There's not much in the way of beach but the sandy resorts of Tolo and Karathona are close by and the ancient city of Mycenae and the still-used outdoor theatre of Epidaurus are just a few miles out of town.
As I arrived for my three-day stay in this sandy beach resort, I was handed a cup of tinglingly fresh mint tea.
A BREAK ON BARBADOS -- The 112-room Sandy Lane resort, north of Bridgetown, Barbados, has three packages available through Oct. 31.
At the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados, rooms cost at least $3,000 a night in season and villas go for as much as $25,000 a night, with a required minimum two-week stay.
One-bedroom apartments from €90 a night, +33 4 97 20 27 30, nicepebbles.com The sandy holiday resort that once hosted F Scott Fitzgerald (he lived in the ritzy Hôtel Belles Rives around the corner in 1925) is home to the Riviera's nuttiest new hotel.
Tiger Woods foiled paparazzi plans by renting the entire Sandy Lane Resort on Barbados, plus the island's only helicopter charter company, when he and his bride Elin Nordegren wed there in 2004.
There is the former Club Med which has been converted into a lovely sandy beach resort by Veronique.
With over 190 miles of beautiful sandy beaches, wonderful resorts, and world-class golf, it's surprising that Riviera Nayarit is so much less known than Mexican resort destinations such as Puerto Vallarta (its neighbor to the south) and Cancun.
Sharm el-Sheikh, a network of opulent resorts, sandy beaches and neon-lit bars, had remained the last stronghold of Egypt's struggling tourism industry, the cornerstone of its economy.
Paige Cooper, a lawyer from Houston, honeymooned last January at Sandy Lane, an exclusive resort in Barbados where her fellow guests included Sarah Ferguson.
