Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's Favourite Mexican Fishing Village - Puerto Vallarta Rod McPhee - Daily Mirror | |
go to original August 31, 2014 |
On the Trail of the Iguana - John Huston's behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana in 1964. (These clips include great footage of Puerto Vallarta at the time of its "discovery" by the outside world.) See part two below
It has been some 50 years since the release of the movie which brought Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton to Puerto Vallarta and put this tiny fishing village firmly on the map.
During the making of The Night of the Iguana, the eyes of the world turned to this corner of Mexico as they watched the romance burgeon between these Hollywood royals.
Burton, who played the lead role in the steamy drama, brought Taylor along with him during filming and after they married in 1964 they set up one of their many marital homes nearby.
They could have chosen a Caribbean retreat or a villa in the south of France, but this power couple settled on Puerto Vallarta as one of their escapes.
But I discovered, this Pacific retreat – now a fully-fledged city – has retained much of its charm.
Nestling exactly half-way up the west coast, Puerto Vallarta sits between the vast Bahia de Banderas and the lush green Sierra Madre mountains.
Regularly basking in sunshine, with temperatures which hover around 30C all year round, the climate is typically tropical.
And unlike other Mexican resorts, it hasn’t lost all its authenticity.
Some of the sidestreets still look like part of the set of a Zorro movie.
You’re quite likely to see moustachioed men selling watermelons out of the back of a pick-up truck.
And chickens can be found scratching around all over the place.
But that’s where the cliches end because these days Mexico has moved with the times and is catering more for the needs of tourist.
Read the rest at Daily Mirror.
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