Ocosingo

Ocosingo is a city in Chiapas.

Get in
  • Colectivo from San Cristobal de las Casas - 2-hour journey, US$4
  • Colectivo from Comitan via Altamirano - 2-hour journey, US$4
  • Colectivo from Palenque

Get around

There are urban colectivos, but the city is small enough that it is best to walk.

See

Not too much, Ocosingo is mainly a jumping off point for Laguna Miramar or Toniná

  • Mercado Etnia Tzeltal A Campesino Market where countryside woman sell their products. Worth to see even if you don't want to buy anything. Has a flair of village life. Between 2a Av. Sur Ote and 3a Av. Sur Ote four blocks east (downhill) from the plaza.

Do

Buy

There are Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) in Ocosingo. Before heading into Laguna Miramar you should pull out any needed cash here.

Eat

Drink

Sleep

There are a number of decent hotels off of the main plaza that are priced under US$30.

  • Hotel La Casona, south side of the plaza, double rooms M$300, also rented as single rooms M$250 if not too crowded. Clean big rooms with private bathroom an TV. Free WiFi and drinking water.
  • Hospedaje Esmeralda, Calle Central Norte 14, 100. M from the plaza in a side street. Single rooms M$180, double rooms. Common bathrooms. Economic restaurant in the entrance hall. Very familiar with permanently running TV. Used to be a highly frequented meeting point for budget travellers as long as under US American ownership. Around 2005, the old owner has been driven out by Zapatistas. 

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