Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit

What the classifiers highlight

On the northern edge of Banderas Bay, twenty-five minutes from downtown Puerto Vallarta, colorful gardens surround an all-inclusive that Forbes rates Four Stars, calling it more than the category usually delivers. Four acclaimed kitchens, Frida, Lucca, Sen Lin and Piaf, circle the globe. The 16,000-square-foot spa runs over thirty treatments drawing on traditions from several continents.