Melia Cayo Coco Hotel Review - The Beach

Now I just loved the beach! It was all you need from a beach!

It was immensely relaxing. We often had breakfast and would pop down here about 8:30ish for a bit of a sit down before we'd go for a dip.

The morning is the best time to enjoy the Melia Cayo Coco beach as its very quiet (as apposed to just quiet). The wind at that time is very light and the waves just gently wash up ashore. Later on in the day the wind slowly pick up and at night it'll be quite blustery.

The beach at the Melia Cayo Coco is a very narrow beach, but as there isn't much of a tide, there's plenty for everyone. There's the palm umbrellas to give you a bit of shade and that building you can see in the picture is the water sports hut mentioned earlier.

Although I didn't get a picture of it, there's also a beach bar where you can top up with water, rum and coke, and most drinks. Behind that you can find the grill where you can get some lunch and an evening meal (I'll mention this later).

The thing is that you shouldn't just sit in the sun, the beach is fantastic and goes on for miles in one direction and, if you walk over a bit of tarmac another beach stretches on for miles the other way. The photo you see here is if you walk to the right facing the beach. You'll find yourself walking out of the beach looked-after by the hotel and you'll reach the bit that the locals go on. I didn't see anyone there, however, apart from a bar with two people in it. It looked amazing and was very peaceful just sat there.

If you walked left you'll see the hotel Sol, and if you go past there and past the tours building you'll see some little huts in the water. Now, you'll have to walk through the water which is a small fresh water river and on to the other beach. This goes on for miles too. Walk around some rocks and you'll see even more beach. I couldn't get my head around how empty it was, so you'll have some fun if you just like roaming around on the sand.

If you're one of those people that love a bit of action (don't we all) then half way through our holiday they did some exhilaration stuff. There was this water plane thing which was great fun watching take off and land. We didn't go on it, but some of our friends did and they said it was fantastic - so try it (if you like heights!!)

We also watched people go scuba-diving. I wish I did, but was only told it was free a day before we went home so was too late. But we did go snorkeling (which I'll talk about later) which is a good alternative.

So, all in all, the Melia Cayo Coco beach was fantastic. Next I'll recount my experiences with the food at the Melia Cayo Coco, it's entertainment and the all important bar!