El Tuito · land · US$160,777

Less than an hour south of Puerto Vallarta in El Tuito, Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, Mexico is Tierra Alta Ecological Development, ready for your custom country home or mountain retreat. This gated community is situated in the Sierra Madre Coastal Occidental mountains in a semi-tropical environment, known for its oak and pine forests, abundant plant and animal species, and an environment of lower temperatures averaging 22.6 °C - 72.6 °F and lower humidity. Tierra Alta is a 20 lot, gated hill community of 17 acres (7 hectares) with spacious lots, architect designed homes, internal roads, a private community well with lab-tested water, underground electrical services, high speed Internet availability, a community pool and BBQ area. The development is only a 3-minute drive from El Tuito (from the Nahuatl words meaning "divine place), a traditional Mexican agricultural and ranch town of about 3500 inhabitants founded in the 16th century and now the administrative seat of Cabo Corrientes. Although small, El Tuito expresses a unique and authentic Mexican identity, with good restaurants, services, and access to the beach villages of Costalegre, such as Mayto and Tehuamixtle, about an hour's drive from Tierra Alta, with their 9 km (6 miles) of clear blue water, resort-free sand, good seafood restaurants, and small hotels. Tierra Alta will allow you to enjoy living in an authentic, yet unspoiled traditional Mexican mountain community where the climate is perfect, uncongested, and unhurried, but only one hour south of Puerto Vallarta and its big city amenities!