Nicknamed the "Amber Coast" for its rich deposits of clear amber, Puerto Plata is the largest city on the north coast. The city has attracted countless visitors dating back to colonial times, from ...

Barbara Melone saw “huge, black, billowing” clouds of smoke from her eighth-floor balcony at the Sunset Plaza Beach Resort & Spa in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, at the start of the week. “It was a normal ...

Tourists in the Mexican seaside city of Puerto Vallarta were told not to leave their resort on Sunday as a government official warned of "clashes" in the area following a federal operation. Photos and ...

PUERTO VALLARTA, Jalisco — Jolene Jang flew south from Seattle on Friday, hoping to trade gray skies for sunshine. By Sunday morning, she said, guests at her Puerto Vallarta resort were being told not ...

The best way to get around Puerto Plata is by taxi. They're cheap – your average ride costs about 150 to 250 pesos ($3 to $5) – and drivers are willing to bargain to an even lower price. Minibuses are ...

Kovay Gardens sells itself as a secluded retreat on Mexico's Pacific coast: a private beach along the Bahía de Banderas, four pools spilling toward the ocean and beds dressed in Egyptian cotton.

U.S. and Canada issued shelter-in-place advisories for Jalisco State, including Puerto Vallarta. Violence erupted after cartel leader "El Mencho" was killed by the Army. Criminals set up roadblocks ...

Twenty-three inmates escaped and one guard was killed after armed men stormed a prison in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, which has been under siege by cartel members since drug lord ...

Elise Huggins of Carmichael sat on a Puerto Vallarta balcony Sunday to enjoy a final morning coffee after what had been an idyllic week in Mexico with family. “I noticed fires,” Huggins said in a ...

A few hours south of Buenos Aires, a seaside resort town is mounting a comeback.

Strong winds and steady rain toppled trees and knocked out power. by Lynnanne Nguyen,KOMONewsReporter WASHINGTON STATE — Several flights to and from Puerto Vallarta remained canceled Monday as the ...

It was a typical quiet Sunday morning in the Pacific coast city of Puerto Vallarta—until the gunfire rang out. Jim Vawter, a 76-year-old Iowan who is one of thousands of American retirees living in ...