If Puerto Vallarta is an international destination today, we owe much of it to a Hollywood romance. In 1963, while The Night of the Iguana was being filmed in nearby Mismaloya, Richard Burton arrived in this fishing village accompanied by Elizabeth Taylor. What happened next turned a hillside neighborhood above Downtown into legend.
Casa Kimberly and the Bridge of Love
In February 1964, Burton bought Casa Kimberly as a gift for Taylor’s 32nd birthday. Later, they purchased the house across the street and connected the two with a private bridge over the road—the Bridge of Love, a replica of Venice’s Bridge of Sighs—which still stands today. Today, Casa Kimberly is a boutique hotel that preserves the memory of that romance.
Writers, filmmakers, and American creatives followed the couple and settled in the same cliffside area. Hence the neighborhood’s affectionate and irreverent nickname: Gringo Gulch.
What Gringo Gulch is like today
Perched on the hillside just above Downtown and the Malecón, Gringo Gulch retains cobblestone streets, character-filled homes, and privileged views of the city and the bay. It is not the city’s most expensive neighborhood per m², but it is one of the most sought-after for its history, location, and personality—something no new development can manufacture.
How much does it cost to live where the stars lived?
In our active inventory, the median price per square meter in Gringo Gulch is around USD 3,000/m², with properties ranging from view condos to restored historic estates. See the details and available properties in our Gringo Gulch guide.
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