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Honeymooners going mad for Mexico

While NIZUC may be Mexico’s highest-profile resort newcomer this season, it’s hardly alone. Across the nation, a trio of additional exclusive — and exotic — properties are now wooing stylish sybarites.

Hotel Escondido

Hotel Escondido

Set directly on the beach in the Oaxacan surf town of Porto Escondido, Hotel Escondido is the latest retreat from Grupo Habita — the team behind West Chelsea’s stylish Hotel Americano. The property may house only 16 palapa-style bungalows, but each is smack in the surf and includes its own pool. There’s a bijoux spa, 50-meter swimming pool, simple seafood-focused restaurant and even a secluded, underground after-hours lounge.

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Imanta resort

Just 40 minutes from the Puerto Vallarta airport, Imanta Resort in Punta de Mita is a world away from the area’s notorious cruise-ship crowds. This stunning cliffside retreat — a Relais & Châteaux property and favorite of press-shy celebs — features 12 sprawling casas accented by private gardens and secluded plunge pools and fortress-like architecture. Built almost entirely of native boulders and local Parota and Cumaru hardwoods , it’s all set on a serene slice of beach shared with little more than passing whales.

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Imanta resort

Las Ventanas al Paraiso

This long-time Hollywood favorite ups the über-luxury quotient with the spring debut of its massive 22,000-square-foot Master Villa. Along with its impeccably designed living quarters and splendid private gardens, the villa — which runs a cool $30,000 per night — features its own 80-foot infinity-edge swimming pool, which is larger than its counterpart at the resort itself. Also included: a custom-designed fireworks display and an in-suite live band. Want something more modest? Las Ventanas has also debuted 12 new 4,500-square-foot villas with equally panoramic Sea of Cortez views.

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