Riviera Nayarit

Pueblos Mágicos in Riviera Nayarit

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Places to visit in Riviera Nayarit 87

87 places with their own page, grouped by kind.

Villages · 43 Beaches · 23 Towns · 12 Landmarks and museums · 4 Islands · 3 Mountains · 1 Nature reserves · 1

Villages

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  Altavista · Village · Nayarit
  Hillside farming village in the Sierra de Vallejo, set among mango groves, and the gateway to the Altavista petroglyphs and La Pila del Rey.
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  Aután · Village · Nayarit
  A farming village of about 1,650 people on the flat coastal plain north of San Blas, two kilometers from Guadalupe Victoria.
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  Boca del Asadero · Village · Nayarit
  A small fishing village by the mouth of the Río Grande de Santiago, north-west of San Blas, at the end of a road through farmland and shrimp ponds.
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  Chacalilla · Village · Nayarit
  Ejido village of about 540 people north of San Blas, built over a Postclassic Aztatlán town where archaeologists found ten sacrificed skulls.
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  Chula Vista · Village · Nayarit
  A small, growing village on Highway 200 next to Villa Morelos, at the junction with the toll road from Puerto Vallarta, below the Sierra de Vallejo.
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  El Capomo · Village · Nayarit
  A farm village between La Peñita and Las Varas whose name also covers Costa Capomo, wide empty beaches backed by wetlands with crocodiles.
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  El Capomo · Village · Nayarit
  A farming hamlet of about 160 people on the bean fields of the northern San Blas plain, at the end of a dirt road off the Guadalupe Victoria highway.
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  El Carleño · Village · Nayarit
  A farming village of about 350 people just north of Guadalupe Victoria, on the bean-growing plain of the Río Grande de Santiago delta.
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  El Coatante · Village · Nayarit
  A rural village of about 320 people on the old road to Puerto Vallarta, in the quiet northeast corner of Bahía de Banderas far from the beaches.
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  El Colomo · Village · Nayarit
  A farming village on the Ameca River, once the heart of the Maisterrena hacienda and in 1935 the first ejido of the Banderas Bay region.
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  El Espino · Village · Nayarit
  A hamlet of 75 people in the wooded hills of southern San Blas, about 3 km south of Jolotemba and 2 km off the road to Ixtapa de la Concepción.
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  El Guamúchil · Village · Nayarit
  A fast-growing roadside village in the hills on Highway 200 between Bucerías and Sayulita, about 280 m up, with schools and everyday life.
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  El Limón · Village · Nayarit
  Village of about 460 people near the mouth of the Río Grande de Santiago, the westernmost of the Laureles y Góngora ejido, about 4 km from the sea.
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  El Llano · Village · Nayarit
  A crossroads village on the Tepic road, two and a half kilometers before Santa Cruz de Miramar, with cenadurías, taquerías and a gas station.
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  El Madrigaleño · Village · Nayarit
  Growing farm village of about 830 people right next to Guadalupe Victoria, on the bean-growing delta plain north of San Blas.
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  El Monteón · Village · Nayarit
  A highway village south of Los Ayala where a 2 km jungle path leads to Punta Raza, an untouched beach with a turtle sanctuary.
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  Guadalupe Victoria · Village · Nayarit
  Farming town of about 3,000 on the coastal plain north of San Blas, known locally as La Virocha, among bean fields, estuaries and shrimp farms.
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  Huaristemba · Village · Nayarit
  Farming ejido of about 700 people inland from San Blas, on a branch road off the Tepic highway; in 1857 it marked the road from Tepic to the north.
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  Isla del Conde · Village · Nayarit
  Farming village of about 400 people on the south bank of the lower Río Grande de Santiago, among bean fields and shrimp ponds north of San Blas.
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  Ixtapa de la Concepción · Village · Nayarit
  A farming village at the end of the road north of Zacualpan, named for a salty river and its patron, the Immaculate Conception.
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  Jolotemba · Village · Nayarit
  A roadside village of about 300 people south of Santa Cruz de Miramar, on the way to Playa El Limoncito, whose public access the ejido has fought for.
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  La Bajada · Village · Nayarit
  A hill village of about 450 people above La Palma, inland from Matanchén Bay; its forest and plantations are a stop on the San Blas Christmas Bird Count.
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  La Chiripa · Village · Nayarit
  A village of about 370 people on the San Blas to Guadalupe Victoria road, among shrimp ponds and farmland 20 minutes north of the port.
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  La Libertad · Village · Nayarit
  A foothill village of about 1,650 people off the San Blas road, some 13 km inland from the port and a short drive from Singayta.
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  La Palma · Village · Nayarit
  An inland village of about 1,200 people two kilometers behind Aticama, on the bus route to Playa Los Cocos south of San Blas.
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  La Puerta de la Lima · Village · Nayarit
  Roadside farming village on Highway 200 between La Peñita and Las Varas, the nearest village to the Altavista petroglyphs.
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  Las Palmas · Village · Nayarit
  A farming village of about 180 people on highway 74 between Tepic and San Blas, an old ejido of the Navarrete hacienda lands.
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  Laureles y Góngora · Village · Nayarit
  Ejido village of about 550 people, also called El Ciruelo, half a kilometer from the lower Río Grande de Santiago north of San Blas.
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  Lima de Abajo · Village · Nayarit
  A farming village of about 930 people just off Highway 200 north of La Peñita, with a road west to the beach at Boca del Naranjo.
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  Los Ayala · Village · Nayarit
  The smallest, quietest village on Jaltemba Bay: a calm, almost waveless beach, a jungle path to Playa del Beso and boats to Isla del Coral.
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  Los Sauces · Village · Nayarit
  A hamlet of about 270 people in the remote northeast of Bahía de Banderas, three kilometers beyond El Coatante, with schools and little else.
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  Mezcalitos · Village · Nayarit
  A small community on Boulevard Nuevo Vallarta, between Valle Dorado and Mezcales, a couple of kilometers from the resorts of Nuevo Vallarta.
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  Otates y Cantarranas · Village · Nayarit
  A farming village of about 800 people on the coastal plain north of Ixtapa de la Concepción, near the turtle beaches of Las Tortugas and Platanitos.
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  Pimientillo · Village · Nayarit
  A small village on the south bank of the Río Grande de Santiago in the north of San Blas, near Guadalupe Victoria (La Virocha).
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  Playa de Ramírez · Village · Nayarit
  Despite the name, an inland hamlet of about 100 people on the farm plain of northern San Blas, 1.5 km from the Río Grande de Santiago.
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  Reforma Agraria · Village · Nayarit
  A village of about 580 people, also called La Colorada, among irrigation canals on the low plain about 16 km northeast of San Blas.
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  San Ignacio · Village · Nayarit
  A fast-growing village on Highway 200 beside the Sayulita River, about 5 km by road from Sayulita, with fondas and taquerías.
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  San Isidro · Village · Nayarit
  A small farming village on the road from Zacualpan to Ixtapa de la Concepción, on the way to the turtle beaches of Platanitos and Las Tortugas.
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  San Quintín · Village · Nayarit
  A small hamlet on Highway 200 a few kilometers inland from Sayulita, which more than tripled in size between 2005 and 2020.
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  Santa Rosa Tapachula · Village · Nayarit
  Small farming village of the Bahía de Banderas valley, just south-east of the municipal seat, Valle de Banderas, far from the resort coast.
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  Tondoroque · Village · Nayarit
  A small roadside community on Highway 200 between Mezcales and Bucerías, next to the Flamingos golf course and a few minutes from the beach.
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  Villa Morelos · Village · Nayarit
  A growing village between Highway 200 and the Puerto Vallarta toll road, at the foot of the Sierra de Vallejo, 2 km inland from Lo de Marcos.
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  Úrsulo Galván · Village · Nayarit
  A village on Highway 200 right next to Lo de Marcos, on the Compostela side of the municipal line, a short walk from Lo de Marcos beach.

Beaches

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  Litibú · Beach · Nayarit
  A long sandy bay on the north side of the Punta de Mita peninsula, next to Higuera Blanca, with a Greg Norman golf course and beach resorts.
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  Playa Boca de Chila · Beach · Nayarit
  A long, empty beach of pale sand at the mouth of the Chila river, with mangroves, water birds and a sea-turtle camp, west of Zacualpan.
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  Playa Careyeros · Beach · Nayarit
  A quiet, almost undeveloped beach between Punta de Mita and Higuera Blanca, with clear turquoise water and a rough, poorly signed dirt road in.
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  Playa Destiladeras · Beach · Nayarit
  A long, wide sweep of fine pale sand on the road to Punta de Mita, with seafood palapas, shallow water and waves for surfing and boogie boarding.
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  Playa El Anclote · Beach · Nayarit
  Punta de Mita's town beach: long, gentle waves for beginner surfers, a row of seafood palapas and the pangas that run to the Marietas.
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  Playa El Borrego · Beach · Nayarit
  San Blas's town beach: almost 3 km of soft sand at the end of Calle Azueta, with seafood palapas, beginner surf and sunsets.
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  Playa El Naranjo · Beach · Nayarit
  Long, empty beach north of La Peñita at the far end of Jaltemba Bay, with a sea-turtle camp where you can camp and help release hatchlings.
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  Playa La Lancha · Beach · Nayarit
  A wild sand beach and point break east of Punta de Mita, reached on foot: lefts and rights for longboarders, best on winter swells.
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  Playa La Manzanilla · Beach · Nayarit
  La Cruz de Huanacaxtle's family beach: a mile-long crescent of grey sand with calm, shallow water and palapa restaurants on the sand.
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  Playa Las Cuevas · Beach · Nayarit
  A little-visited surf beach about 2.5 km south of Chacala, under the volcanic hill of Cerro de las Cuevas; strong waves and almost no one around.
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  Playa Las Cuevas · Beach · Nayarit
  A small cove of white sand and weathered boulders north of Sayulita, reached by a jungle path, with a rock arch to Playa Malpaso at low tide.
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  Playa Las Minitas · Beach · Nayarit
  A small, secluded beach southwest of Lo de Marcos at the end of the Camino a Las Minitas, between the main beach and Playa Los Venados.
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  Playa Los Venados · Beach · Nayarit
  A small, quiet bay just south of Lo de Marcos where big waves break into curtains of spray and the south end is calm, with a lookout on the hill.
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  Playa Malpaso · Beach · Nayarit
  A wild, mile-long beach between Sayulita and San Pancho, reached on foot by a jungle trail; strong rip currents make swimming dangerous.
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  Playa Patzcuarito · Beach · Nayarit
  A tiny wild beach of dark sand southwest of Sayulita, reached by scrambling over the rocks from Carricitos; few people and big sunsets.
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  Playa Punta Raza · Beach · Nayarit
  A wild beach of about 3 km below the Punta Raza headland, reached on foot from El Monteón; strong surf, a turtle camp and no services.
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  Playa Pátzcuaro · Beach · Nayarit
  A quiet, unsigned local favorite on the open coast just southwest of Sayulita, reached by a dirt track and a creek off the Punta de Mita road.
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  Playa de Barro · Beach · Nayarit
  A remote jungle-backed beach north of San Pancho with a small natural mud bath and rock pools, reached by a long hike or a rough 4x4 road.
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  Playa de las Tortugas · Beach · Nayarit
  A long, nearly empty turtle-nesting beach just south of Platanitos, with coconut palms, surf, a mangrove estuary and a Conanp turtle camp.
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  Playa del Amor · Beach · Nayarit
  The Hidden Beach of the Marietas: a patch of sand inside an open hollow in the rock, reached by swimming through a short sea tunnel.
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  Playa del Beso · Beach · Nayarit
  A small cove among rocks just past Los Ayala, also called Playa Frideras, reached by a 15-minute jungle path or along the shore at low tide.
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  Playa del Toro · Beach · Nayarit
  A tiny cove of golden sand under a cliff-top lookout on the Punta Raza headland, about an hour's jungle walk from Los Ayala.
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  Punta Monterrey · Beach · Nayarit
  A secluded, jungle-backed point and beach between San Pancho and Lo de Marcos, reached by a dirt road; camping is not allowed.

Towns

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  El Porvenir · Town · Nayarit
  A working town of about 6,000 people in the farming valley of Bahía de Banderas, between San Vicente and San José del Valle.
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  La Peñita de Jaltemba · Town · Nayarit
  The working town of Jaltemba Bay: a palm-lined main street to the beach, a big Thursday street market, and Guayabitos just across the river.
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  Las Jarretaderas · Town · Nayarit
  The first town in Nayarit after the Ameca River bridge, an old ejido beside Nuevo Vallarta known for seafood joints and its surf-fishing tournament.
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  Las Varas · Town · Nayarit
  An inland farm town and road junction near Chacala, with a community museum of local archaeology and a carnival of masked mojigangas.
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  Mezcales · Town · Nayarit
  Busy working town on Highway 200 between Nuevo Vallarta and Bucerías, one of the largest in Bahía de Banderas; taquerías, cenadurías and local life.
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  Nuevo Vallarta · Town · Nayarit
  Planned resort town just across the Ameca River from Puerto Vallarta: long beach, big hotels, canals, marinas and golf. Officially Nuevo Nayarit since 2022.
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  San Clemente de Lima · Town · Nayarit
  Young valley town next to Mezcales that grew from a hamlet of under 200 people to nearly 10,000 in fifteen years; named for Saint Clement.
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  San José del Valle · Town · Nayarit
  One of the biggest towns of Bahía de Banderas, a fast-growing valley town near the Ameca River whose fiesta of Saint Joseph fills the streets each March.
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  San Juan de Abajo · Town · Nayarit
  Farming town in the Banderas valley, below the Sierra de Vallejo: a twin-towered parish, evening taco stands and a big May fiesta for Saint John.
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  San Vicente · Town · Nayarit
  The most populous town of Bahía de Banderas, a valley town named for Saint Vincent Ferrer, with a church, a kiosk plaza and lively food streets.
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  Valle de Banderas · Town · Nayarit
  The farming town that gave Banderas Bay its name, now seat of Bahía de Banderas: a quiet plaza, an old church and fields below the Sierra de Vallejo.
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  Zacualpan · Town · Nayarit
  A farming town north of Las Varas known for its devotion to the Divino Niño, a ten-day Santa Cruz fair and the turtle beach at Chila.

Landmarks and museums

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  Aquaventuras Park · Landmark · Nayarit
  Water park on Highway 200 at the entrance to Nuevo Vallarta, ten minutes from the airport: slides, a lazy river, zip line and a dolphin and sea lion habitat.
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  Cerro de la Contaduría · Landmark · Nayarit
  The hill above San Blas with the ruined 18th-century fort and counting house, old cannons, and the roofless church of La Marinera.
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  Paradise Village Marina · Landmark · Nayarit
  A 200-berth marina in a sheltered estuary inside the Paradise Village resort in Nuevo Vallarta, base of the Vallarta Yacht Club.
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  VidantaWorld · Landmark · Nayarit
  Vast resort complex at the south end of Nuevo Vallarta: golf, the PGA Tour Mexico Open, Cirque du Soleil's LUDŌ and the new BON theme park.

Islands

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  Isla Cangrejito · Island · Nayarit
  A grass-topped rock islet in Jaltemba Bay, also mapped as Isla Cerotero, between the beaches of Guayabitos and Los Ayala and Isla del Coral.
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  Isla del Coral · Island · Nayarit
  A small jungle-topped island off Rincón de Guayabitos, a 15-minute panga ride away, with a sheltered beach, easy snorkelling and an underwater Virgin.
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  Piedra Blanca · Island · Nayarit
  White sea rock off Isla del Rey, crowned by San Blas's sailors' Virgin and held by the Wixárika as Tatéi Haramara, where life emerged from the sea.

Mountains

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  Cerro del Mono · Mountain · Nayarit
  Monkey Mountain: a rocky 320 m summit above Higuera Blanca, between Punta de Mita and Sayulita, with a 360-degree view of the Pacific coast.

Nature reserves

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  Sierra de Vallejo · Nature reserve · Nayarit
  The jungle-covered coastal range behind Sayulita and the Bahía de Banderas valley, home to jaguars, 261 bird species and shade-grown coffee.

Top tours in Riviera Nayarit

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