Luxury Hotels in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

Camino Real, Playa Las Estacas, Highway 200 Km 3.2, Puerto Vallarta. Tel: 221 50 00, Fax: 221 60 00(caminoreal.com). Located on a small bay to the south of Puerto Vallarta Camino Real has everything that you would expect from a five star hotel: private balconies, two swimming pools, a gym, Jacuzzi, tennis courts and a mighty five restaurants.

La Jolla de Mismaloya, Highway 200, Mismaloya Bay, Puerto Vallarta. Tel: 322 23 43, Fax: 322 05 00(www.lajollademismaloya.com). The location, on the bay where The Night of the Iguana was filmed, is impeccable, as are the facilities. Lamentably the hotel has all the architectural finesse of Slough City centre.

Premiere Hotel Gran Turismo, San Salvador 117, Buenaventura Premiere Towers & Suites, Puerto Vallarta. Tel: 222 37 37, Fax: 222 35 46( buenaventura@puerto-vallarta.com). Puerto Vallarta 's only five-star beachfront resort complex with a spa. The rooms are tastefully decorated with Mexican art, luxury is heaped on you at every opportunity. and there's not a child in sight(a policy decision).

Presidente Inter-Continental, Km 8.5 Carretera a Barra de Navidad, P. O. Box 448, Puerto Vallarta. Tel: 228 01 91, Fax: 228 01 16(www.interconti.com). Stretching along a private cove and surrounded by tropical gardens it's the sort of place that's difficult to leave. And why would you want to when there's a spa and gourmet restaurant on site?

Sheraton Buganvilias, Boulevard Francisco Medina Ascencio 999, Puerto Vallarta. Tel: 226 04 04, Fax: 222 05 00( www.sheratonpuertovallarta.com). One of the best hotels located to the north of Puerto Vallarta town. A list of facilities as long as your arm combined with a broad range of room prices.

Quinta Maria Cortez, Sagitario 132, Puerto Vallarta. Tel: 221 53 17, Fax: 221 53 27(qmc@travel-zone.com). A favourite haunt of movie directors and fashion photographers, this seven-storey downtown building is utterly charming. Most rooms have a small kitchen and an open-fireplace.