What was the first hotel in Puerto Vallarta?
The first formal hotel in Puerto Vallarta was the Hotel Gutiérrez, initially located on the second floor of the Saucedo Theater on Juarez Avenue in downtown Puerto Vallarta, you can still find the original building on the corner of Juarez and Iturbide. Hotel Gutiérrez was later on moved to an independent building that had been the harbor master's office and later changed its name to Hotel Océano between the Malecon and Morelos along Galeana Street (by the "lighthouse"). This is the list of the first hotels in Puerto Vallarta: Hotel Gutiérrez (Teatro Saucedo) 1939 Hotel Gutiérrez (Galeana & the Malecon) 1940 Hotel Rosita, 1945 Hotel Chula Vista, 1946 Above photo: Hotel Océano, formerly Hotel Gutiérrez Mrs. Catalina Montes de Oca Contreras, the first city historian, recounts: Continuing with my narrations on the development of the hotel business, I will mention in this branch the house of assistance of Doña Cuca Novoa, which was the only one that the port had; it was located where today is the Central Hotel. Years later, Doña Eloisita, mother of Güero and José Manuel Preciado, came from Mascota and took over the same business because Doña Cuca was leaving here. This ...