Beach vs Old Town: Where to Elope in Puerto Vallarta
The golden Pacific shore against the cobblestone, bougainvillea-draped Zona Romantica. Both capture Vallarta's character, and combining them is the signature.
You book Puerto Vallarta for the beach.
What makes it more than a beach anywhere is a five-minute walk inland.
Vallarta gives you the golden Pacific and a real living Mexican town, and the old town runs right down to the sand.
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The golden shore of the Bay of Banderas, the sand, and the Sierra Madre rising behind, sea, sand, and jungle in one frame. The Pacific sunsets over the bay make golden hour the prime window.
The beach: Pacific and layered
The golden shore of the Bay of Banderas, the sand, and the Sierra Madre rising behind, sea, sand, and jungle in one frame. The Pacific sunsets over the bay make golden hour the prime window.
The old town: cobblestone and culture
The Zona Romantica's terracotta buildings, bougainvillea, the crowned church tower, the malecon. Colourful, intimate, full of cultural texture, the couple woven into a real Mexican town.
The best elopements capture both: a cobblestone portrait in the morning, a beach ceremony at golden hour. As your Elopement Curator I plan the day, coordinate the local vendors and permissions, and both shoot and film it. Twelve years and 240+ couples in, culture and tropical beauty in one day is the Vallarta signature.
Beach or old town? Let the Elopement Compass choose your Vallarta day →
