
Playas
Surf town · Ecuador
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Beds: 71 places
71 places to stay within 2 km.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£35 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£45 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£55 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 71 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 13 surf spots
Surf · this week
El Faro · about 30 min by car · stays in Engabao
33 out of 100Engabao · about 25 min by car · stays in Engabao
33 out of 100Mal Paso · about 25 min by car · stays in Engabao
33 out of 100La Posada · about 10 min by car
31 out of 100pico hambre · about 10 min by car
31 out of 100Playas · about 5 min by car
31 out of 100Sharkbay · about 5 min by car
31 out of 100sharkbay, Playas Ecuador · about 5 min by car
31 out of 100
All 13 surf spots
Chabela · about 5 min by car
30 out of 100Olas Verdes · about 5 min by car
30 out of 100Los Patios · about 15 min by car · stays in General Villamil
29 out of 100El Discovery · about 20 min by car · stays in Posorja
28 out of 1005 1 2km & 8 1 2km · about 35 min by car · stays in Posorja
19 out of 100
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Playas.
Places to eat
6 near Playas
Places to eat near Playas
- Cevicheria Perlita 2Seafood · 0.3 km from the centre
- PlayearteBar and grill · 0.3 km from the centre
- Restaurante Doña MarySoup · 0.3 km from the centre
- Pizza Hut PlayasPizza · 1.0 km from the centre
- Juan Ostras - InsuperableSeafood · 1.1 km from the centre
- KFCChicken · 1.1 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits
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the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 30 km from Playas.
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About Playas
where it is, what is near
Playas is a town in Guayas Province, Ecuador.
From Playas you can reach 13 surf spots.
The nearest is Chabela, a surf spot 1 km from the centre.
Overture lists 71 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE), 78 km away.
In Guayas Province · Ecuador
- 71 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE), 78 km, General Ulpiano Paez International Airport (SNC), 81 km, Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport (ETR), 100 km
Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).