Here’s a roundup of our best and worst bits from our 6 weeks in Mexico!

Best town/city

Puerto Escondido – we might be biased as we stayed here for 4 and a half weeks but we loved it here. Great surf, food, activities and beaches.

Worst town/city

Cancun – not too much to do in Cancun downtown itself and not much to see either so for that reason it gets voted the worst city in Mexico.

Best surf spot

Zicatela – monster 3-4m waves and a much friendlier surf spot than some of the other places nearby.

Worst surf spot

La Punta – if there was nobody else in the water it would be a great wave, unfortunately it was so busy all the time and not very friendly either.

Best activity

Horse riding on the beach at sunset – such a fun activity riding along the beach just outside Puerto Escondido.

Chichen Itza – we couldn’t pick just one best activity and no trip to Mexico is complete without a visit to this incredible ruin, quite rightly one of the seven wonders of the world.

Worst activity

We couldn’t think of one for this category!

Best ruins/archaeological site

It has to be Chichen Itza but closet followed by the Teohitican ruins for the sheer scale of the pyramids.

Worst ruins/archaeological site

None. All of the archaeological sites were amazing in different ways.

Best meal

Burrito amor, Tulum – our first proper meal out in Mexico and definitely the best burritos we had in Mexico.

Disfruta (best café) – as a side note Disfruta a little cafe in Puerto Escondido was a great place for juice, yoghurt bowls and veggie burritos and also so cheap.

Worst meal

We had a Mexican breakfast at Zicatela market and I ended up with food poisoning so this has to be the worst meal.

Best drink

Passion fruit & mango juice from Disfruta cafe for Thomas.

Passion margarita from Espadin Restaurant in Puerto Escondido for Issy.

Also Horchata gets a special mention as it was delicious. It’s a traditional Mexican drink made from white rice soaked in water and flavoured with cinnamon. It’s amazing.

Worst drink

None!

Best snack

Takis original flavour (green packet) – all the takis were amazing but this was my favourite flavour!

Worst snack

Penguin – one of the first snacks we tried from the oxxo in Mexico as they were everywhere. They were kind of like a mini roll but a really bad version.

Best dessert

We couldn’t choose just one so here’s our top three:

1) Fraisier from Caramel Pasteleria in Mexico City.

2) Churros from El Moro in Mexico City

3) Passion fruit & mango swiss roll from Mexico City

Worst dessert

Pineapple tacos from the local supermarket – they kind of looked like a puff pastry dessert but had 0 flavour and were disgusting. We couldn’t even finish them which is saying something.

Best accommodation

Los Amigos Tulum – great hotel, had its own kitchen area, spacious bathroom and bedroom, swimming pool on the rooftop and also access to a nearby hotel spa and well-equipped gym!

Worst accommodation

Villa Sofia Holiday Accommodations, Cancun – still a great place to stay but gets the vote for the worst accommodation as the rooms were a bit small and not as comfy as the other places we stayed at.