• Puerto Vallarta was not originally created for modern tourism.
• It turns out that the original population was several tribes of Aztec Indians.
• They dedicated themselves to making cultural and commercial relations along the Pacific coast.
• The Bahía de Banderas (Bahía de Banderas) and the Valle de Banderas (Valle de Banderas) were named by the Spanish when Hernán Cortés' nephew was traveling in this area.
• The city that is now Puerto Vallarta began when businesswoman Guadalupe Sánchez set up a trading post on the banks of the . . .
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