Take a Video Tour of Vallarta’s Fabled Gringo Gulch Puerto Vallarta Net
go to original March 28, 2022

Gringo Gulch is a picturesque residential area in the historical part of Downtown Puerto Vallarta, located on the hillside to the East and uphill from the main square and on the north bank of the Cuale River.

Without a doubt, it was the paparazzi photographs and reports of the greatest 20th-century love affair that helped promote Puerto Vallarta as one of the most romantic places in the world, and this all started in the area of the city (a town at that time) called Gringo Gulch.

Throughout the decade of the 1950's the area on the hill of the downtown area north of the River Cuale developed as an expatriate neighborhood. One of the first important newcomers to arrive in Puerto Vallarta, that would direct the development in the area, was Fernando "Freddy" Romero.

Unlike the rich local's architectural tastes, that included more modern construction designs and materials, Romero wanted a more typical Mexican pueblo style and atmosphere, something that later would become known as the "Vallarta Style." It included red-tile roofs, white-washed adobe facades, wrought iron decorations and stone walls.

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