Puerto Vallarta: Hotel Emperador (3 Star Hotel)

Address: Amapas 114 col emillano zapata , Puerto vallarta 48380, Mexico
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Lonely Planet review

This up-to-date beach hotel on Playa de los Muertos gives a lot of value for money with thoughtfully designed rooms and suites, many with incomparable views of the coast.

If you're intent on booking a room right on the beach in Vallarta's historic district, you'll do well to consider this stylish newcomer. The fresh oceanfront rooms celebrate the sea with large balconies complete with dining tables and kitchenettes for eating and preparing food al fresco. Each tiled unit is furnished with a fridge, king bed and sleeper couch, as well as air conditioning, cable TV and in-room phones. Well-chosen decor gives each unit a patina of warmth and grace. The hotel overlooks an ideal swimming beach, where mariachi bands stroll about looking for business and drum circles coalesce in the sweaty heat of the afternoon. The beach is appointed with several shady palm-roofed palapas (where you can try to hide from the jewelry touts). There's also an excellent beach-level restaurant and bar, The Lazy Lizard, where you may find yourself whiling away the afternoon counting empty margarita glasses.