Puerto Vallarta is coastal town located on the Bay of Bandaras. Found in 1851, by Guadlupe Sanchez a boatman who would bring salt from San Blas to Los Muertos Beach.
Fast forward to the 1960's. In 1962, Mexicana Airlines launched the Puerto Vallarta - Mazatlan - Los Angeles route. Still catering to a more "adventuresome" clientele (cows grazed on the runway), guest went by mule to their hotel.
Hollywood met Puerto Vallarta with John Houston's film, Night of the Iguana. If you haven't seen it.....you haven't missed anything. Before my first trip to Vallarta, we rented it. After 40 minutes, I struggled to stay awake, after 45 I wish it would just end. But the film production, brought stars such as Deborah Kerr, Ava Gardner, Sue Lyon and Richard Burton along with Elizabeth Taylor to the shores of the Bay of Banderas. The year was 1963.
With the celebrities, came the international press that began arriving in hordes to report on the latest gossip and highlight the beauty of this out of the way location. From this point on Puerto Vallarta was on the map.
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