Riviera Nayarit stretches up Mexico’s Pacific Coast north of Nuevo Nayarit. I spent per week having fun with three resorts on the southern finish of the strip, on the Bahía de Banderas, only a fast taxi trip from Puerto Vallarta Worldwide Airport (PVR).
Jungle Enjoyable at Delta Riviera Nayarit
I visited Delta Riviera Nayarit, a Marriott property, through the Mexican Independence Day vacation, and the all-inclusive resort was effervescent over with prolonged households who had pushed in from close by cities like Guadalajara for a trip.
The resort, which was underneath partial renovation throughout my keep, felt like a beautiful jungle immersion, from the quite a few stacked swimming pools surrounded with lush tropical vegetation to the eating rooms, visitor rooms, and customary areas constructed into the hillsides. I took a simple guided hike over the densely forested hill and acquired rewarded with glowing views of the Bahia de Banderas under (and noticed a fairly big spider lurking in her trailside internet). You too can take a 15-minute complimentary van trip for a day on the seashore at Tonati Seaside Membership a Marriott-owned restaurant and bar with seashore chairs and wifi.
Eating
The meals on the contemporary and well-stocked buffets at breakfast, lunch, and dinner was fairly tasty and satisfying. One night time, I made a reservation for the family-friendly Japanese-style expertise which included an amateurish hibachi present and a meal of veggie fried rice and a protein-packed stir-fry. The meals, though fundamental, turned out to be fairly filling, and my matcha cake dessert was a delight, so I didn’t must cease on the 24-hour self-service soft-serve machine for a twist cone after dinner. As a substitute, I opted for karaoke on the foyer bar, the place my fellow friends participated fairly robustly, belting out largely conventional romantic songs from outdated Mexico.
Consuming
The resort’s cocktails, together with excellent palomas, have been beneficiant and well-prepared, made with fresh-squeezed juices and name-brand spirits. I might have lived with out two hours of noisy leaf blowing every morning, however the resort has a snug, lived-in really feel that felt a bit like an upscale household summer time camp.
The Future
My guess is that this resort will proceed to enhance with the baseline workers enthusiasm (and the Marriott model) as an important basis. The glittering new Zafiro constructing with its adults-only swimming pools with bay views and extra up to date, modern meals service bodes nicely for the way forward for this enjoyable and pleasant property.
Luxe meets browsing at W Punta de Mita
What’s to not love about W Accommodations? They persistently carry a vibrant native really feel to all of their properties. W Punta de Mita is not any exception, with a really low-key vibe that displays the native surfer way of life and extraordinary down-to-earth service. The luxe property is true smack on the ocean, so it’s simple to take an extended 30-minute stroll all the way in which to the general public seashore on the south finish of the cove, though the 2 comfortably furnished swimming pools, full with margaritas and ceviche, make it exhausting to depart the property.
Suite Life
I used to be booked in a Premier Suite, which meant I loved the ocean sights and sounds from my king mattress, my lounge, my plunge pool, and entrance deck. I additionally had a whirlpool on my non-public again patio accessed by strolling out the sliding glass bathe door. I liked the native decor in my rooms, with enjoyable, multi-colored tasselled throw pillows and a stunning hammered tin headboard.
Eats and Drinks
The chef-driven Rubra restaurant was closed for the gradual season throughout my September go to, however I loved dinner at Spice Market, enveloped in unique decor and Southeast Asian flavors. Breakfast open air on the terrace of Venazú was a delight, and a nightcap on the foyer’s Dwelling Room Bar was marred solely by the W Lodge advertising video taking part in on repeat on a close-by display.
Native Artwork
The distinctive Huichol Pathway, a marine-toned mosaic impressed by the indigenous artisans of Nayarit, stretches over 450 toes from the entrance desk all the way in which to the ocean through a strolling bridge over the pool, an Instagrammable design second that provides shade and sparkle to the resort’s native really feel.
Infinite choices at Secrets and techniques Bahia Mita
At Secrets and techniques Bahia Mita Surf & Spa Resort, a Hyatt Inclusive Assortment adults-only property, I discovered 13 swimming pools, a lounge-y solar deck, a breezy moon deck, and reservable roof-top cabanas and Bali beds galore. Company at Secrets and techniques can seamlessly benefit from the eating places, swimming pools, and bars at Goals, the adjoining household resort, which significantly expanded my choices for eats and drinks.
The lodge opened in 2021, and it feels contemporary and alive. The decor each within the rooms and within the public areas combines considerate colours and textures, and contains impartial tones of slate, beige, and walnut, and pure fibers and supplies like wooden and marble to carry a peaceful, cool magnificence in quite simple and simple methods.
Limitless Consuming
I devoured every day open-air lunches and dinners with wonderful meals and further accommodating service. Breakfast on the Market buffet at Secrets and techniques was excellent, with actually scrumptious Mexican specialties like sopes and huevos divorciados, a chic tableside cheese and charcuterie choice, and a lox and bagel desk loaded with a number of cream cheese flavors, accompaniments, and the very best sesame bagel I’ve ever had. I loved a stunning fish taco lunch overlooking the infinity pool at rooftop Olio, and an easygoing Italian dinner at Portofino.
Sports activities Bars, Blue Drinks and Speakeasies
The gathering of six bars at Secrets and techniques plus the six bars at Goals embody a really sporty Needs sports activities bar for catching the sport, which hides the late-night Communicate Straightforward that’s solely open from 11 pm to 1 am, and the rooftop Sky Bar for Most well-liked Membership members with panoramic Bandera Bay views all day lengthy. I
nterestingly, I used to be instructed by the workers that the Common Supervisor began as a Hyatt chef, and the up-to-date culinary choices replicate his curiosity in scrumptious, present meals tendencies that really feel pure, not compelled. That mentioned, you continue to get Pringles and peanut M&M’s as snacks in your room, and the pool bars provide ice chests brimming with canned cocktails in accessible flavors like Jack Daniel’s and Coke, and many frozen fruity blue drinks.
Loosen up on the Spa
The large 33,000 sq. foot spa affords a hydrotherapy circuit, massages, and a salon plus bridal providers. The spacious, windowed sauna and steam room saved me from feeling claustrophobic throughout my remedy, and the 19 lavishly outfitted therapeutic massage rooms provide full consolation and serenity.
Waterpark & Zipline
An 18,600 sq. foot water park, added in summer time 2024 on the Goals facet and designed to combine with the modern really feel of the accommodations, resounds for all ages, with a pirate ship, three heated swimming pools, three water slides, and loads of family-friendly eating choices.
The brand new Zipline expertise within the lush inexperienced jungle hills across the resort was a delight. The workers was encouraging and obsessed with making everybody’s circuit tremendous enjoyable, and identified native wildlife alongside the way in which as we hiked from level to level. Surf classes can be found on the beachfront, together with seashore volleyball, paddleboarding, and kayaks.
COOL PLACES TO VISIT IN THE AREA
San Pancho
I spent a relaxed morning within the cute seashore city of San Pancho, a 25-minute drive from Delta and about 40 minutes from the opposite two resorts, up the Pacific Coast previous the lovable and ever-growing surf city of Sayulita. I liked having a grounding second of pure Mexican tradition throughout my weeklong resort hop, merely purchasing the principle streets, swimming within the ocean, and having a seafood lunch underneath a palapa on the seashore.
Make sure you carry pesos–there are not any working ATM’s and few spots take bank cards–a part of the allure and a part of your Mexican journey, and make sure to pre-book your taxi trip again to the resort forward of time.
Cachasol
I completely loved an instructional night tour, tasting, and dinner at Cachasol’s lately launched Raicilla distillery, simply south of Sayulita. Proprietor James Montero’s pleasant on-site workers present in-depth explanations of the ancestral strategies of creating this much less frequent agave distillate, and the outside bar and restaurant are set as much as present tasty cocktails, scrumptious native delicacies off the comal, and spirit pairings to emphasise the cordial concept that native substances work superbly collectively.
UNTIL NEXT TIME
I completely loved my week on the Riviera Nayarit. Subsequent time I’d go to Downtown Sayulita and take a ship to Islas Marietas, and I’d like to return to remain at any of those three resorts, particularly throughout whale watching season (January-March).
