Los Muertos Pier Included in World's Nine Most Beautiful Tamara Hinson - CNN Travel
go to original July 29, 2014

(CNN) - It's a good summer for piers.

Ryde Pier in the UK just celebrated its 200th birthday, and New York's historic Pier A will reopen any time now (we're told), after decades of neglect and a multi-million dollar revamp. The structure, first opened in 1886 and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, closed to the public in 1960 but will soon host a visitor center, an oyster bar and a fine dining restaurant.

If you can't get to these icons of jetty-hood though, there are plenty of other spectacular piers to travel for.

Los Muertos Pier (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)

This 328-meter-long pier was designed by architect José de Jesús Torres Vega and opened in 2013 as part of a scheme to regenerate Puerto Vallarta.

Construction costs totaled $2.4 million.

The pier is especially popular with couples; historically, Los Muertos is one of Puerto Vallarta's most romantic areas, despite the name's distinctly unromantic translation: Los Muertos means "the dead."

Length: 328 meters.

Opened: 2013.

Contains: A landing dock and sculpture.

Cost: Free.

Read about the other beautiful piers around the world at CNN Travel: World's most beautiful piers