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The Kingston Whig Stnadard
Okay, for the record I don’t golf.
Nice sport. Interesting sport. I just don’t play.
So when I found myself heading to Punta Mita, a new gated resort development about 30 km up the coast from Puerto Vallarta and home to two new Jack Nicklaus Signature courses, friends and [...]
By Gary Strauss, USA TODAY
Giuliana and Bill Rancic host Style Network’s aptly titled reality series Giuliana and Bill (the new season starts in early January). The couple shuttle between homes in Los Angeles and Chicago. Here, Giuliana shares their travel tips and highlights with USA TODAY’s Gary Strauss.
Q: What’s your favorite vacation spot?
A: We love Mexico for its close [...]
By Ann Wilson Lloyd
Globe Correspondent / August 16, 2009
TRONCONES, Mexico – Franklin the Turtle is the favorite storybook friend of our grandson Waylon, 3. Imagine his delight at herding hundreds of baby Franklins into the twilight surf during our three-generation family beach vacation at this surfing village near Zihuatanejo, on the Pacific coast.
“Can I keep [...]
By Janine Melberg
The Denver Post
Fear of the swine flu and drug trade violence are preventing foreigners from visiting Mexico. From all accounts in the Puerto Vallarta area, no one has the flu or knows of anyone with the flu, and drug related violence is not in evidence in this scenic Pacific coast tourist mecca.
Instead, American’s [...]
Four Seasons Residence Club offers more ammenities than any other vacation rental / real estate product in Punta de Mita.Four Seasons Residence Club allows you to own 1/12 of beautiful and luxurious Four Seasons Punta Mita condominium without paying millions and millions of dollars.
There are 2, 3, and 4 bedroom floor plans.
They are [...]
Christine Delsol, Special to SFGate.com
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Whether your ideal Mexican vacation is a succession of frosty margaritas delivered to your beach palapa by white-shirted waiters or busing at whim from village to village with your backpacks in the overhead rack, those days are gone once you have children in tow. With a little forethought, [...]
And away from busy Puerto Vallarta
By KARIN CZULIK / KING5.com
For vacationers looking for solitude and the real Mexico, the Nayarit Coast might just be the ticket. But don’t wait too long, because development is creeping up fast and many hotel projects are in the works.
Located just north of the hustle and bustle of Puerto [...]
Also tagged bargain, bargains, deals, eco-adventures, expat, expats, mexico, Nayarit, nayarit coast, puerto vallarta, punta de mita, punta mita, Riviera Nayarit, san blas, san francisco, San pancho, sayulita, vacationsPuerto Vallarta’s world famous Malecón is the place to be on Saturday, June 20th at 8 pm, as the Jalisco Secretary of Tourism presents “Jalisco en Vivo 2009″ a free concert featuring world-famous, award-winning musical artists such as Alejandro Fernández, Gloria Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, Joan Sebastian, Raúl di Blasio, Aleks Syntek, Luis Fonsi, León Polar, [...]
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Another great video by Aviana Productions
Although it’s tough to capture on film the complete beauty and challenge of playing Punta Mita’s two Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses, our new video does a spectacular job of it. Featuring both the original Pacífico and new Bahía courses, take a look at how golf is enjoyed in Punta [...]
BY MARCEL TETRAULT,
COMOX VALLEY ECHO
Canada.com
JUNE 9, 2009
Locals eager to catch some winter sunshine will now be able to fly direct to Mexico without the need to purchase a package deal.
WestJet has taken over the popular Comox to Puerto Vallarta flights from TransAt Holidays.
The airline will offer package tours through WestJet Vacations but sun-seekers who want [...]
By KRISTIN FINAN
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
If you took Mexico off your “to go” list during the H1N1 flu scare, it’s time to reconsider: All that bad press is translating to major bargains for summer travelers.
“It would not be unusual to see packages now on sale from 30 (percent) to 50 percent below what they were last year [...]
by DEIRDRE VAN DYK
Time Magazine
Mexico Beckons. On May 15 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted its ban on nonessential travel to Mexico. Now, a month since the height of concern over swine flu outbreak, the country’s resorts are on a mission to coax back skittish tourists.
Twenty Mexican hotel chains – including Zoëtry Wellness and [...]
MAY 04, 2009
Motley Foool – Caps blog
Pardon me, but I’m just getting back to blogging. Just got back from a week’s vacation to Puerto Vallarta, and my mind is certainly not on investing matters. It’s still back there in the sun, sand and surf. Yeah, back there in the “Pork Chop Death” zone commonly known [...]
Discover a World of Bliss in an “Inspired Tropical Retreat”
Escape and Indulge in Casa Kalika, a 5 Master Bedroom Suites Luxury Private Villa, with Spectacular Ocean Views and Contemplative Vibes…in Punta Mita, Mexico.
With its Breathtaking views of the crystal clear blue waters of the Bay of Banderas Pacific Ocean, the natural lush beauty of the [...]
By ENRIQUE KRAUZE
Published: March 23, 2009
NY Times Op-Ed Contributor
AMERICA’S distorted views can have costly consequences, especially for us in Latin America. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to Mexico this week is a good time to examine the misconception that Mexico is, or is on the point of becoming, a “failed state.”
This notion appears to [...]
Question: Should student Sarah Tjoa go to Cancún, Mexico, for spring break? She posed that question in a letter to the Travel section, and in the March 15 “On the Spot,” we asked readers to weigh in. Here is some of what they had to say.
We just returned from a wonderful vacation on the Riviera [...]
Was it Walt Whitman or the nation of Mexico that said “I am large, I contain multitudes”? It was the poet, of course, but it’s equally true of Mexico — whether your picture of it is the ruined pyramids of the Yucatán or the hip nightspots of the Distrito Federal, you can bet there’s another [...]
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CHESTER ALLEN; THE OLYMPIAN
Published: 01/29/09 3:06 am | Updated: 01/29/09 3:01 am
This low-key village about 40 minutes north of bustling Puerto Vallarta doesn’t have sprawling beachfront hotels or rumbling discos where tourists do tequila shots [...]
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I’ve had the same dream each night in this tropical paradise just a half-hour north of Puerto Vallarta. Long, shimmering lines – ocean swells – march in over the horizon. They look like moving walls of water – and they are. The coughing booms of waves hammering sand fill my mind. Then I wake up, look out [...]
NOVEMBER 2008
Property Spotlight
Resort News
Community Spotlight
Introducing Ayia Punta Mita
Uniting a spectacular resort setting with lifestyle enriching amenities, Ayia Punta Mita brings a sense of metropolitan glamour to Mexico’s premier beach and golf resort community.
“It is going to be very sleek, eclectic and hip…at least that is [...]
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) — As U.S. markets spiral downward, America’s wealthiest are redeeming reward points, choosing million-dollar timeshares over luxury third homes and picking Mexico over Hawaii in a hunt for value vacations.
Members of Hilton Hotels Corp.’s loyalty program who live in the 10 wealthiest U.S. zip codes redeemed 42 percent more reward points in [...]
Las Pergolas
http://www.lapuntarealty.com/laspergolas/
Located in the prestigious upper Conchas Chinas residential neighborhood only 5 minutes from downtown Puerto Vallarta.
Rock fountains, exquisite Indonesian furnishings, handmade linens, teak wood trim and accessories and granite countertops are just a few of the amenities that give these spectacular villas dramatic modern touches while maintaining soothing organic design.
Set in a lush, jungle [...]
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