Puerto Vallarta is a place with a very special charm which over the years has become an interesting amalgam between traditional elements, from a typical Mexican town to modern spaces worthy of a first world city.
These elements are reflected in a convincing way in its architecture. It is enough to visit downtown to realize that it really has never lost that touch of traditional town. Stoned streets on whose edges old mansions raise, built with adobe and adorned with red roofs, characteristics of the Mexican mountain architecture, they give a very special provincial air. Between those streets, narrow some of them, we find the main temple: the Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most emblematic buildings in town, whose main style is neoclassical while its towers evoke Renaissance art.
Going up the hills in downtown just behind the temple you can reach the Gringo Gulch, a picturesque residential area in which the Bridge of Love is located, famous for being the point of union between the houses of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in The 60s. From this place you can get magnificent views of the Bay of Banderas.
Old Vallarta is located on oposite side of the Cuale River, also known as Zona Romantica, a place where you can still breathe yesterday’s air with buildings worthy of a Mexican town.
As nothing escapes modernity, in Puerto Vallarta it is also possible to find modern architectural elements such as the Los Muertos Pier and the Malecón. This boradwalk presents a proposal that has returned the site to its original owner: the pedestrian. Some recent buildings in Old Vallarta area have also opened the way to modernity.
