Aticama & Matanchen Bay Guidebook

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Aticama & Matanchen Bay Guidebook

Food Scene

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner with delicious pozole and other Mexican food. A great value with excellent service. Bring your own wine or beer. Fresh squeezed OJ.
Cenaduria Lucy
#30 Nayarit
Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner with delicious pozole and other Mexican food. A great value with excellent service. Bring your own wine or beer. Fresh squeezed OJ.
Lunchtime. Closes before sunset.
RESTAURANTE EL ESTERO MATANCHEN
121 San Blas-Tepic
Lunchtime. Closes before sunset.
Ocean front pool, and seafood.
La Picanteria
Ocean front pool, and seafood.
Dinner and great table service. Pedro is wonderful musician and person!
Wala Wala Restaurante
66 Paredes
Dinner and great table service. Pedro is wonderful musician and person!

Parks & Nature

A wonderful jungle boat tour into the pristine estuary. Abundant bird and wildlife to see up close.
25 personas locales recomiendan
Reserva Natural La Tovara
46 San Blas-Tepic
25 personas locales recomiendan
A wonderful jungle boat tour into the pristine estuary. Abundant bird and wildlife to see up close.
Week days are best.
El Cora
Week days are best.
Playa las Tortugas
Turtle Hatchery
#254 Blvrd Riviera Nayarit
Playa las Tortugas
Hotel Paraiso Miramar

Drinks & Nightlife

Scenic sea side restaurant and watering hole where locals and ex-pats hang out. Pizza night every Saturday.
7 personas locales recomiendan
Hotel Casa Mañana
Playa Los Cocos
7 personas locales recomiendan
Scenic sea side restaurant and watering hole where locals and ex-pats hang out. Pizza night every Saturday.

Arts & Culture

A lively Sunday Market is held weekly from 8:30am to 11:30am during high season—November thru April at the Library & Cultural Center in Aticama, Nayarit. Meet up with locals and ex-pats for hot tacos, chili rellenos, coffee, empanadas, fresh juices, baked goods, handicrafts, exotic plants, flowers and more. Visit Matanchen.org
Bahía Matanchen
15 San Blas-Tepic
A lively Sunday Market is held weekly from 8:30am to 11:30am during high season—November thru April at the Library & Cultural Center in Aticama, Nayarit. Meet up with locals and ex-pats for hot tacos, chili rellenos, coffee, empanadas, fresh juices, baked goods, handicrafts, exotic plants, flowers and more. Visit Matanchen.org
Visit Matanchen.org Exhibits include Prehispanic artifacts from indigenous civilizations inhabiting the region of San Blas, Nayarit from 2100 B.C. to the 1500s A.D. and the arrival of the Spaniards. Temporary exhibitions depict Huichol Culture, the Spanish Colonial era, the struggle for Mexican Independence, the Mexican Revolution and Post -Revolutionary era. The museum seeks to bridge indigenous civilizations to contemporary history of the Aticama and Matanchen Bay area. Mon-Fridays 10am-4pm; free entry, donations welcome!
Aticama Museum of Archaeology
Visit Matanchen.org Exhibits include Prehispanic artifacts from indigenous civilizations inhabiting the region of San Blas, Nayarit from 2100 B.C. to the 1500s A.D. and the arrival of the Spaniards. Temporary exhibitions depict Huichol Culture, the Spanish Colonial era, the struggle for Mexican Independence, the Mexican Revolution and Post -Revolutionary era. The museum seeks to bridge indigenous civilizations to contemporary history of the Aticama and Matanchen Bay area. Mon-Fridays 10am-4pm; free entry, donations welcome!