Riviera Nayarit stretches up Mexico’s Pacific Coast north of Nuevo Nayarit. I spent every 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 received rewarded with glowing views of the Bahia de Banderas beneath (and noticed a reasonably large spider lurking in her trailside net). You may also take a 15-minute complimentary van trip for a day on the seaside at Tonati Seaside Membership a Marriott-owned restaurant and bar with seaside chairs and wifi.

Eating

The meals on the recent 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 should cease on the 24-hour self-service soft-serve machine for a twist cone after dinner. As an alternative, I opted for karaoke on the foyer bar, the place my fellow company participated fairly robustly, belting out largely conventional romantic songs from previous Mexico.

Ingesting

The resort’s cocktails, together with excellent palomas, have been beneficiant and well-prepared, made with fresh-squeezed juices and name-brand spirits. I may 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 employees 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 effectively 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 Inns? They persistently convey a vibrant native really feel to all of their properties. W Punta de Mita isn’t 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 straightforward to take an extended 30-minute stroll all the way in which to the general public seaside on the south finish of the cove, though the 2 comfortably furnished swimming pools, full with margaritas and ceviche, make it arduous to go away 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 front room, 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 cherished the native decor in my rooms, with enjoyable, multi-colored tasselled throw pillows and a beautiful 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 outside on the terrace of Venazú was a delight, and a nightcap on the foyer’s Residing Room Bar was marred solely by the W Resort advertising and marketing video enjoying 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 Desires, the adjoining household resort, which tremendously expanded my choices for eats and drinks. 

The lodge opened in 2021, and it feels recent and alive. The decor each within the rooms and within the public areas combines considerate colours and textures, and consists of impartial tones of slate, beige, and walnut, and pure fibers and supplies like wooden and marble to convey a peaceful, cool magnificence in quite simple and simple methods. 

Limitless Consuming

I devoured each 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 perfect 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 Desires embody a really sporty Needs sports activities bar for catching the sport, which hides the late-night Converse 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 advised by the employees that the Common Supervisor began as a Hyatt chef, and the up-to-date culinary choices mirror his curiosity in scrumptious, present meals traits 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. 

Chill out on the Spa

The enormous 33,000 sq. foot spa presents a hydrotherapy circuit, massages, and a salon plus bridal providers. The spacious, windowed sauna and steam room stored me from feeling claustrophobic throughout my therapy, 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 Desires facet and designed to combine with the modern really feel of the motels, 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 employees was encouraging and keen about 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 seaside volleyball, paddleboarding, and kayaks. 

COOL PLACES TO VISIT IN THE AREA

San Pancho

I spent a relaxed morning within the lovable seaside 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 cherished having a grounding second of pure Mexican tradition throughout my weeklong resort hop, merely buying the principle streets, swimming within the ocean, and having a seafood lunch underneath a palapa on the seaside.

Remember to convey pesos–there are not any working ATM’s and few spots take bank cards–a part of the appeal and a part of your Mexican journey, and be sure you pre-book your taxi trip again to the resort forward of time. 

Cachasol

I totally loved an instructional night tour, tasting, and dinner at Cachasol’s just lately launched Raicilla distillery, simply south of Sayulita. Proprietor James Montero’s pleasant on-site employees present in-depth explanations of the ancestral strategies of constructing this much less widespread 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 totally 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).