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Puerto
Vallarta lies in the middle of 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 hotels are scattered along several
miles of coast with the greatest concentration in Nuevo
Vallarta, north of the town and sliced through by an
eight-lane strip of asphalt. Just south of Nuevo Vallarta
is the new marina, where you can stroll along the boardwalk
and have a look at how the other half live on beautiful
boats. Despite the frantic development of the last decade,
the historic town centre, with its cobbled streets and
white-walled, terracotta-roofed houses, sustains the
tropical village atmosphere.
Most tourists stay in the beachfront hotels around the
bay, but are increasingly penetrating the town centre
to shop in the boutiques and malls that line the streets
leading back from the beach, and to eat in some of the
very good restaurants both on the malecón and
downtown.
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