Playa Punta de Mita, near the end of Puerto Vallarta's North Shore on the Punta de Mita peninsula, is also the last family friendly and azure swimming waters with sandy bottom, protected from open ocean.

To the left are the dream villas of Ranchos Estates, a residential row of extravagant beachfront villas "within" the Punta Mita Resort. To the right is El Anclote, where the pangas wait to take you exploring the Marietas Islands, to see whales and dolphins or out to the surf break you really can’t paddle to.

Then beyond the row of traditional restaurants and high concept cuisine, fine shops and galleries are budding as the once sleepy point is currently under construction in a big way. The Four Seasons and St. Regis Resorts at Punta Mita feature two Jack Nicklaus golf courses, elevate the entire North Shore Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit region.