The Hotel Faro Viejo is located on the Isla Holbox beach, and it is two blocks away from the main square. Its privileged situation and the beauty of the place make the Hotel Faro Viejo an excellent spot to enjoy wonderful holidays living close to nature and tasting the excellent cuisine of our chef. The Hotel Faro Viejo has two floors; its palapa type construction fits perfectly with the nature of the Island and gives you a cool and welcoming atmosphere. All the hotel rooms have a view of the sea. The Hotel Faro Viejo top floor rooms are cozy and have a comfortable disposition. We have double rooms with air conditioning, and with 1 queen size or twin beds. You may view the sea from any room. The triple bedrooms with air conditioning have 2 double beds and 1 twin bed. All have a furnished balcony facing the sea. There are three suites with 3 bedrooms each. One room has a double bed, another has twin beds, and one has a king size bed. All suites have a living room with TV. One of the suites and the master suite have full furnished kitchens with stove/oven cooker, refrigerator/freezer, microwave oven, electric oven and toaster, deluxe coffee maker, assorted pots, pans and cooking utensils. Also silverware, plates, cups and wine/liquor glasses for 6 persons. To really enjoy the beach atmosphere, on all suites you will have your own private patio right on the beach. At the Hotel Faro Viejo you may pay with Visa or MasterCard credit cards. You may also exchange Euros, American dollars in bills or traveler's cheques into Mexican pesos. Master Suite 1 - 4 pax. BREAKFAST INCLUDED - CHRISTMAS EASTER: BUFFET OR A LA CARTE, REST OF THE YEAR: CONTINENTAL. ADDITIONAL PERSON $300. RATES IN MEXICAN PESOS PER ROOM PER NIGHT, MINIMUM STAY - CHRISTMAS EASTER: 5 NIGHTS, SUMMER: 3 NIGHTS, PAYMENT OR DEPOSIT POLICY: December: 50% deposit before end of the month reservation is made and 50% payment before December 1st. (December reservations require 100% deposit). Easter: 50% deposit before end of the month reservation is made and 50% payment before March 28 (March reservations require 100% deposit). Any other date: 80% of total cost of stay deposit and payment of 20% balance on arrival to the hotel. CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations made from 30 to 15 days prior to arrival receive 75% of deposit. Cancellations made from 15 to 3 days prior to arrival receive 50% of deposit. Cancellations made less than 72 hours prior to arrival do not receive reimbursements. CHRISTMAS AND EASTER RESERVATIONS: DO NOT RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENTS. Transportation is available from Cancun to Hotel Faro Viejo at Isla Holbox. This service includes: pick up by a luxury vehicle at Cancun;s airport or at any of Cancun's hotels and ground transport to Chiquila, from there a boat will take you across Yalahau lagoon to the dock of Hotel Faro Viejo. Cost of this service is $120 USD round trip, per person. 2 persons per trip minimum. Come and enjoy the natural atmosphere of Isla Holbox and be our guest at Hotel Faro Viejo, the best alternative on the beach. We Are Waiting For You!!!

offers its guests and the visitors, excellent services to make any holiday unforgettable. In our Restaurant Faro Viejo you will enjoy the dishes prepared by our Chef with a Mexican and tropical taste, The bar Faro Viejo works a long schedule and will serve any drink you desire not only at the bar but also on the beach or even in your room. With its astonishing view or the sea from above, and with its large spaces open to the refreshing sea breeze, the 200 sq. m. convention room at the Hotel Faro Viejo is the perfect place for any kind of meeting or workshop. Your holidays at Holbox will be complete by visiting the natural beauty attractions of this area and doing the local activities. The Hotel Faro Viejo organizes for its guests excursions to the Laguna de Yalahau and its famous Ojo de Agua, to the Isla Pasion, to Isla Morena (Isla Pajaros), to the wonderful beach of La Ensenada (35 km of white virgin sand), observation of dolphins and fly-fishing. Your stay at Holbox will be an active encounter with the most beautiful tropical nature. You may rent bicycles, motorcycles or golf carts to move around and explore Holbox by yourself. Transportation is available from Cancun to Hotel Faro Viejo at Isla Holbox. This service includes pick up by a luxury vehicle at Cancun;s airport or at any of Cancun's hotels and ground transport to Chiquila, from there a boat will take you across Yalahau lagoon to the dock of Hotel Faro Viejo. Cost of this service is $75 USD from Cancun to the hotel and $120 USD round trip, per person. 2 persons per trip minimum. Transportation to and from Cancun, Merida and Chichen Itza is available at the hotel. To get to Hobox by car from Cancun, take the road 180 (the free road not the toll one) to Merida and when you get to the village Ignacio Zaragoza (Km. 80) turn right towards Chiquila. The trip from Cancun lasts about two hours. In Chiquila take a motor boat to cross the Yalahau Lagoon to Isla Holbox. The schedule of the shuttle Chiquila - Isla Holbox follows (crossing costs 25 pesos per person): AM - 6, 8, 11, 12. AM - 5, 7, 10, 11. You may take a private motor boat at any time of the day at a higher price. At the Hotel Faro Viejo you may pay with Visa o MasterCard credit card. You may also exchange American Dollars and even travelers cheques in American dollars. Come to have a wonderful time in this natural paradise, the Hotel Faro Viejo, the best option on the beach of Holbox, offers you the services you expect for your holydays. Come, we are waiting for you!

FLYFISHING HOLBOX MEXICO. Isla Holbox located on the northeast tip of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico is blessed with one of the world's outstanding tarpon habitats. Holbox is a small and virgin island with beautiful white sand beaches, surrounded by a magnificent turquoise colored sea, that is unknown so far by most people. Fantastic as it is, come to Isla Holbox for world-class tarpon flyfishing. Here in the shallow mangrove flats you will find abundant baby tarpon and snook throughout the year. However it is the migratory fish that make Holbox a unique flyfishing destination. In April, migrating fish begin to feed in the clear water of the shallows, but the best flyfishing is during June, July and August. Bonefish, barracuda, snapper, permit and jack crevalle are also abundant here in the spring and summer. And when you are not fishing, at Faro Viejo Hotel you will enjoy a very comfortable stay in our air-conditioned rooms that have showers and hot and cold running water. Faro Viejo's rooms have a view of the ocean and are located on the beach and each meal is a feast of exquisite cuisine at the hotel's restaurant bar. To begin your unique flyfishing adventure, experienced guides will pick you up at the hotel's private dock at 6 each morning, breakfast will be served on the boat so you can have an early start at fishing. The guides are fully trained professionals that have years of guiding and fishing experience in this area. The fishing boats are seaworthy 18 foot pangas, equipped for your comfort and safety, that are easy to pole into position. They will take you to flyfish in the shallow water surrounding the island. The fishing spots are between 20 minutes and an hour away from the hotel's private dock and are anywhere from 5-15 feet deep. Most days fishing lasts 8 hours but extra time can be arranged as overtime. Guides are native to Holbox island and have been tarpon fishing with a flyrod for many years. Language is not an issue while fishing, for all guides at least speak fishing English although some of them are fluent English speakers. Coming to Isla Holbox is easy, you fly in to Cancun airport and there our transport meets you. After a short drive you board the boat that will take you to Hotel Faro Viejo on the island. Non-fishing travel partners can enjoy viewing the large amount of flamingos during the tarpon season, bird watching enthusiasts praise the island and its birds. Although snorkeling and diving are not great, the beaches are splendid and swimming is easy. Holbox island has a relaxing atmosphere, most tourists come here to relax in an island with one small village, streets of sand and friendly people. Flyfishing Rates - Faro Viejo Hotel. Prices in USD PER PERSON include: Transportation from Cancun airport or any hotel in Cancun by luxury taxi and boat. Accommodation (2 persons per room), all meals, professional guide. Single occupancy add $200 per day all included with private guide. 4 Nights / 3 Days Fishing. 5 Nights / 4 Days Fishing. 6 Nights / 5 Days Fishing. 7 Nights / 6 Days Fishing. $10 USD more per day per person. $20 USD more per day per person. One extra day add $220 USD all included. Non fishing guest 70% discount in a shared room. Prices above do not include: Airfare to Cancun, alcoholic beverages or gratuity to your guide and waitstaff.

The excursions organized by the Hotel Faro Viejo allow its guests and the visitors of Isla Holbox, to comfortably enjoy the natural beauty of the area. The beautiful Laguna Yalahau is a natural paradise worth admiring; it is surrounded by mangroves and separates Isla Holbox from the mainland. On the shore of the lagoon you will find the famous Ojo de Agua, a bath in its refreshing clear water have cheered up travelers who go by this place since the time of the ancient Maya. The Laguna Yalahau is a rich natural habitat that shelters countless amounts of animal species, for example, it is the home of the spectacular pink flamingos that come here to feed themselves from April to October. In the water of the lagoon you may see huge quantities of fish and even dolphins that swim around the Island. A beautiful nature show. In the Lagoon is Isla Morena, also called Isla Pajaros, which is the home of more than 140 species of birds, that nest in it. It is common to see in the Island White Edies, Frigate birds, Double Crested Cormorant, White Pelican, storks, Gray Pelican, and pink Flamingoes. The Island is about 500 meters wide and its soil is made of sand and guano. Isla Pajaros is a natural protected area and you are not allowed to step on it; you can only reach it by boat. The birds that live there are not afraid of human beings, which makes it possible to get close to them without frightening them. flyfishing excursions organized by the Hotel Faro Viejo guarantee the fishing lovers who come to the Island a great enjoyment in a unique place. Fishing is excellent at Isla Holbox and there are plenty of groupers, Bonitos and many other fish of great size. The fishermen here also dive for lobsters and different types of shells. Children as well as grown-ups enjoy fishing at Isla Holbox. The whale shark is the largest fish on the earth today; it can grow up to 50 feet (15m) in length. The whale shark prefers waters of warm surface temperature, in areas where there are upwellings of nutrient rich colder water since these conditions favour blooms of plankton on which the sharks feed. They are often seen with schools of Jacks. The whale shark has nothing in common with whales except for its size and the fact that it only eats minute plankton by scooping it up whilst its mouth is wide open. It normally feeds on or just below the surface. It feeds by filtering small planktonic organisms out of the water through its gills. Whale sharks are viviparous animals and young ones are at times seen with the elders. Whale sharks are very docile and gentle and, when approached by snorkelers or divers are uninhabited by the visit. Since a few years ago, whale sharks have been coming to the northern tip of the Yucatan peninsula to feed and mate during the months of May through October. Faro Viejo Hotel now offers a unique excursion to see these magnificent creatures. HOLBOX SEARCH FOR THE WHALE SHARKS TOUR (June through September). Includes: Boat transport (all permits and insurance current) with guides certified for the whale shark search, dolphin and stingray school observation, snorkel equipment, swim with the whalesharks, 1 box lunch per person. Price: $90 USD per person (Min. 6 persons). CANCUN PICKUP AND HOLBOX SEARCH FOR THE WHALE SHARKS TOUR (June through September). Includes: Pickup at your hotel in Cancun, road transportation in luxury van to Chiquila and back to your Cancun hotel, boat transport (all permits and insurance current) with guides certified for the whale shark search, dolphin and stingray school observation, snorkel equipment, swim with the whalesharks, 1 box lunch per person and 1 Buffet lunch per person at Hotel Faro Viejo's restaurant. Price: $180 USD per person (Reservation required, subject to availability). Hotel Faro Viejo, the best option on the Isla Holbox beach, waits for you to show you nature at its full beauty.

 Guest rooms have air conditioning
 Baby chairs and cots are provided
 Luggage storage
 Central situation
 Clothes dry cleaning
 Conference and meeting room
 Credit cards accepted
 Currency exchange service
 Dinner may be served in the room
 Laundry services/washing machine
 Private park, garden, courtyard
 Quiet surroundings
 Restaurant
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 TV sets in rooms
 Patio, summer terrace
 Cheques accepted
 Common room with a TV set