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Puerto Vallarta,
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It’s been over 40 years since John Huston’s cinematic adaptation of Tennessee William’s Night of the Iguana put Puerto Vallarta firmly on the tourist map and holiday snaps of Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Ava Gardner and others frolicking in the surf and dining in seaside taverns firmly established Puerto Vallarta as the place to be. [cont...] |
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Miraculously, despite some four decades of tourism and approximately 1.5 million visitors per year, this former fishing village has maintained much of its original charm and character. Modest whitewashed haciendas with terra cotta roofs and elegant churches capped with majestic crowns still line its cobbled streets. Humble fishing boats still leave its shores every morning before sunrise, and sleep in its sunny harbour all afternoon.
The focal point of PVR is the Bay of Banderas, which forms a crescent-shaped shoreline of beaches, flanked by the lush and dramatic foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains. This is coastline more rugged and handsome than Richard Burton’s profile and shapelier than a bikini-clad Elizabeth Taylor, circa 1960. The city’s Malecón, which marks the innermost point of the Bay, is two miles of breezy open air bars, shops, spirited clubs, restaurants and souvenir shops.
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