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Town in Manabí, Ecuador
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Canoa is a pleasant, laid-back fishing village on the Pacific coast of Ecuador in the Manabi Province. Popular with travellers and yet not overrun by them, it's an excellent place to chill-out for a few days on the beach or practice your surfing skills.
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Stand up paddle lessons, SUP yoga, surf and surfboard rental and surfing lessons run by Ecuador's top SUP surf and SUP race athlete. Also has a vegan cafe.
Board rental and surf lessons
A USA 501(c)(3) bilingual grammar school. Short-term volunteers and semester-long interns to teach or participate in major subject areas are crucial for the exposure of the young students to the global community “to facilitate children becoming global citizens through language and knowledge”. Email Rachael (above) or ask at The Surf Shak.
Staff seems genuinely apathetic about the presence or needs of customers. No wifi.
North American style restaurant and expat hangout that offers burgers, pizza, etc. French press coffee. The food is the best non-Ecuadorian in the area and the prices are quite reasonable. English spoken. NFL football nights; poker & trivia nights.
Fish, shrimp, chicken and vegetarian meals. Elevated deck with view of town, beach and sunsets.
Double bed, en-suite hot-water bathroom, wardrobe, A/C. Swimming pool.
Hot water, fan, wifi throughout, mosquito nets, shared kitchen. Restaurant (except lunch) and bar.
Has hotel style rooms with A/C as well as individual cabins with fans and a mini-refrigerator and with three single beds and a separate bedroom with a queen. The nice pool is in the center of this hosteria with the beautiful and somewhat secluded beach a short walk. Wi-Fi and TV (includes CNN-International).
It is probably the quietest and most laid back place in town, away from all the obnoxious loud music that you will find on the beach closer to the busy end of the town. Great steaks on Saturday night, also pork ribs and langostinos (lobster). Free Wi-Fi and pool table as well as reasonably priced laundry service.
It is right on the beach. It rents out cabins or hotel rooms or you can pitch your own tent. Besides accommodation there is a busy restaurant (breakfast $3.50-8. Crepes $3.50-5. meals mostly $8-15). If you fill one of their large (not small!) bags with trash from the beach you get a free cocktail. Furthermore there is a pool table, table tennis, free Wi-Fi, laundry service, and surfboard rental. The happy hour (17:00-18:30) is a good time to meet other travellers. The mood is very relaxed and during this time you get a "2 for 1" deal on cocktails.
Quiet little campsite with small kitchen, BBQ, hammocks, Wi-Fi.
A great place to stay and relax outside the noise of main town. Nice beachfront rooms, some with balconies, for $5-8 per person. They also offer Spanish lessons.
The Coconut Hotel is a hostel with private rooms available from $10-25 a night. Food and drink service available, as well as board and bike rentals.
Every 30 minutes there is a bus connection with San Vicente or Bahía de Caráquez. From Bahia 4 buses daily leave to Quito (two in the morning (06:30, 09:00) and two in the evening).
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