The Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita is just 26 miles from Puerto Vallarta, but it might as well be a million. Set on a 1,500-acre private peninsula, there’s a Jack Nicklaus golf course beside the ocean, a dramatic infinity pool that lies before the Pacific, and long stretches of beach to walk along. With so much space and just 150 airy rooms, you’ll never feel crowded, but you may spot some familiar faces, as past visitors have included Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Elton John, Bill Gates, Madonna, John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.
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La Casa Que Canta has a spectacular view of Zihuatanejo Bay, and you can get a preview by watching Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia enjoying the resort’s infinity pool in When a Man Loves A Woman. Celebrity guests love staying at the villa residences, El Ensueno and El Murmullo, which offer their own plunge pool, butler and chef. Staff members craftily place fresh floral petals on the bedspreads every evening.
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White sand, glistening water, endless views, lapping surf — you know the drill. The characteristics of a great beach are no secret.
But what’s also important is what’s around the sand; after all, you’re not beach-going in a vacuum. And the best beaches of Mexico offer a real panorama of options. There are stretches of practically virgin beach that cling to a still-wild status in between the untamed jungle and the roiling surf. There are beaches with relics of the Mayan civilization nearby—and how many places can you relax on a beach after climbing around on temples?
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Puerto Vallarta is quite simply one of the most beautiful, cultured, luxurious vacation spots in all of Mexico, and indeed in the world. Here you will find the ultimate fusion of traditional Mexican culture, where movies like The Night of the Iguana with Richard Burton and Ava Gardner were filmed, to bullfights to grilled marlin served beachside; and the finest of resort living, from spectacular sport fishing to all-inclusive resorts that cater to your every whim.
Art and music abound in the city, with live concerts of all types, beachfront sculpture displays and hundreds of other exhibitions and performances both large and intimate. The local Indian culture is prominent, with an abundance of crafts and local wares available for purchase.
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Half an hour south of the metropolitan zone, grand, cloud-tipped Lake Chapala and its diadem of shoreline villages—Chapala, San Antonio, Ajijic, San Juan Cosala, and more—make up the celebrated Chapala Riviera. Lake Chapala’s colony of permanent North American and well-to-do Mexican residents supports a bounty of amenities. These include comfortable lodgings and restaurants, handicrafts and fine-arts shops, music and dramatic events, social and charitable organizations and plenty of swimming, tennis, golf, walking and hiking opportunities.
The folks who live around shallow Lake Chapala, Mexico’s largest lake, pride themselves on their lake’s brilliant sunsets, its quiet country ambience, and its famously temperate weather. Formed by gigantic earth movements millions of years ago, the lake originally spread far beyond its present cucumber-shaped 50- by 20-mile basin south of Guadalajara
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