A7

Wake up to birdsong instead of traffic. Unit 7 opens onto the protected estuary that borders Mangle Living Home, a living corridor of mangrove where herons stalk the shallows at dawn and iguanas sun themselves on the branches by mid-morning. Set just above the parking level, this home sits among the trees rather than above them -- close enough to hear the estuary wake up. This is the rarest thing in Puerto Vallarta: green, quiet, and permanent, because the estero cannot be built on.