The Top 14 Hotels Near Xinalani

Twelve miles down the coast from Puerto Vallarta and only reachable by boat, this eco-resort holds a Michelin 3 Keys designation and a serious commitment to making you put your phone down. The 33 open-air cabins have three walls by design, so the jungle and Banderas Bay fill the fourth. It bills itself as a yoga retreat, but the sweat lodge, spa, and beach club mean you can fill a week without ever attempting a Warrior pose.

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Adults-only is the operative phrase at this boutique resort perched above the Garza Blanca Preserve, where the rooftop infinity pool overlooks the Pacific and no one under 18 has ever smeared anything on the gold-plated lobby surfaces. The 74 suites run to gold-tiled tubs, hammock terraces, and panoramic bay views, with a steakhouse, a Japanese restaurant, a spa, and several cocktail bars keeping everyone occupied. Selected by the Michelin Guide.

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Tucked inside Marina Vallarta's golf course, Casa Velas is an adults-only, all-inclusive boutique resort that earns its Forbes Four Star by keeping the chaos firmly off-property. Koi ponds, botanical gardens, and a pool lined with Balinese beds set the tone, and guests get preferential access to Táu Beach Club nearby. The spa and the fine dining at Emiliano round out what is, by design, a place for honeymoons and anniversaries rather than anyone under eighteen.

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All-inclusive resorts have a reputation, and Grand Velas has spent considerable energy dismantling it. This sprawling seaside resort sits on the northern edge of Banderas Bay, about 25 minutes from Puerto Vallarta, with suites that run large, a full-service spa, and several restaurants worth eating at on their own terms. Contemporary Mexican design and serious gardens do the heavy lifting on atmosphere. It holds a Forbes Four Star rating.

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Waiters who wade into the surf to deliver drinks to guests mid-wave set the tone for this Forbes Five Star, Michelin two-key resort on its own quiet spit of coast above Puerto Vallarta. Fifty-two acres of jungle and white sand, two private beaches, and a range of pools give the place the feel of a small principality. Casitas, suites, and villas all face the water, and the beach-boho aesthetic is consistent enough that you won't feel shortchanged by your room tier.

1. Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
2. Michelin Guide 2 Keys
3. 50 Best 2025 · Most Admired Hotel Group Award

Fifteen tented villas spread across 48 acres of Pacific-facing jungle make the pitch here: total seclusion, no itinerary, no dress code for dinner. This adults-only, all-inclusive glamping resort sits beside a Four Seasons but deliberately leaves that world behind. A personal guide helps fill the days with snorkel safaris or agave tastings, and the tents themselves come with plunge pools and soaking tubs, which softens the roughing-it premise considerably. Forbes Four Star.

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One of the villas here was Richard Burton's private residence, which tells you something about the caliber of guests this place has always attracted. A Michelin Key holder, Hacienda San Angel is a cluster of colonial townhouses stitched into a boutique hotel, each suite heavy on old-world atmosphere and light on modern fuss. There's no beach, but the pool views over Puerto Vallarta's rooftops make that trade feel generous.

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Two adjoining villas in the heart of Puerto Vallarta that once belonged to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, connected by a sky bridge that tells you everything about how those two operated. It's a boutique hotel now, holding a Michelin Key, with individually decorated suites, a small spa, and an open-air restaurant and tequila bar overlooking the city and the bay. The whole place leans hard into the romance of it, and somehow gets away with it.

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Seven rooms draped in antique furnishings sit a few blocks uphill from Banderas Bay in the neighborhood Puerto Vallarta locals have long called Gringo Gulch, which tells you everything and nothing about what this boutique hotel actually is. The sun sets straight out to sea from here, and the open-air restaurant serves contemporary Italian when you'd rather stay in. A Michelin Key acknowledges the place as singular, which in a city full of bigger, newer hotels, it is.

1. Michelin Guide 1 Key

Check-in here starts with a margarita, which sets a reasonable precedent for everything that follows. This beachfront resort on the Punta de Mita peninsula spreads across 22 acres of gardens and tiered pools that dissolve toward the Pacific. Rooms pull in natural wood and local craft work, with ocean or garden views; butler service comes standard. Two Jack Nicklaus golf courses, a spa, five restaurants, and enough water toys to run out of excuses. A Forbes Four Star property.

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A long sweep of Pacific beach anchored the decision to build here, and everything at this luxury Auberge resort in Punta de Mita radiates outward from it. The terraced pools cascade toward the water, the spa runs almost absurdly large, and the restaurants work through the local coastal traditions rather than ignoring them. Sailing out to the nearby islands is easy to arrange, which gives the whole stay a convincing reason to leave the pool. The Michelin Guide awarded it two Keys.

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Snow-white buildings rise from a tangle of palms and bougainvillea along two miles of Riviera Nayarit beach, with an infinity pool that seems to dissolve into the Sierra Madre beyond. This Forbes Four Star resort leans into local Huichol culture through shaman-led temazcal ceremonies and indigenous artwork in the rooms. Four restaurants, three bars, a kids club, and a Greg Norman golf course nearby mean there's no particular reason to leave, which is the whole point.

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1. 50 Best 2025 · Most Admired Hotel Group Award

Villas sit either in the treetops or on coastal cliffs above the Pacific, each with a private plunge pool and round-the-clock butler service, which tells you exactly what kind of resort this is. It holds a Michelin 3 Keys and ranks among the World's 50 Best Hotels. Enrique Olvera runs the clifftop restaurant. The spa brings in traditional healers for indigenous ceremonies, because a plunge pool apparently isn't enough.

1. Michelin Guide 3 Keys
2. 50 Best #39 · The World's 50 Best Hotels