 
San Blas
 San
Blas lies just north of the state capital Tepic and is
on the Pacific coast of Mexico, between Mazatlan and Puerto
Vallarta, an ideal tourist and culture destination for
those who are looking for something new and not too explored
yet. You can arrive by sea in your own vessel. You can
fly into Tepic daily from Mexico City or Tijuana, or decide
to drive in from the international airports at Mazatlan,
Puerto Vallarta or Guadalajara. From Tepic and Puerto Vallarta,
we get 15 buses daily that run roundtrip on an hourly basis.
While your adventure could be totally away from civilization, we regret to
tell you we have a bank and an ATM machine in town. At the present time, the
place attracts attention for its peaceful environment - typical for local fishing
villages, with close to 10,000 inhabitants who are also engaged in agriculture
and tourism. Commercial fishing includes ocean shrimp, river shrimp, farm shrimp,
octopus, lobster, stone oyster, "pleasure" oyster, clams and local
fish like red snapper, mahimahi, sea bass and Spanish mackerel.
 San
Blas is the home of the estuary of San Cristóbal (St. Cristopher) where
you can rent a small boat to take you through the canals surrounded by mangroves
and to visit La Tobara and the crocodile farm. This place is a natural sanctuary
that depending on the time of year offers excellent opportunities for observing
birds. La Tobara is located approximately 3 hours from Puerto Vallarta and
you can either take the excursion by yourself without any problem or if you
prefer you can join a tour group organized by any company dedicated to sightseeing
excursions.
Another place of interest to visit in San Blas is the ruins of La Contaduria
Fort, the former customs office and the Chapel of the Virgin of the Rosary.
They are buildings which bear testimony to the Spanish Conquest and have served
as a starting-point harbor of the exploration and the colonization of California
and Baja California.
Playa Los Corchos
 Beachcombers
might enjoy a side trip to nearby Playa los Corchos. If,
at the junction 5 miles (8 km) west of Santiago Ixcuintla,
instead of turning off for Mexcaltitán you continue
straight ahead (west) for about 15 miles (24 km), you’ll
arrive at Playa los Corchos. Here, waves roll in gently
from 100 yards out, leaving meringues of foam on sand speckled
with little white clam shells. A few ramshackled palapas line
the broad, wind-rippled strand.
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