Thursday, January 12, 2006

Barra de Navidad

Fotos from around Barra de Navidad



Barra de Navidad Beach from the Jetty

 

The town of Barra de Navidad (Christmas Sandbar)with a population of 7000+ is a small farming and fishing community located on the east end of the Bahía de Navidad, 60 km north of Manzanillo. In recent years, the Jalisco state government has promoted Barra as a tourist attraction of the Costalegre. The beachfront fronting the sandbar arks toward Melaque 4.5 kilometers to the west.




Fishing boats and water taxies along the lagoon


The history of "modern" Barra de Navidad dates back to the mid-1500's when the Spanish used it for ship building, repairs and a jumping off point to the Philippines.




Hotel Grand Bay looking across from the jetty


The large lagoon behind Barra de Navidad is criss-crossed by small fishing boats gathering scallops and transporting visitors and locals from Barra to Isla Navidad and the Grand Bay Hotel, recently voted the Number One hotel/resort in Mexico by the Travel Channel. These boats (panga taxies) also carry passengers to and from the small Colima community of Colimilla where restaurants line the shore.




Barra de Naviadad and Isla de Navidad from the air
Related Posts with Thumbnails
Barra de Navidad is built on a sandbar between Bahia de Navidad and the Laguna de Navidad in an area of Mexico's west coast known as the Costalegre (Costa Alegre) - the Happy Coast

Sparks Mexico Web
Rotary Costalegre
Pro Animal Melaque
CAM Cihuatlan
Living Barra de Navidad
LaBruja Coffee Bar
Sparks Costalegre
Manzanillo Information