Month: October 2019

The coast along Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit offers sandy beaches, lush jungles and a neighbor with a career 2.85 ERA.

 

San Francisco Giants pitcher Mark Melancon has a new vacation home under construction at the One&Only Mandarina Private Homes development along Mexico’s Pacific coastline. In April, a team from the project’s developers flew up to San Francisco to stake out the dimensions of Melancon’s future getaway in the outfield at Oracle Park so he could take a final walk-through before construction started, The Wall Street Journal reported.

 

The development includes a total of 55 villas neighboring the One&Only Mandarina resort. Here’s a look at one of them which could be yours for $10 million, courtesy of The Agency:

 

Price: $10 million

 

Bedrooms: 7

 

Bathrooms: 7

 

Square feet: 9,680 interior, 6,080 exterior

 

This development marks the first branded residences from One&Only, the luxury resort operator. Each villa is architecturally unique and designed to blend into its particular location, with each nestled into the mountainside jungle but positioned to maximize sunlight, ocean breeze and views.

 

The villas each feature air and water purification and dehumidification systems. Each is designed with custom woodwork, stone accents and earthy tones.

 

In addition to seven bedrooms and bathrooms, this particular villa also includes two powder rooms and a service bathroom, a media room, office, Jacuzzi, entertainment area and laundry room.

 

The master bedroom has its own exterior shower and patio.

 

There’s also a garage for three SUVs and two golf carts, which are used for getting around the resort.

 

Ownership comes with all the amenities of staying at the Mandarina resort, including a spa, Oceanside club, restaurants and nature-driven kids’ club.

 

The resort also takes care of maintenance for each villa, and offers in-villa services and grocery pre-stocking. They can even rent the villa out for owners who want to earn some income from the property.

 

*Originally posted on Fox Business

The Caribbean-facing Riviera Maya has traditionally won the lion’s share of attention among well-heeled travelers bound for Mexico. But the start of a new decade promises a new era in the country’s luxury travel scene, as a wave of first-class resorts prepare to open along the country’s Pacific coast. At the sun-kissed tip of the Baja California Peninsula, Los Cabos is already home to an Oscar-worthy collection of high-end escapes, but new arrivals along the Sea of Cortez will raise the bar in the next two years.

 

Next month sees the opening of Zadún, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, the fourth member of Ritz-Carlton’s ultra-luxury collection that also includes resorts in Thailand, Bali and Puerto Rico. Scattered among the dunes on the outskirts of San Jose del Cabo, 115 suites and villas will all feature plunge pools and outdoor terraces and the services of a private attendant. Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas will also open in November, 80 kilometers to the north in the glamorous Costa Palmas development. The 1,000-acre residential and hospitality development will eventually be home to a marina and yacht club and Robert Trent Jones II golf course, and Aman will make its Mexico debut there with Amanvari and Amanvari Residences in 2020, promising indoor-outdoor villas infused with the brand’s signature pared-back style.

 

Two hours north in the town of La Paz, Chablé Sea of Cortez – the cult boutique brand’s third luxury retreat – will provide a jumping-off point for diving excursions and whale shark-watching cruises in the Sea of Cortez, positioning La Paz as a boutique counterpoint to the big-name resorts at the southern tip of Baja California Sur. Speaking of which, Park Hyatt Los Cabos will be part of the 26-acre Cabo del Sol golf resort, stretching along two miles of beachfront near Cabo San Lucas, when it opens in 2021

 

On the Mexican mainland, the upcoming Mandarina development is pegged to become the most exclusive destination on the Riviera Nayarit, the 150-kilometer stretch of coast running north from Puerto Vallarta. The resort community will be home to One&Only Mandarina and Rosewood Mandarina – both with private residences – plus polo and equestrian club, organic farm and beach club when it rolls out the red carpet next year. Marriott will manage four hotels at NIA, an integrated lifestyle destination spread along 220 acres of Riviera Nayarit coastline, including the first-ever all-inclusive properties in Marriott’s luxury portfolio. Zannier Hotels will open its first Mexican outpost, La Nopalera, two hours south of Puerto Vallarta in 2021; and the Auberge Resorts Collection will welcome 59-suite Susurros Del Corazón in Punta Mita around the same time.

 

* Originally posted on Destinations of the World News