works, you'll arrive in Ensenada at about 2:15 or 2:30 a.m., when there won't be a single place for you to sleep—and your comment about sleeping in the SD airport notwithstanding, sleeping in Mexican bus stations is a stupid, stupid idea.

The best idea is for you to stay one night in San Ysidro, then rent a car in the morning and enjoy yourself for a week. Plan for lengthy delays leaving Mexico for the U.S., up to two hours, even if you're on foot. (If you have a passport card, a NEXUS, SENTRI, Global Entry, or U.S. Resident Alien [green] Card, you can use the Ready Lane and save yourself a LOT of time.)

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wilderone - 4-4-2014 at 06:13 PM

There's a red Mexicoach bus that leaves from San Ysidro (at the shopping center on the other side of the bridge) that goes to Rosarito. It leaves every hour or so, also picks up from the bus station on Revolution in TJ (if you take the trolley and walk to Revolution). Pretty cheap, and takes you to Rosarito Hotel. From there, take a rural bus to Ensenada. If you really want to hook up on the ABC bus, they leave from the station at the plaza about a block from the walk-across point in TJ. They leave every hour or so to Rosarito and Ensenada. I'm sure you can find a hotel within a reasonable distance in both towns - maybe a $5 taxi ride after asking around or within walking distance. Any particular reason you want to travel at 1:00 am?

BajaBlanca - 4-4-2014 at 06:33 PM

I just came to our village from Ensenada and I noticed that there is a Hotel San Diego across the street from the bus station. I would recommend staying there for the night if you plan on arriving in.Ensenada late, I believe this is connected to a hotel chain that my husband and I have stayed at. Basic but fine for one night. It has a restaurant next to it if you want to eat, it is a Japanese sushi place and it has internet (which is why I went in).
I am happy to book a reservation for you, just let me lnow.
But it isn't close to the tourist part of Ensenada.

willardguy - 4-4-2014 at 06:50 PM

is there a way to get the keys to your place at 2am?

walterbyrd - 4-5-2014 at 10:42 AM

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is there a way to get the keys to your place at 2am?

Good question. I called about that, I was told they would get back to me some time this weekend.

FWIW: this is my original itinerary plans:

Saturday April 12

2215: Arrive at San Diego Airport (with no checked in luggage)
2300: BOARD LAST ROUTE 992 BUS LEAVING AIRPORT AT 2302 FROM TERMINAL 1
2320: Route 992 Bus Arrives at City College
2354: SD Trolley leave City Collage at 11:24 PM AND 11:54 PM

Sunday April 13

0030: Arrive at San Ysidro and walk across boarder
0100: Take Taxi (Taxi Libre?) to apartment

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I might be able to make the 0100 ABC bus if I took the 992 to the greyhound station, and if there is a greyhound bus leaving right away.

walterbyrd - 4-5-2014 at 12:03 PM

I checked the bus schedules. Theoretically, I could do this:

Saturday 2014-04-12
2215 Flight lands at San Diego
2302 Take 992 to Broadway and Kettner
2310 Arrive at Broadway and Kettner and walk 5 blocks to Greyhound Bus Terminal
2316 Arrive at Greyhound Bus Terminal
2335 Greyhound leaves

Sunday 2014-04-13
0045 Arrive at TJ central bus terminal
0100 ABC leaves for Ensenada
0219 Arrive in Ensenada

Alternatively, since it's only an 8 minute bus ride on the 992, and then a five block walk: I could take a taxi the whole way. Safer, and get there earlier. I doubt it would be *that* expensive.

walterbyrd - 4-5-2014 at 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
I just came to our village from Ensenada and I noticed that there is a Hotel San Diego across the street from the bus station. I would recommend staying there for the night if you plan on arriving in.Ensenada late, I believe this is connected to a hotel chain that my husband and I have stayed at. Basic but fine for one night. It has a restaurant next to it if you want to eat, it is a Japanese sushi place and it has internet (which is why I went in).
I am happy to book a reservation for you, just let me lnow.
But it isn't close to the tourist part of Ensenada.

I sure wish they gave the hotel a different name - this seems to completely confuse Google.

Anyway, I might be interested. Can you give me a link to a web site? Or, tell me about what it would cost for a room with two beds?

sancho - 4-5-2014 at 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by dasubergeek
I'm 6 feet tall, have been all over the city of Tijuana many, many, many times, speak fluent Spanish, and can deadlift a baby grand piano, and you wouldn't catch me going to the Central Camionera at 1 a.m

With you on that, the sun goes down, the Ratons come
out, you don't want to spoil you trip before it begins by
saving a Taxi fare, or being careless, the ONLY way I would move around TJ at nite, if
I absoutely had too, is Taxi door to door

EnsenadaDr - 4-5-2014 at 12:20 PM

Stay in San Diego at a Motel 6 and then head south in the morning. What happened to REal del Mar? Why do you need two beds?

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DENNIS - 4-5-2014 at 01:05 PM

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I really really wish I could find the address of the ABC bus terminal in Ensenada.

Tenth and Riveroll. Google a map of Ensenada and look it up.

willardguy - 4-5-2014 at 01:16 PM

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Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Stay in San Diego at a Motel 6 and then head south in the morning. What happened to REal del Mar? Why do you need two beds?

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he's not in real del mar, he's in a studio next to the park in sadm. its kinda hard to follow with a few topics going at once.

walterbyrd - 4-5-2014 at 01:35 PM

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Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Stay in San Diego at a Motel 6 and then head south in the morning. What happened to REal del Mar? Why do you need two beds?

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Originally posted by walterbyrd

I am traveling with a friend.

I wanted to Ensenada anyway. Might be just as easy to get a cab at the airport, go to greyhound station, take a greyhound into TJ, then an ABC into Ensenada. Get a hotel there for the night, then rent a car, or something.

walterbyrd - 4-5-2014 at 01:38 PM

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Tenth and Riveroll. Google a map of Ensenada and look it up.

I sure tried. Google did not seem to understand. Anyway, I got the answer from somebody on Yahoo Answers.

Avenida Riverol 1075, Centro, 22800 Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

Seems to be some hotels nearby for about $50. I might go that route.

EnsenadaDr - 4-5-2014 at 02:46 PM

what's wrong with SADM? Nice view.

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Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Stay in San Diego at a Motel 6 and then head south in the morning. What happened to REal del Mar? Why do you need two beds?

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Originally posted by walterbyrd

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he's not in real del mar, he's in a studio next to the park in sadm. its kinda hard to follow with a few topics going at once.

walterbyrd - 4-6-2014 at 12:09 PM

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what's wrong with SADM? Nice view.

San Antonio Del Mar? Nothing wrong with it. But my flight lands at 10:15 PM. By the time I got there, it would be around 2am.

I don't know if there would be anybody there to let me in.

I wanted to take a look at Ensenada anyway. Might make more sense to go to Ensenada first.

EnsenadaDr - 4-6-2014 at 03:17 PM

As I remember the last bus to Ensenada leaves at 9:30 pm from Tijuana. Just get a room in SD, book on Hotwire, where they have great deals, near the airport and leave in the morning.

walterbyrd - 4-6-2014 at 05:48 PM

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Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
As I remember the last bus to Ensenada leaves at 9:30 pm from Tijuana. Just get a room in SD, book on Hotwire, where they have great deals, near the airport and leave in the morning.

Theoretically, I could do this (but another poster told me not to count on bus schedules).

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Saturday 2014-04-12
2215 Flight lands at San Diego
2300 Take taxi to Greyhound bus terminal
2315 Arrive at Greyhound bus terminal
2335 Greyhound leaves

Sunday 2014-04-13
0045 Greyhound arrive at TJ central bus terminal
0100 ABC bus leaves TJ central bus terminal for Ensenada
0219 Arrive in Ensenada
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You will notice there is only 15 minutes from the time the Greyhound arrives, and the ABC leaves. May be cutting it a little close.

EnsenadaDr - 4-6-2014 at 05:54 PM

There is no bus after 9:30 Pm to Ensenada from the Bus station. stay in SD until the morning.

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BajaBlanca - 4-6-2014 at 06:15 PM

It really is a good idea to stay in san diego. From the airport you can stay downtown or in point loma. In Point Loma, should you choose this scenario, there is a very clean and inexpensive hotel called the good nite inn. It is on Rosecrans, very near the freeway, so not an expensive cab ride. In the morning,. You could even take a cab to the trolley in old town, which is 5 minutes away and then take the green line to the transfer to the blue line which goes to the border. It is the LAST station and they announce it as such. Then, once at the end of the blue line, follow the hundreds who are going to Tijuana. (AKA. TJ). Walk across the overpass and do the buses to Ensenada oar wherever, as you wish.

Alternatively, stay downtown and be close to the main trolley station. Downtown is pretty expensive and the area around the station ain't pretty. IMO.

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Bajahowodd - 4-7-2014 at 04:56 PM

Jesus Cristo. I almost get the feeling that this forum is being punked,

EnsenadaDr - 4-7-2014 at 05:01 PM

Yeah so do I. I mean how many ways can you skin a cat?

mtgoat666 - 4-7-2014 at 08:13 PM

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Jesus Cristo. I almost get the feeling that this forum is being punked,

I think Walter bird brain is earnestly asking the questions. I also think the predators will eat him alive at 2 am in TJ.

EnsenadaDr - 4-8-2014 at 09:26 AM

Come in WalterByrd, Come in WalterByrd. Over.

DENNIS - 4-8-2014 at 10:25 AM

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Downtown is pretty expensive and the area around the station ain't pretty. IMO.

That's cuz you never spent any quality time at the Hong Kong Bar. :lol:

EnsenadaDr - 4-8-2014 at 10:39 AM

Dennis, WalterByrd is fine. He met you at the Hong Kong Bar he said and you directed him to the gorilla on the hill.

walterbyrd - 4-8-2014 at 07:30 PM

I am thinking about staying here:

http://www.lospelicanosrosarito.net/

As the name implies, it's in Rosarito. Not that far across the border. Not that far from where I will be staying the rest of the week. Looks like a nice place. Right on the beach. And only $60 a night.

gnukid - 4-8-2014 at 08:23 PM

Well done, closing this thread. Thanks

dasubergeek - 4-9-2014 at 09:19 AM

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Originally posted by walterbyrd
I am thinking about staying here:

http://www.lospelicanosrosarito.net/

As the name implies, it's in Rosarito. Not that far across the border. Not that far from where I will be staying the rest of the week. Looks like a nice place. Right on the beach. And only $60 a night.

Enjoy yourself.

walterbyrd - 4-15-2014 at 04:51 PM

Los Peliconos is dirty, the room stinks, the TV does not work, WiFi does not work, there is no air conditioning. The place looked nice on the website, but it is a total dump.

The restaurant is nice.

DENNIS - 4-15-2014 at 04:55 PM

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Los Peliconos is dirty, the room stinks, the TV does not work, WiFi does not work, there is no air conditioning. The place looked nice on the website, but it is a total dump.

The restaurant is nice.

Thanks for the review, Walter. :yes:

mtgoat666 - 4-15-2014 at 04:57 PM

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travel is always an adventure!

which nomad recommended that "dump?"

p.s. did you ask to change rooms? also, sometimes pays to look at several rooms before accepting the room you want.

Alm - 4-15-2014 at 07:43 PM

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The terminal in Ensenada is out by 10th street. I don't know of any hotels within walking distance, but when the terminal's open there are cabs out front.

In January this year I saw a hotel on Riverol right across the terminal. "San Diego" if my memory doesn't fail me. Cheap-looking hotel.

I don't know whether this terminal ever closes. At 6 am it was open since my bus arrived at that time. I believe, there are buses stopping there almost all night through, every few hours. They might, of course, close it for a few hours.

It's between 10th and 11th street, but both the bus gate and the passengers entrance are on the Riverol, and this is where cabbies are.