See Puerto Vallarta, Photos Galleries New & Old

There is no other tourist destination in Jalisco or even Mexico, that combines such a degree of modernity with the delights of the Pacific Ocean and a setting of extraordinary natural beauty as Puerto Vallarta.
Before your trip, take the opportunity to see some photos, panoramas, and videos from our beautiful city. We hope you enjoy them.

Recent photos

360° Panorama Tours

Older photos

Featured Before & After Photos (with sliders)
Before & After 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Historical Photos
Late XX Century Vallarta Photos

Various

Flip Books

New galleries will be added regularly, some will include photos from Downtown Vallarta, the romantic zone, hotel, north, and south zone. There are many places north and south of Vallarta that are also interesting for both trips and sightseeing, we’ll add galleries from Nuevo Vallarta, Bucerías, Punta de Mita, Sayulita, San Pancho, and Lo De Marcos.

The combination of great weather, beauty, and fun along with the warmth of the people of Puerto Vallarta has made this the most satisfying and revisited beach destination in Mexico.

Cuale River Island Photo Gallery

The “Isla del Río Cuale”, the Cuale Island, currently is a peaceful and relaxed shade-rich oasis in the middle of downtown Puerto Vallarta. The Cuale River is one of the seven rivers that start off in the Sierra Madre Mountains and end up in the Banderas Bay, it divides the town into the downtown area north of the river and the Romantic Zone (Old Vallarta) to the south with the Cuale River Island laying in between.

Marietas Islands Photo Gallery

The Marietas are two uninhabited islands, a few miles off the North Coast of the Banderas Bay of what is called the Riviera Nayarit (closest town is Punta de Mita – see the location map). There are two islands 900 meters from each other, that are around 60,000 years old, created by volcanic activity. The islands are now, as stated, quite famous for what is known as the “hidden beach” or Lovers’ Beach (Playa del Amor), a unique beach that can easily be spotted from the air through a crater in one of the islands (Round Island/Isla Redonda), from the sea it’s not that obvious and there’s only a small tunnel when the tide is low.

Tequila Mexico Photo Gallery

There’s almost no way you can hear the word “Tequila” and not think about colorful Mexico. It doesn’t really matter where on earth you live, if there’s something that immediately represents México, that must be Tequila. If you are not familiar with the country, then it is most likely that when you hear the word Tequila, your imagination makes you think of the famous liquor and not necessarily the town where it comes from and from who it derives its name. © These photos are the property of M. A. Gallardo unless credited to someone else on the photo, all rights reserved.

Puerto Vallarta Before and After

Use the slider to move from the Before to the After photos of Puerto Vallarta (and vice versa). Puerto Vallarta was founded in 1851 as Las Peñas de Santa María de Guadalupe, later Puerto Las Peñas and in 1918 it was changed to Puerto Vallarta (read more details in Puerto Vallarta's History section. It's always quite interesting to see the changes in a city, you can understand just how traditional it is and how much history it's had. Corner of Libertad & Miramar Streets 1963 vs 2017 Downtown Puerto Vallarta Malecon/Boardwalk 1960 vs 2020 Downtown Puerto Vallarta Los Muertos Beach 1968 vs 2018 Romantic Zone, Puerto Vallarta Independencia Street by the Main Square and the Guadalupe Parish 1922 vs 2019 Downtown Puerto Vallarta Juárez Avenue by the Main Square 1952 vs 2020 Downtown Puerto Vallarta Morelos Street by the Main Square 1963 vs 2017 Downtown Puerto Vallarta Allende Street & Malecon 1925 vs 2019 Downtown Puerto Vallarta Las Estacas Beach (Camino Real/Dreams/Hyatt Ziva) 1968 vs 2018 South Zone Puerto Vallarta Mismaloya Beach seen ...