Sayulita Neighborhoods
Where to Stay, Zone by Zone

It depends on the trip. Centro suits a first visit without a car, the north side gives you calmer streets with food nearby, and Gringo Hill or Nanzal buy a view if you’ll rent a cart. To wake up on the sand, look at the beachfront.

Centro. The beach, the plaza and most of the places to eat are a short walk, so you won’t need a car or a cart. For the ride in from the airport, see how to get to Sayulita.

The beachfront, where a hotel, a campground and a string of beach clubs sit on the sand itself. Centro is next: Calle Marlín and Calle Delfines are a block from the beach, and Hotel Vogue is about a minute’s walk.

The north side and the south side are both calmer than Centro. No corner is silent, though: roosters, dogs and building work reach everywhere, so ask the host what is on the lot next door.

Yes. It rises right above the center, and the upper streets are steep enough that a golf cart is worth having. What you get for the climb is the view.

Mostly in Centro, around the plaza and along Avenida Revolución, Calle Marlín and Calle Delfines. The north side has its own cafés, taquerías and dinner spots on Avenida del Palmar, and the beach clubs sit on the sand. For a drink after, the bars around the plaza are a few steps away.

Close to the main beach, whose gentle waves over sand are where kids take their first surf lesson. Hotel Azul Pitaya has a kids’ pool, and Bungalows Jaqueline in Centro rents one- and two-bedroom bungalows with their own kitchens around a pool.

Centro, the north side, the south side, Gringo Hill, Nanzal and Tamarindo, plus the strip along the beach. Addresses use other names too, like Deportiva and Cocula, and Correos de México files the whole town under one postal code, 63734.