Escape to relaxing San Patricio - Melaque!
Known by most as Melaque, this kick-back beach resort is a popular vacation destination for Mexican families and a low-key winter hangout for snowbirds. The main activities are swimming, lazing on the beach, watching pelicans fish at sunrise and sunset, climbing to the mirador (lookout) at the bay’s western end, prowling the plaza and public market, and walking the beach to Barra de Navidad.
Melaque has a beautiful long curving beach. It is not unusual to see Humpback whales breaching just offshore in early spring!
San Patricio Melaque in the Mexican state of Jalisco is a busy community located 4+ kilometres northwest of Barra de Navidad on Bahia de Navidad. The village of Melaque has been a vacation retreat for Mexicans for generations.
Melaque is actually a conglomeration of 3 beach towns that have grown into each other, San Patricio, Villa Obregon and Melaque itself, all generally referred to as “Melaque”.
Melaque is the larger of these villages and contains the town square and most of the retail shops.
