Punta de Mita is just 45 minutes north of the Puerto Vallarta Airport, but feels very far from the packaged vacation resorts crowding the beaches to the south, the uber rich gated enclaves on the point to the west and the over-crowded hipster Sayulita to the north.
If you like clean water, a few roosters still to harken the dawn and sharing the beach with Mexican tourists, this just might be the Mexican ocean-side vacation town you’ve been hoping to find. This economical town on the Riviera Nayarit is still the quiet perfection that brings gringos-in-the-know year and year.
Don’t confuse Punta de Mita with simply Punta Mita. Without the “de”, you will arrive at the exclusive gated community that includes a Four Seasons, a St. Regis and individual villas that host the likes of the Mexican Presidents and Toby McGuire. I’m talking about the Mexican community just south with the “de” in the name. This community was moved off the geographical point in 1992 and “given” the current location of Punta de Mita as their homes were developed into those five star mega communities. There are lots of different stories about how that land switch happened but the local refugees of the land grab seem to have galvanized all that physical beauty into their outlook on life, their zest for living and still own the true heart of this beautiful shore.
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