Welcome to Casa Puesta Del Sol!

Can you imagine waking up to the sound of gentle surf on a tropical morning in Zihuatanejo? When you rent our brand new two bedroom, two-bath condo above La Ropa beach, you will experience all of the magical events that flow through a languid day at Casa Puesta del Sol.

We have traveled to many cities and towns in Mexico and after much thought we decided to buy our dream “home away from home” in Zihuatanejo. Although it is designed for our exclusive use (and not as a “model home” type rental), we thought... what the heck, let's rent it occasionally and share this treat with other cool people!

So what's up on a typical day in Zihuatanejo? We usually brew coffee from beans grown in the nearby mountains and make breakfast with incredible fruit we bought at the central market, a five minute ride away, or we prepare farm-fresh eggs and bacon. We also make fresh mango,papaya or other locally grown fruit liquado which are made with crushed ice, a tad of sugar, fruit and milk blended up in the house machine.

Some days we'll take 20 or so minutes and walk into town or maybe go straight down the hill for a couple of hours on the beach. Then there are days when we will not make it past our two infinity pools that look out over the bay, especially if we're in the middle of a good read!

Ah, lunch... my favorite meal in Mexico! If we are strolling the beach, it is easy to saunter up to one of the many good little restaurants along La Ropa. With a little planning, we often pack a picnic. When we are by the pool near lunchtime, a quick trip up to our condo is just like a restaurant, only we are home and we make the sandwiches.

In the heat of a summer afternoon, we often return to the powerful air-conditioning up in our casita to have a siesta, check email on our wireless connection or listen to music from our Ipod on our own docking station (bring your own Ipod and laptop).

After siesta, we sit on our large covered outdoor terrace sipping a michelada or margarita mixed at the wet bar while a reddish orange sun sets into the Pacific.

After cocktail hour on our terrace we alternate between BBQ-ing and creating dinners in our fully equipped kitchen or going out to the huge variety of local Zihua restaurants. We can walk to 5-star cliff-side restaurants with panoramic views of Zihuatanejo, such as the Kau Kan, La Casa Que Canta or Il Mare, or dig our feet in the sand of La Ropa beach for a candlelight feast at La Perla, Paty's, El Mangalar or Elvira.

After dinner, we read, watch a DVD on the flat screen TV or, after a really rough day of sunshine and surf, we'll head to bed under beautiful hand-loomed colorful bedspreads we bought up in the mountain town of Patzcuaro. We go to sleep listening to the waves gently lapping the scalloped sands of La Ropa beach. Tomorrow is another sweet day, another amazing adventure in Zihuatanejo, Guererro, Mexico.


This brief description only gives you a glimpse, a snapshot of time in Zihua... come on down and discover for yourself why Patrick and Meriann, living in Santa Barbara, California, a jewel itself, decided to spend a bunch of time in luscious Zihuatanejo.