Exactly where Are This Winter’s Hot Spots In Latin America?

The NY Daily News ticks off some of their favorite hotspots this summer in Latin America. A few might not exactly be terribly insightful (it is a given Buenos Aires and Rio are terrific to see come late November), but there had been a couple of very good suggestions here I’d take some time to check out.

Nicaragua’s San Juan del Sur is a surfing paradise on the country’s Pacific coast that supports a thriving fishing community and promises to be uncrowded despite its emergence as 1 of the country’s premier vacations spots.

Belize’s St. George’s Caye is an island just a couple of miles off the coast of Belize City that’s household to a whopping 20 men and women (who gets to be mayor do you believe?). Though sitting on the world’s second-largest barrier reef system in the world, Moon Travel describes the island as becoming “far from commercialized — on the contrary, it is quite quiet, with mostly residential homes and their docks.”

And finally, for a historic Mexican expertise head to Mexico’s San Miguel de Allende, a town dating back to 1542 situated over a mile above sea level. Although a mecca for artists, performers and musicians, Fodor’s warns of the town’s descent into a “yuppie” friendly, “. . . Mexico-lite destination.” At least they’re not afraid to tell you what they truly think.