La Manzanilla is magical and quaint fishing village on the Pacific Coast. We fell in love with the local people. The European tourists and West Coast visitors. Our preference is rustic beauty and authentic meaningful times, not manicured or overly touristic experiences. If you feel the same, La Manzanilla is definitely for you. Based on our love for La Manzanilla, and our multiple trips there, we were finally able to build our dream home. The property where we built, used to be a palm tree field, thus the name Casa 'Zoyatlán' after the indigenous náhuatl word meaning such. It describes the wonderful feeling of being surrounded by coconut palm trees.
My partner and I built this home for our family vacations in Mexico. We built it using local talent in La Manzanilla. My sister Lety, who owns an architectural design studio in town, personally created some details in the house, such as the use of natural driftwood in the living space and kitchen, the red glass ornamented staircase and kitchen, the beautiful spiral staircase to the rooftop bar and our tranquil fountain on the property.
We've made numerous upgrades to the house over the years, the most recent one being the gorgeous rooftop terrace with spectacular views of town, the mountain and sunset.