Riviera Nayarit and the Next Wave of Mexican Memories

March 7th, 2008

nayarit vallarta homes condos for sales The photo is from this USAToday article on Mexico’s newest Pacific coast get-destination. Maybe it’s not the newest, but the Riviera Nayarit is really coming of age at its own pace.

It appears as though you could glance around that outcropping of rock and see old Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta just beyond and down the coast. Of course the coast is a bit bigger than that.

The character of the 20 or so Riviera Nayarit locales varies from bustling to sleepy. The coast begins at Nuevo Vallarta, chockablock with big, all-inclusive resorts 15 minutes north of the Puerto Vallarta airport, and ends at San Blas, whose largest hotel has only 50 rooms. In between lies everything from new ultra-exclusive gated enclaves such as Punta Mita; the ’70s-vintage mass-market resort town of Rincón de Guayabitos; pristine beaches that draw campers, such as Chacala; and fishing villages with growing ex-pat populations, such as Sayulita and San Francisco.

We’re not sure when we’ll offer Riviera Nayarit as a destination in its own right though it’s probably sooner than you might think. Right now our staff in Puerto Vallarta is working on more than a few homes there, in the city itself, and to points both north and south. But our Puerto Vallarta “On-the-Ground” is showing an increasing number of homes, starting in Bucerias and up to the beautiful homes and condos of Nuevo Vallarta to more and more places.

Meanwhile, in various places along the coast, villages whose commerce once revolved around taco stands and auto repair shops have sprouted organic cafes, yoga studios — and hotels for well-heeled travelers who demand such amenities. Nineteen lodgings with more than 4,000 rooms are slated to open by 2011.

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