Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

By reputation the second of Mexico's beach resorts, PUERTO VALLARTA is smaller, quieter and younger than Acapulco. In its own way, it is actually every bit as commercial – perhaps more so, since here tourism is virtually the only source of income – but appearances count for much, and Puerto Vallarta, while doing all it can to catch up with Acapulco, appears far less developed and retains a more Mexican feel. It lies in the middle of the 22-kilometre wide Bahía de Banderas , the seventh largest bay in the world, fringed by endless sandy beaches and backed by the jungly slopes of the Sierra Madre. Its … more »