Bar-Restaurante El Cocodrilo

Playa Girón


Popular post-dive spot in Playa Girón; an open-sided beach-shack-style opposite the approach road to Hotel Playa Girón. Warm up with a cocktail at the bar and then move onto pork and chicken, or the billiard table, however the mood takes you.


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Nearby Playa Girón attractions

1. Museo de Playa Girón

0.3 MILES

This exceedingly well-kept museum with its gleaming display cases evokes a tangible sense of the history of the famous Cold War episode that unfolded…

2. Caleta Buena

5.2 MILES

Caleta Buena, 8km southeast of Playa Girón, is a lovely protected cove that's perfect for snorkeling and kitted out with a diving office. Admission…

3. Punta Perdiz

6.23 MILES

Punta Perdiz is a snorkeling and diving spot, 10km north of Playa Girón, where you can glide out from the shore in fish-tank clarity water to a world of…

4. Cueva de los Peces

9.42 MILES

If you don't fancy diving in the sea, head to the Cueva de los Peces, a 70m-deep cenote (sinkhole) on the inland side of the coast road halfway between…

5. Laguna del Tesoro

19.97 MILES

This lake is 5km east of Boca de Guamá via the Canal de la Laguna, accessible only by boat. On the far (east) side of the 92-sq-km body of water is a…

6. Criadero de Cocodrilos

22.2 MILES

This highly successful crocodile-breeding facility, run by the Ministerio de la Industria Pesquera, straddles the road as you come into Boca de Guamá from…