I get a weekly email from a travel destinations site with features of different places and vacation packages. This week the email features beaches, called “Seven affordable, under the radar, beach destinations.” Well, I was most interested in the “affordable” part but the “under the radar” part intrigued me, as well. So I gave it a look.
The first beach they featured is in Venezuela, called Los Roques. This is not really just one beach. Los Roques is an archipelago of 42 sandy islands and over 300 mangrove islets, located about 80 miles north of the Caracas coast. Most Los Roques islands are uninhabited, and the few that have hotels have very small, primitive accommodations.
They recommended the tiny, six-room hotel called “Posada Movida.” Their bed and breakfast rates start at $75 per person per night. Now that is a bargain. You can barely get a Red Roof Inn in Atlanta for $75 a night! After some investigation I found it’s a better deal to get the all inclusive rate of $120 per person, which covers all meals with wine at dinner, and an all day island boat tour.