40 minutes' drive from the hotel is the town of Coro, which retains  its colonial and 19th-century charm; with cobbled streets and pastel portals, ochre doorways and terracotta frescoes.

This simple, German-owned establishment is located on a coconut palm plantation overlooking the Caribbean sea. Accommodation is in a row of white-washed, one storey rooms with hammocks on individual terraces.

There is a small pool, tennis court and a broad beach of fudge-coloured sands close by, and on the tiny isthmus to the north of the town and beyond, a wilderness area of sand dunes.

Our comment

"This is a good base from which to explore the area - you can visit the sand dunes, some 40m high, nearby coffee plantations and Coro, as well as the quiet beach 100m from the hotel through the palm grove."