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Arman Arai’s journal of marriages made quietly · Est. MMXXVI
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Beach vs Town: Where to Elope in Sayulita

The golden surf shore against the colourful, papel-picado-strung streets. Both capture Sayulita's bohemian soul, and combining them is the signature.

You picture Sayulita as a surf beach.

Its soul is in the colour of the streets a few steps back.

Sayulita gives you a golden surf shore and a festival of colour, and the two are steps apart.

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Bride and groom together on a boat by a tropical beach
Photograph — Mexico · the picture moves
Readers are advised the subjects may wander out of frame.
The beach: golden and boho

The palm-lined surf shore, the warm Pacific, the surfers, and the barefoot energy of the town spilling onto the sand. The west-facing coast makes golden hour on the sand the heart of the day.

Couple barefoot on the golden palm-lined surf beach at Sayulita at sunset
The beach is warm, golden, quintessentially boho: barefoot on the sand with the surf and palms behind. The west-facing coast makes golden hour the centre of a Sayulita day. — stationary
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The beach: golden and boho

Couple barefoot on the golden palm-lined surf beach at Sayulita at sunset
The beach is warm, golden, quintessentially boho: barefoot on the sand with the surf and palms behind. The west-facing coast makes golden hour the centre of a Sayulita day. — stationary

The palm-lined surf shore, the warm Pacific, the surfers, and the barefoot energy of the town spilling onto the sand. The west-facing coast makes golden hour on the sand the heart of the day.

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The town: colourful and alive

Brightly painted buildings, papel picado overhead, murals, cobblestones, and the artistic, festive energy of the town. Full of colour and life, the couple woven into Sayulita's bohemian heart.

The best elopements capture both: a colourful street session through the papel picado, then a barefoot beach ceremony at golden hour. As your Elopement Curator I plan the easy small-town day, coordinate the vendors, and both shoot and film it. Twelve years and 240+ couples in, that pairing is the Sayulita signature.

Beach or town? Let the Elopement Compass choose your Sayulita day →

Couple among the colourful papel-picado-strung streets and murals of Sayulita
The town is festive and colourful: painted walls, papel picado, murals. The joyful soul that makes Sayulita more than another surf beach, and it is a short walk from the sand. — stationary
Page twelve — Classified dispatches
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