Mismaloya comes from the Nahuatl language meaning "place where they grab fish with their hands" and is a small village, located on the coast of the Banderas Bay. Mismaloya is located on Highway 200, about 30 minutes south of Puerto Vallarta.
Mismaloya is most famous as the site where the 1963 film The Night of the Iguana was filmed. The set and crew quarters rise up the hill on the south side of the Mismaloya cove. Sadly, the set is only ruins now, and the once-famous John Huston Cafe is an empty shell . . .
