From handpicking your meals fresh from the ocean to playing the holes on a course unlike anything you’ve ever experienced, this resort epitomizes a top-tier vacation. Just 42 kilometres (26 miles) from Puerto Vallarta, an unrivalled luxury Mexican vacation experience, edged in pristine white-sand beaches, natural islands and the turquoise Pacific. A unique spa. Sunset dining. Jack Nicklaus golf, with an island green, played beside the waves.

“Set on a private peninsula within a nature reserve north of Puerto Vallarta, this contemporary, low-slung adobe resort utilizes earthy colors such as ocher, cream, and sand. Large, Mexico-chic guest rooms” have plunge pools, ocean views, and glimpses of wandering iguanas. At lunchtime, the lobby’s Cora Bar serves appetizers like shrimp and avocado sushi rolls. Spa, spa, spa. It was a treat.” Condé Nast Traveler – Gold List, January 2009