Villa Monte, As Featured on HGTV's Mexico Life, is a stunning ocean view estate located at the top of Monte Calvario, more commonly known as Gringo Hill. The villa overlooks the pristine Pacific coastline of Mexico’s famed Riviera Nayarit, just 45 minutes North of the Puerto Vallarta airport. The villa boasts sweeping ocean and jungle views from virtually every room, including all four bedroom suites, even from each en suite shower. The most spectacular views are had from the third floor, open-air palapa, which features stunning ocean, mountain and jungle views. The palapa is the perfect place to enjoy morning coffee, birdwatching, afternoon cocktails, al fresco dining or to take in the frequent nighttime firework displays. The villa also features a private heated pool, newly remodeled fully equipped kitchen, ocean view living and dining rooms, and a large family room with a 65” smart television for streaming movies over high-speed WiFi. The house is only 6 blocks from the center of town, but far enough from the hustle and bustle to feel like a jungle refuge.

Diane Manning is the owner of Villa Monte. After living in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years, Diane relocated to Sayulita in 2015, where she purchased Villa Monte. Diane lives full-time in Sayulita and is available to assist you in any way during your stay.

Sayulita is a small, bohemian surf village of about 4,000 full-time residents, made up mostly of local Mexicans, Americans, Canadians and Europeans. From the 1300s to 1521s, the area was inhabited by semi-nomadic Cuyuteco Aztec Indians. During Spanish rule 1521 to 1821, the Spanish administrator built a hacienda and beach home in Sayulita. After the Mexican revolution of 1910, the land was designated communal "ejido" land. In the 1940s, Sayulita was settled by five families who migrated from other areas of Nayarit state to farm and care for the land. In the first half of the twentieth century the village adhered to a simple lifestyle, following the indigenous ways of the Cora and Huichol Indians. In the 1960s, the word got out among surfers about the consistent wave breaks. As a result, today Sayulita draws surfers and tourists from all over the world to its pristine shores. Here is a great travel video about Sayulita, enjoy!