Sayulita, San Francisco Are Worth Visiting

By Linda Shaw

Bucerias is one of several beach towns along Mexico's Pacific coast north of Puerto Vallarta worth visiting. Others include:

Sayulita is on a small ocean cove about a 20-minute drive north of the Bay of Banderas. Its waves are usually dotted with the boards and heads of at least a dozen surfers.

Foreign-owned vacation homes put down foundations in its hills long ago, and although there are only two or three phones in the town, Sayulita does have a gourmet restaurant, Don Pedro's, run by an American chef, Nicholas Parrillo, and his cousin, Damien Porter.

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The secret's out on Sayulita, a popular Mexican beach town

The Mexican beach town of Sayulita near Puerto Vallarta caters to travelers looking for sun and relaxation away from the mega resorts.

By Carol Pucci
Seattle Times travel writer

Our tickets said "Sayulita," but a long-distance bus ride to the Mexican beach town ended along the side of a busy highway ...

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