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Las Caletas | |
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Coordinates: 20°30′17″N105°22′55″W / 20.50472°N 105.38194°W | |
Location | Mexico |
Las Caletas is a beach near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. [1] The home of Hollywood director John Huston was once located there. Caletas is now leased and operated by Vallarta Adventures, a tour provider.
John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 1980.
Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican beach resort city on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. The City of Puerto Vallarta is the government seat of the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta, which comprises the city as well as population centers outside of the city extending from Boca de Tomatlán to the Nayarit border. The city is located at 20°40′N105°16′W. The municipality has an area of 681 square kilometres (262.9 sq mi). To the north, it borders the southwest of the state of Nayarit. To the east, it borders the municipality of Mascota and San Sebastián del Oeste, and to the south, it borders the municipalities of Talpa de Allende and Cabo Corrientes.
Caleta may refer to:
Cuautla, Jalisco, is a small town and municipality located in the hills of western Mexico. It is situated at an elevation of 5,639 ft. between Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. The municipality has fewer than 3,000 permanent residents.
Mismaloya is a small village, located on the coast of the Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Mismaloya lies on Highway 200, south of Puerto Vallarta.
The Night of the Iguana is a 1964 American drama film directed by John Huston, based on the 1961 play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. It stars Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Grayson Hall, Sue Lyon, and Cyril Delevanti.
The Mexican Open, also known as the Mexico Open and Abierto Mexicano de Golf, is the national open golf tournament of Mexico.
Ignacio Luis Vallarta Ogazón was a Mexican jurist and governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco (1872–1876). His baptismal name was José Luis Miguel Ignacio Vallarta Ogazón.
Stephen B. Grimes was an English production designer and art director. He won an Oscar and was nominated for two more in the category Best Art Direction.
Costalegre is a series of different beaches, capes and bays of various sizes distributed alongside the Pacific Ocean on the western coastline of the Mexican state of Jalisco, between Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco and Manzanillo, Colima.
Aeroméxico Flight 229 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 that crashed into the side of a mountain while on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on 20 June 1973. There were no survivors among the 27 passengers and crew.
Federal Highway 70D is the designation for toll highways paralleling Mexican Federal Highway 70.
Isla Cuale, or Isla del Río Cuale, is a narrow island with art galleries and restaurants along Puerto Vallarta's Cuale River, in Zona Romántica, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Zona Romántica is the unofficial designation for an LGBTQ-friendly tourist area in southern Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The zone is made of three colonias Emiliano Zapata, Alta Vista, and Amapas. The area is also commonly referred to as Old Town.
A statue of John Huston was installed in Isla Cuale, Zona Romántica, Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in 1988. The sculpture commemorated Huston's film Night of the Iguana (1964) and "its part in local history".
Las Amapas Beach is a beach at the south end of Zona Romántica, Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The small beach is separated from Playa de los Muertos by a rock formation known as "El Púlpito".
Las Glorias Beach is a beach in Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The 3080 ft long beach is between Los Tules Beach and Tranquila Beach. Condominiums and resorts along the beach include Canto del Sol Plaza Vallarta, Dreams Vallarta Bay Resort & Spa, Las Palmas by the Sea, Plaza Pelicanos Grand Beach Resort, and Sunset Plaza Beach Resort.
Boca de Tomatlán, colloquially shortened to Boca, is a small fishing village in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. It is popular with tourists visiting the nearby city of Puerto Vallarta due to its beaches.
Archie's Wok is an Asian restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The restaurant was established in 1986.