Explore Punta de Mita: Mexico’s Secluded Coastal Paradise

Mexico is full of corners that evoke peace. Its landscapes are typical of a postcard that, just by seeing it, relaxes us. One of the places that invite you to turn off your cell phone and leave it in a drawer is Punta de Mita, an area exclusively dedicated to making visitors forget their routine to rest and admire the nature around them.

 

Punta de Mita is a peninsula located north of Bahía de Banderas in the state of Nayarit, in an area known as Riviera Nayarit. By road it is 55 minutes from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco; 2 hours and 45 minutes from Tepic, capital of Nayarit; 4 hours and 40 minutes from Guadalajara and 6 and a half hours from Colima.

 

The climate in Punta de Mita is hot and humid, the average temperature is 27º C. The summers are rainy with precipitation from June to September and, although in winter the temperature drops, the climate is still ideal for outdoor activities.

 

The beaches of Punta de Mita are bathed by the waters of the Pacific Ocean and a great variety of Watersports and visits to attractions in the neighboring towns that make up Bahía de Banderas are possible.

 

The first inhabitants of the area were groups of Nahuatl origin of whom vestiges have been found like the ceremonial enclosure of Loma Cayero or the sculptures carved in stone at different points of Bahia de Banderas.

 

During the 17th century, some haciendas were established dedicated to the cultivation of tobacco, besides Bahía de Banderas serving as a port that received the ships that went to San Blas and Acapulco.