PUERTO VALLARTA, Jal., April 26, 2025 — Puerto Vallarta has racked up an impressive list of nominations in the 38th annual Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, underscoring the Pacific-coast city’s growing international prestige as a well-rounded destination.
The city itself is shortlisted in three of the survey’s headline categories—Best Destination, Best Beaches and Best Airport—reflecting the balance visitors see between Puerto Vallarta’s modern tourism infrastructure and its preserved Mexican character.
Boutique Gems and Big-Name Brands Lead Hotel Nods
Four local properties made the cut in the fiercely contested Hotels category:
- Hotel Amapa – celebrated for its contemporary Mexican design
- Hacienda San Ángel – a restored colonial mansion in the city’s historic core
- Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa – long-time favorite for family travel
- Hotel Mousai – Puerto Vallarta’s first adults-only AAA Five Diamond hotel
Each earned reader praise for service, architecture, and sense of place.
Resort Powerhouse: 20-Plus Nominees
More than twenty area resorts are also in the running, among them:
- Casa Velas
- Dreams Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa
- Garza Blanca Preserve Resort & Spa
- Velas Vallarta Suite Resort
Their collective showing cements the region’s status as Mexico’s premier resort corridor outside the Riviera Maya.
Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR) secured its own nomination, highlighting ongoing terminal upgrades and improved passenger flow that have turned it into a crucial hub for the entire Bahía de Banderas region.
Reader voting runs through June 30, 2025, via the secure ballot at cntraveler.com/vote, with winners to be revealed online in October and in the magazine’s November print issue.
Puerto Vallarta has appeared regularly in Condé Nast Traveler rankings for more than a decade, but this year’s multi-category haul is its most extensive yet. Tourism officials say the nominations validate the city’s strategy of pairing sustainability initiatives—such as its new marina waste-to-energy pilot—with the preservation of its cobblestone downtown and vibrant arts scene.
If the voting momentum holds, Puerto Vallarta could match or surpass its 2024 finish, when the destination cracked the global Top 10 for small cities. Readers have until midnight (ET) on June 30 to weigh in and keep Mexico’s “Friendliest City” at the top of the travel world’s agenda.
