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willardguy
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Thanks all, we got back home last night and we had a ball. We ended up staying at Mision Santa Maria right on the beach for 3 nights, couldn't fault
them, great stuff. I'll do a trip report this evening. |
Looking forward to it!
I remember how impressive that hotel was when they built it in 1973, as the first of four El Presidente Hotels along the newly built Transpeninsular
Highway to serve the new, non-camping travelers.
The San Quintin/Santa Maria El Presidente used to have a swimming pool between the rooms and the beach. One El Niņo, a few years later, took care of
that!
The others were built in 1973 at Cataviņa, Parallelo 28 (near Guerrero Negro), and San Ignacio. |
david,
weren't these built originally as la pinta's later to become desert inns? ensenada,san quintin,catavina, gn, san ignacio,and loreto. seems I remember
the ad in the old AAA books, buy 4 nites and get the 5th free? or buy 5 and the 6th free, something like that!
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Robinhood
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It's too bad you missed out on the campground at the Hotel Cielito Linda. Old Mexico at it's best. The new owners have really brought it back to its
hey day. We're there right now in our camper. The campground is immaculate, the bathrooms clean with ample hot water, the camerones rellena, crab
legs, and chile rellenos superb...the Margaritas are the best but don't drink more than three if you want to walk back to camp in a straight
line...120 pesos a night.
Robin y margarita frizzelle from Mulege
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DianaT
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It's too bad you missed out on the campground at the Hotel Cielito Linda. Old Mexico at it's best. The new owners have really brought it back to its
hey day. We're there right now in our camper. The campground is immaculate, the bathrooms clean with ample hot water, the camerones rellena, crab
legs, and chile rellenos superb...the Margaritas are the best but don't drink more than three if you want to walk back to camp in a straight
line...120 pesos a night.
Robin y margarita frizzelle from Mulege |
That is really good to hear! Used to really enjoy that place and so good to hear it has been brought back to the old place.
Willardguy,
El Presidente preceded La Pinta.
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Robinhood
It's too bad you missed out on the campground at the Hotel Cielito Linda. Old Mexico at it's best. The new owners have really brought it back to its
hey day. We're there right now in our camper. The campground is immaculate, the bathrooms clean with ample hot water, the camerones rellena, crab
legs, and chile rellenos superb...the Margaritas are the best but don't drink more than three if you want to walk back to camp in a straight
line...120 pesos a night.
Robin y margarita frizzelle from Mulege |
That is really good to hear! Used to really enjoy that place and so good to hear it has been brought back to the old place.
Willardguy,
El Presidente preceded La Pinta. |
gotcha! gracias
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David K
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There were more hotels in the El Presidente chain. I was talking of the newest ones built in '73 for the newest part of the highway that was opened at
the end of '73... San Quintin to Santa Rosalia. La Pinta took over some years later. La Pinta became Desert Inn. Desert Inn is now split up.
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wilderone
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"... Hotel Cielito Linda. Old Mexico at it's best. The new owners have really brought it back to its hey day. ... The campground is immaculate."
Wonderful! But are you talking about the small camping area next to the main "cabin" area, or the larger actual campground down the road? What are
the tent camping rates? Thanks for the update on this.
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