Villa Monarca

Villa Monarca sits in Kupuri Beach Residences on the northern shoulder of the Punta Mita peninsula, close enough to the Kupuri Beach Club that most guests walk or take a cart rather than drive. Four bedrooms sleep eight, with a separate staff room alongside them. The architecture is contemporary and horizontal, built in pale plaster and slatted timber, with louvred screens that soften the light and sliding walls that put the terrace and the interior on the same footing. The outlook runs over tropical planting to the ocean beyond.

The living and dining areas open onto a covered terrace and a private heated pool with an ocean view, arranged so that the house reads as one continuous room in the middle of the day. A fully equipped kitchen serves an indoor dining table, with a second table on the terrace for eating outside. The master suite holds a king bed and its own sitting area, with doors to a private terrace; a second bedroom holds a king, a third takes two beds, and a fourth is fitted with bunk beds for children. Six bathrooms serve the residence, and several bedrooms open directly to terrace space.

Daily housekeeping is included, and breakfast is prepared in the house each morning, with groceries billed separately. A private chef for lunch and dinner, a butler, a bartender, pre-arrival grocery stocking, in-villa spa and wellness treatments, transportation and additional golf-cart rental are available on request through a personal concierge. The stay carries a Premier Golf Membership at Club Punta Mita, opening the private beach clubs at Pacifico, Kupuri, Sufi and the St Regis, the two Jack Nicklaus Signature courses, the tennis, pickleball and paddle courts, the fitness centre and the pilates studio. A six-passenger golf cart is included.

Kupuri is the quieter end of the peninsula, which is much of its appeal: the beach club is minutes away, the golf clubhouse and tennis centre a short ride, and the restaurants of Punta de Mita town around ten minutes by cart. Sayulita is twenty-five minutes by road and Puerto Vallarta International Airport roughly forty. For a family with young children, or two couples travelling together who want the beach club without the crowd, Villa Monarca offers Villa Experience guests a well-judged address on the north shore.