Playa Mismaloya is a beach where it all started! A beach that changed the future and fortune of a whole little Mexican town, transforming it from a small, picturesque sleepy fisherman’s town to a large, world-renowned tourist destination!

Pictured above, this beautiful beach was the 1963 film location for “The Night of the Iguana” starring Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner.

It was the film, the famous director John Huston and the scandalous real-life romance between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton that brought the world’s media to town and put Puerto Vallarta firmly on the map! Even more so when the director himself, and once married, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, bought homes in Puerto Vallarta. 

The city has had crafted a sculpture in their honour, pictured above, which was way too tacky not to include in the blog!