Driving rough and sleeping luxury in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico!
by
Oliver
Weickardt
Casa Mis Amores, luxury living near
Sayulita, Riviera Nayarit
I
always dreamt about a trip like this. Rent a jeep wrangler, put
surfing boards on the roof and drive freely from one beach place
to another and sleep under the stars. Well, years passed by and
at some point you realize that sleeping under the stars is not
so funny anymore, and surfing seems like an extreme sport,
definitely not convenient for your age. I got quite depressed
but I realized that I could still rent a jeep wrangler and drive
freely from one place to another and now I had more money than
when I was 20 years old and I could stay wherever I wanted.
Blog Author Introduction:
Villa Experience Mexico founder is German born but loves all
thing Mexico! He has lived in the country since 2003 and has
experienced Mexico´s premier destinations at first hand. His
favorite destinations are the Yucatan Peninsula, Baja California
Sur, and Puerto Vallarta, where he enjoys the perfect weather
and long runs down the Malecon with his sidekick Luka, a
beautiful Golden Retriever.
Website: http://www.villaexperiencemexico.com/
Author: Oliver Weickardt https://plus.google.com/+OliverWeickardt/posts?rel=author
Together with my wife we decided to hit Riviera Nayarit in
Mexico, for two reasons. First, we could fly directly to the
Puerto Vallarta airport and rent a car from there, and second, I
remembered that Sayulita had very good waves and I was tempted
to try some paddle surf. We contacted two other couples to
travel with and I did some research beforehand, as we didn’t
want to stay without a roof any night and I rented a car and
three different villas: one in Punta Mita, one in Sayulita and
one in San Pancho; three days in each one. I found a pretty good
website to do both things and after an hour we had a plane
ticket, reservations for our villas and 2 cars rented in
Vallarta.
Our car waited for us as we expected and we drove directly to
Punta Mita with one stop on our way at “El Coleguita” on our way
at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. A friend of mine had recommended it
to us saying that they had big, delicious portions of seafood at
incredible prices. And he was right. I will always remember the
shrimps I had prepared in three different ways. Magnificent!
The end to another perfect day at the beach,
San Pancho, Riviera Nayarit
We finally arrived at our villa in Punta Mita( link: http://www.villaexperiencemexico.com/punta-mita-nayarit).
What a great place! I loved every single spot of it! The
beautiful tropical gardens, luxury hotels, magnificent villas,
golf clubs with the best views in the world! Really spectacular.
Our villa, Porta Fortuna Villa 7, was one of the smallest in the
area, it only (!) had three bedrooms but the ocean views were as
incredible as from the big, 10-room houses next to it. That day
we only had drinks next to our private pool and took a stroll on
the beach. The next two days, we did as much as we could. We
went whale watching and snorkeling, dined at the nearby Four
Seasons Hotel restaurant, played golf and took two paddle
classes on the beach in Punta Mita village. It wasn’t easy to
leave but there were two other places waiting for us! We were
lucky that it was Sunday, so on our way back we stopped at the
farmers’ market at La Cruz and had some great fresh food and
bought original presents for our family.
The charming village of
Sayulita, Mexico
Our next stop was Sayulita, and we got there after a
forty-minute drive from La Cruz. A very different place in
comparison to Punta Mita, more laid back and definitely not so
posh. The streets were full of tanned surfers and hippies and we
couldn’t wait to see our villa. Casa Mis Amores turned out to be
a little too big for us, but it didn’t matter at all. You never
reject luxury. We loved the Sayulita village; it’s quaint,
picturesque and so relaxing. The cobblestone streets add a
special charm to the place, and all the shops, bars and
restaurants seem ecological, cool and friendly. We practiced our
paddle surf skills on the beach but I decided to take one more
class before trying some more independent acrobatics.
After three days we moved to San Pancho. I imagine that it
looks like Sayulita was about 20 years ago. It’s also a surfing
and hippie place, but much smaller and with less facilities. A
little bit wilder, too. We could even make a bonfire on the
beach and nobody told us anything! Our villa, Song of the Sea,
was also spectacular; it had an incredible infinity pool
overlooking the ocean. Before this visit I had no idea that you
could have houses of this level in Mexico! We paddle surfed a
bit but the waves in San Pancho were higher than in Sayulita or
Punta Mita so it was a little bit more difficult, but we had fun
anyway.
It took us only an hour to drive back to the airport. I’m sure
that I will want to repeat this experience sometime in the
future. I really liked the Riviera Nayarit.
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