Lo De Marcos • Nayarit, Mexico
Lo De Marcos. This is not a resort destination.
This is real Mexico – authentic and unspoiled — and once you have found it, it is hard to leave and impossible to forget.
Tucked along the Riviera Nayarit coast between the villages of San Francisco and Sayulita, Lo De Marcos is the kind of Mexican beach town that travel writers hesitate to write about, because those that discover it want to keep it unchanged and to themselves.
The pueblo moves at its own pace. Horses clip-clop down the street. The smell of churros drifts from the plaza. A fisherman heads out early. Someone's grandmother sweeps her doorstep. Life is unhurried here.
Just a block away in the plaza, Lo De Marcos celebrates everything. Decorated with handwoven gods' eyes created by the local community and children. Music spilling out into the street. Vendors with churros, crepes and aguas naturales. The Saturday market bringing artisanal crafts and gourmet foods.
Dia de los Muertos. Semana Santa. Cabalgata — the great horseback procession through the streets. Birthdays. Weddings. Graduations. Everything honored, in the most gloriously Mexican traditions.
