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Arman Arai’s journal of marriages made quietly · Est. MMXXVI
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The Best Places to Elope in Sayulita

The golden surf beach, the papel-picado-strung streets, the jungle-backed coves, and the hilltop viewpoints. A tiny bohemian surf town where everything is a short walk.

Couples picture Sayulita as a surf beach.

Its whole charm is that the beach, the colour, and the jungle are all a two-minute walk apart.

Sayulita is a tiny bohemian town where every setting is steps from the last. Pick the feeling, and the place is right there.

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Couple in wedding attire walking together toward tall tropical palms
Photograph — Mexico · the picture moves
Readers are advised the subjects may wander out of frame.
The beach and the streets

The golden, palm-lined surf shore, west-facing for spectacular sunsets, is the heart, barefoot and boho. And the streets are a festival of colour: painted walls, papel picado overhead, murals, cobblestones, the couple woven into the artistic energy of the town.

Couple on the golden palm-lined surf beach at Sayulita at sunset
The west-facing surf beach is the heart of Sayulita: golden, barefoot, boho, with spectacular sunsets. The colourful papel-picado streets are a two-minute walk inland. — stationary
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The beach and the streets

Couple on the golden palm-lined surf beach at Sayulita at sunset
The west-facing surf beach is the heart of Sayulita: golden, barefoot, boho, with spectacular sunsets. The colourful papel-picado streets are a two-minute walk inland. — stationary

The golden, palm-lined surf shore, west-facing for spectacular sunsets, is the heart, barefoot and boho. And the streets are a festival of colour: painted walls, papel picado overhead, murals, cobblestones, the couple woven into the artistic energy of the town.

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The coves and the viewpoints

Short walks or boat rides reach quieter jungle-backed coves like Playa de los Muertos and the hidden beaches beyond, and the hilltop viewpoints give the whole bay and the town below.

The right place depends on what the photographs need to hold. As your Elopement Curator I plan the easy small-town day, arrange the vendors and permissions, and both shoot and film it. Twelve years and 240+ couples in, Sayulita's scale is exactly what an elopement wants.

Let the Elopement Compass point you to your Sayulita setting →

Couple among the colourful papel-picado streets of Sayulita
The streets are festive and colourful: painted walls, papel picado, murals. Quieter jungle coves and hilltop viewpoints are short walks away, so the whole town is a single easy day. — stationary
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