If there’s any quintessential beach town in Mexico, Sayulita is the one to beat. Set against a brilliant beach and filled with colorful buildings, cheap eateries and surfer hangouts, Sayulita seems like the kind of place where one could get stuck for quite a long time!
One thing I loved about my week with Nourish Retreats is that in between yoga and boot camp sessions , we had a lot of free time. So to the surprise of no one, I found myself making the 25-minute walk to Sayulita town quite frequently.
While WiFi was my main reason to visit Sayulita ( Haramara Retreat, the lovely resort where we stayed, has no WiFi or even electricity ), there was another major reason to visit:
FISH TACOS.
Although the food at Haramara Retreat was beyond fantastic, the girls and I quickly turned our fish taco indulgence into an obsession. They are everywhere in Sayulita — and you can’t go wrong with any of them, as long as they’re grilled and not breaded!
My fellow Nourish Retreats girls loved Sayulita as well — not just for the fish tacos, but for the beach, the margaritas, the chocobananas (tip: Chocobanana cafe has super-fast WiFi and lots of power points!), the jewelry shops, and the lovely people.
I’m not going to lie — being in Sayulita made my heart ache for my favorite little beach town in the world — Sihanoukville, Cambodia . And Mui Ne, Vietnam , as well. But Sayulita has plenty of charm, and the colors are simply fantastic.
Every backpacker needs to spend time in a chill backpacker town, no matter what region. Sayulita is definitely that backpacker town in Mexico. On the Mexico/Central America backpacking jaunt that I know I’ll take eventually, I won’t be skipping Sayulita!
My time in Sayulita was spent as a guest of Nourish Retreats . All opinions, as always, are my own.
