Paraíso, Mexico
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Paraiso is located 90 km from Villahermosa Tabasco Capital.; which by its natural conditions, the municipality counts on own places for tourism development. Its beaches are essentially a natural attraction that invite visitors to practice different water sports in its warm and calm waters. Close to the city is the tourist center "Paraiso", beautiful place for recreation on the shores of the beach, where You can find relaxation and fun in a natural environment of great beauty. It has a pool, hotel service, bungalows, restaurant, changing rooms, toilets, palapas and parking. The beach is long, with a width that varies between 40 and 70 m. The sand is fine gray, its slope and moderate waves and warm water, clear, blue and shallow depth to 100 m.
Offshore If you want to go fishing, you can catch the following species:. snapper, bream, mackerel, and hoarse from other tours are in rented boats to visit places like the Bellote, Puerto Ceiba, Playa Bruja and Barra of Tupilco.
A half hour of Paraiso is Chiltepec, from the pier and the boardwalk that are fitted with benches and lanterns, you can see the beautiful sunrise and the beautiful sunset, framing the mighty river Gonzalez, La Bocana and the background, the immensity of the sea in the gastronomy we can highlight the following foods: tamales Chipilín and crab, oysters to Tapesco, the Chanchamitos, the exquisite Peje Lizard, Iguana, Coco sweets, meringues, pozol and many other delicacies.
Must Know
If you want to travel on the coastal route, catch one of the frequent buses passing the Comalcalco turn-off to Paraiso, 17km away on the banks of the Río Seco. A weekend escape for Villahermosa residents, it’s a sleepy place, with some beaches nearby pleasant enough if you need to wind down, and a better place to spend the night than Frontera. Paraíso’s ADO bus station is 1km south of the centre along Benito Juárez, the main road. Turn right out of the station and keep walking: eventually you’ll see the town’s most distinctive monument the twin-towered colonial church across the river up ahead. The main second-class station, with departures for points along the coast, is north of the centre and well served by combis; to make the fifteen-minute walk, turn south (left) and aim for the church towers. There are plenty of juice bars around the plaza and a couple of decent, moderately priced restaurants: Real de la Costa on the east side is good, with a wide selection of Mexican food, meats, pastas and seafood dishes. The nearest beach, Playa Limón, where locals go for picnics on weekends, is a twenty-minute combi ride north of Paraíso. Taxis can be useful to the beaches, and there are a couple of daily first-class buses to Frontera.
Ten kilometres east of Paraíso, the road passes through Puerto Ceiba on the shores of the Laguna de Mecoacán. There’s a parador turístico here offering boat trips (up to fourteen people) and a restaurant serving regional dishes and fish straight out of the lake. The road then crosses Laguna Santa to the east, and there are turn-offs for several decent beaches before it meets Hwy-180, 50km or so north of Villahermosa. The first is Playa Azúl, where you can rent boats and jet skis; Playa Pico de Oro, 6km or so further on, is more tranquil. If you’re travelling light you could easily camp at any of these and get back to the main road in the morning.
Get There
Paraiso is located 90 km from Villahermosa on Federal Highway 180, turn right on Cardenas, taking the federal highway 187.
By road:
To reach Villahermosa from Mexico City, take the Federal Highway 180. trip is done with southeast and along the route of 863 kilometers, the cities of Puebla and Veracruz, among others intersect. The units that target Villahermosa from Mexico City, departing from Bus Terminal Passenger Oriente (TAPO ), quoted in Zaragoza 200 (Metro San Lazaro). If you are in the Yucatan peninsula, should follow the Federal Highway 180, but in the opposite direction, ie from east to west.
By air:
Captain International Airport Carlos A . Rovirosa, is 15 kilometers from Villahermosa. Domestic flights come from the cities of Mexico DF (capital) Veracruz (Veracruz), Oaxaca (Oaxaca), Tuxtla Gutierrez (Chiapas), Merida ( Yucatan state), Cancun (Quintana Roo) and Puebla (state of Puebla). With regard to international itineraries, Villahermosa receives daily flights from the US cities of Houston and Texas. Also arriving aircraft in Havana (Cuba).