What does your perfect holiday look like? Do you dream up white sandy coastlines, melting pink sunsets, bowing palm trees, diving dolphins and flavoursome cocktails? Does your imagination run wild, or does this place in your mind actually exist?

Fishing villages; golden sand beaches surrounded by exuberant jungle; mangroves brimming with wildlife; lush hideaways; local legends…

Riviera Nayarit… These two words bring to mind an exotic getaway, a glittering destination that offers luxury, sun and sand, a fine hotel infrastructure, and the diversity of its 23 coastal villages… It’s a place where boredom is unheard of.

Most visitors see Puerto Vallarta as an easy and relaxing step into Mexico, with good food, beaches, pleasant walks and plentiful shops.

Mexico is known the world over for being one of the most vibrant, exciting and colourful holiday destinations.

“Now this one, it’s good for hangovers!” says our guide, Yolanda Santiago Martinez, with a laugh.