Puerto Vallarta

A former mining town in the Bahía de Banderas (Bay of Flags) became currently a booming resort city with a cosmopolitan crowd. Nestled between palm-covered mountains and an azure blue sea, Puerto Vallarta is seriously picturesque. 

A holiday in the city will be a joyous blur of beaches, tasty cuisine and bars. Wander its cobblestone streets, admire its whitewashed houses, then relax on its gorgeous sandy beach - dolphins can be seen frolicking year-round, and humpback whales cruise by from December to March. Puerto Vallarta has mutated from a sleepy seaside village into an international resort, a city that is both sophisticated and friendly with its lively beaches, bars, restaurants and galleries. And if you feel like knowing the sorrounds, you can also take trips into the Sierra Madre mountains or out onto the bay, which has protected islands with caves, reefs and tunnels.