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walterbyrd
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Recommend Hotel near ABC bus terminal in Rosarito, or Ensenada
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.
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I thought you were staying west of Real del Mar?
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Just stop at any business in either town, they'll tell you where the bus stops are.
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walterbyrd
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| Quote: | | 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."
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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. You'll only be about a mile from ground zero in the tourist zone.
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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
| Quote: | Originally posted by walterbyrd
| Quote: | | 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." |
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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.
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| Quote: | 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.
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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
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When you get to Ensenada try the Micro Bus System a very inexpensive way to see the town and outlaying area's
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walterbyrd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
| Quote: | 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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| Quote: | 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.)
[Edited on 4-5-2014 by dasubergeek]
[Edited on 4-5-2014 by dasubergeek]
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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?
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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.
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is there a way to get the keys to your place at 2am?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
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.
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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.
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| Quote: | 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?
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| Quote: | 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
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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
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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? | Quote: | Originally posted by walterbyrd
| Quote: | 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?
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