When I heard that you could spend from dawn to dusk on the Malecon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and never get bored, I decided to take the challenge. It turns out they were right: The Malecon is a 1-mile delight in so many different ways as to make any number of hours pass quickly.
Morning begins at the Hotel Rosita, built in 1948 and the oldest hotel in town. The place is famous because of the illicit liaison between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton during the 1963 filming of “The Night of the Iguana.” The resultant publicity put the sleepy town of PV on the map, and it became the only Mexican resort destination that grew up organically rather than being created for the purpose of attracting tourists.
