Hoteles,Restaurantes y Playas

Campamento Hotel & Restaurant

If you take the forty five minute walk along the beach West from Trujillo, this sign means good food and drink.

Hotel Cocopando & Restaurant

Located in the Barrio Rio Cristales, right by the ocean. Rooms are inexpensive and the food is good. This is the in Garifuna part of town where the culture is distinctly different from the larger Spanish speaking part of Trujillo

Hotel Villa Brinkley

The Hotel Villa Brinkley is without doubt the most colorful hotel in Trujillo. Peggy Brinkley, the matriarch of the Villa Brinkley is an exceptional, extraordinary person. Peggy oversaw every aspect of the design and construction of this beautiful hotel, which continues to be added on to, even today.

When we arrived in Trujillo to take over the house we had rented (Just below the Villa Brinkley,) no one was expecting us. In fact, the young guard drew a gun on us and let us know in no uncertain terms that he was not going to let us in. So, in the dark, we lugged our bags up to the Hotel Brinkley to stay for the night.

No rooms left.

Peggy Brinkley, who remembered us from our stay two years ago - a considerable feat when you consider the amount of people who must pass through the hotel - was concerned enough to drive us down to the gate of the property, intimidate the guard to allow us to leave our luggage while she took us hunting for the caretaker. Within twenty minutes the caretaker was roused out of his house and made a path for us.

We thanked Peggy profusely. She just shrugged and said, "Well I couldn't toss you out into the dark now, could I?"

The Hotel Villa Brinkley has a commanding view of Trujillo Bay. With the jungle mountain looming up directly behind the hotel, the panoramic view is truly breathtaking. Even though we did not stay at the Villa Brinkley this time, we frequently ate breakfast there, because it is served at the highest point of the Villa Brinkley thus providing the finest view. Refills of fresh orange juice and coffee are on the house and the breakfast is reasonable in price.

At breakfast, you are likely to meet a fair representation of the "expats", English speaking folk from 'El Norte' who are retirees, travel guides, or in various stages of turning native. Much good gossip and some usable information is to be gleaned while you digest your breakfast. To the back of the breakfast area there is a book exchange, so if you are running out of something to read, merely drop in and exchange your literature.

There is a small souvenir shop and an office for 'Turtle Tours'. This outfit is run primarily by Germans, with typical German service; their guides are efficient and dedicated. They are surprisingly versatile and can cobble together just about any sightseeing adventure you'd care to try. We used them ourselves and found their services an excellent value for money.

In the evening, the restaurant and bar are open. Dinner and drinks are reasonably priced, there is a salad bar and the food is some of the best We've had in Trujillo.

The rooms are sumptuous, some with sunken bath/showers and walk-in clothes closets. As a structure, the Villa Brinkley is beautiful, within and without. The carpenter that Peggy hired to do the wood decorating was in our estimation an extremely talented person; Maya Indian motifs are carved throughout the hotel and within every room.

Peggy also told us to make free with their lovely swimming pool - which we did.

View from recliner at the Hotel Brinkley Swimming pool

Playas

 

Trujillo es uno de los asentamientos más antiguos de Honduras, y tiene fama de tener algunas de las playas con palmeras más bonitas del país. Sus tranquilas aguas protegidas por la bahía son también conocidas y populares. La ciudad de Trujillo nunca está sobrecargada de turistas, principalmente debido a que está es una zona algo aislada, haciendo las playas un lugar ideal par aquellos que quieren disfrutar del mar sin tener que compartirlo con una masiva cantidad de gente.

La primera playa que podemos encontrarnos en Trujillo, la cual está directamente en frente de la ciudad, es un sitio muy limpio y seguro para relajarse del estrés de la vida diaria. Sin embargo, las mejores playas de Trujillo las podemos encontrar cerca de las pistas de aterrizaje. Toda la línea de playa se extiende de una punta a otra de la ciudad, lo cual nos da una buena oportunidad de paseas y hacer ejercicio sin movernos de esta paradisíaca costa.

A los pies de la antigua fortaleza española, la cual se debe visitar, tenemos otra estupenda playa de una arena limpia y dorada. Hay varios locales improvisados que se conocen como “champas”, donde sirven bebidas, comida y ponen música. En las aguas de esta parte de la bahía hay algunas barcas motorizadas, sin contar con algunos barcos turísticos que pasan para visitar el moderno puerto de Puerto Castillo, unos pocos kilómetros cruzando la bahía. Se pueden ver durante muchas mañanas, canoas de pescadores en busca de langostas y crustáceos. De todos modos, generalmente a partir de la 10 de la mañana, la playa queda prácticamente desierta.

Mucha gente coincide que Trujillo es uno de esos sitios donde uno podría quedarse durante un largo periodo de tiempo olvidándose de todo. Hay varias opciones para alojarse en Trujillo, empezando por el hotel al lado de la playa del aeropuerto, y que se llama La Quinta. Este hotel ofrece comodidad y unos buenos servicios hoteleros por un precio muy razonable, y a solo dos minutos andando de la playa.

Saliéndonos un poco del camino principal y localizado en la carretera entre Puerto Castilla y Trujillo, tenemos Casa Kivi, la cual está en una impresionante playa de blancas arenas. Las mejores vistas de Trujillo se pueden ver desde este hotel, ofreciendo magnífico paisajes de buena parte de la bahía, las montañas que hay en la parte de atrás de Trujillo y unos atardeceres impresionantes. Este hotel ofrece habitaciones privadas y dormitorios para grupos grandes, y también para viajeros que no les importa compartir estancia. Podemos encontrar en Casa Kivi un típico bar de playa y un restaurante, por lo tendremos todas las comodidades tendiendo la playa a dos pasos.