Ecuador has wonderful beaches, but sometimes, travelling with limited will make the trip shorter.
This post is to give you options near Guayaquil that you can either do it in one day or spend a few days around.
Salinas city is located 1.5 hours from Guayaquil and it is visited mostly by locals from Guayaquil. Hereunder, I tell you what we did as family for 4 days in Salinas:
We have decided to visit a Salinas city for a few days, to enjoy the sunny days of December and have a few days of relax. We arrive in a little hotel outside of the main streets of Salinas, in a small neighborhood called la Milina. This hotel is located in a dead end street facing the ocean with option to stay at the beach here when tide is low.
Since we do not like too much crowded beaches, we decided to visit the beaches near Salinas and did so tourist trip:
VALQUIRIA AQUARIUM:
We drove towards the north, for around an hour and arrive to a small aquarium that offers the option to watch special fish, penguins from the Antartica that have arrived with "El Niño" current, a sea lion, marine turtles and the great coast caiman. This is a nice option to see with children, they get amazed watching the animals living in the ocean.
The aquarium is free and they request a voluntary tip for maintenance
After this, you can enjoy of a great refreshing ice cream or water before heading to the beach!
PLAYA ROSADA / PINK BEACH:
After this nice visit, we drove back for 10 minutes on the road, we found a small dirt trail that took us to this wonderful semi-private beach that is just perfect for a day at the beach!
The entrance for this beach is USD 2.00, there is parking space, a restaurant, restrooms and showers (additional cost of USD 1.00) and umbrellas that you rent for the day (USD5.00). There is a few people and beach does not get crowded, the sand is a little ivory and pink, therefore the name of the beach: PINK BEACH.
We spend the entire day here, weather was great, children played with sand and bath in the ocean, water was cool, but refreshing!
Since we needed something to eat, we decided to eat at this local restaurant, they offer seafood, typical dishes with reasonable price. They take the food in big trays to your umbrella or you can eat at the restaurant. The dishes were ok, not the best, but tasty.
They close the beach at 18h00 when it is time to leave.
SALINAS BEACH - CHIPIPE:
In Salinas, you can also visit the beach, although most of the apartments are built in this area, is crowded but you have more options for restaurants and activities, such as jetski, banana riding among others.
We decided to visit this beach our last day, so we do not have our kids in the car for long periods of time and it was a nice experience.
Salinas also offers a very special place to visit, which is La Chocolatera, this place is located in the point of the province, and it has a wonderful viewpoint to enjoy of the ocean and its power when crash into the rocks.
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This post is to give you options near Guayaquil that you can either do it in one day or spend a few days around.
Salinas city is located 1.5 hours from Guayaquil and it is visited mostly by locals from Guayaquil. Hereunder, I tell you what we did as family for 4 days in Salinas:
We have decided to visit a Salinas city for a few days, to enjoy the sunny days of December and have a few days of relax. We arrive in a little hotel outside of the main streets of Salinas, in a small neighborhood called la Milina. This hotel is located in a dead end street facing the ocean with option to stay at the beach here when tide is low.
Since we do not like too much crowded beaches, we decided to visit the beaches near Salinas and did so tourist trip:
The aquarium is free and they request a voluntary tip for maintenance
After this, you can enjoy of a great refreshing ice cream or water before heading to the beach!
PLAYA ROSADA / PINK BEACH:
The entrance for this beach is USD 2.00, there is parking space, a restaurant, restrooms and showers (additional cost of USD 1.00) and umbrellas that you rent for the day (USD5.00). There is a few people and beach does not get crowded, the sand is a little ivory and pink, therefore the name of the beach: PINK BEACH.
Since we needed something to eat, we decided to eat at this local restaurant, they offer seafood, typical dishes with reasonable price. They take the food in big trays to your umbrella or you can eat at the restaurant. The dishes were ok, not the best, but tasty.
They close the beach at 18h00 when it is time to leave.
SALINAS BEACH - CHIPIPE:
In Salinas, you can also visit the beach, although most of the apartments are built in this area, is crowded but you have more options for restaurants and activities, such as jetski, banana riding among others.
We decided to visit this beach our last day, so we do not have our kids in the car for long periods of time and it was a nice experience.
Salinas also offers a very special place to visit, which is La Chocolatera, this place is located in the point of the province, and it has a wonderful viewpoint to enjoy of the ocean and its power when crash into the rocks.
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