Tuesday, March 17, 2026

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ

 ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ 
I๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ (๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡)

Panoramic view of Banderas Bay and the city of Puerto Vallarta from Mirador Cerro de la Cruz.
View of Banderas Bay and Puerto Vallarta from Mirador Cerro de la Cruz

While there are several routes to the best viewpoint in Puerto Vallarta, I chose to start walking from my home in the Romantic Zone. I’m training to walk the 119-kilometer Camino de Santiago Inglรฉs in Spain, so the route through Isla Cuale offered the perfect warm-up with a few gentle hills.

To see a few of the views along my route to the hilltop cross, and a walking map, please continue reading at Retirement Before the Age of 59: ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ.

Photo of Terry L Turrell, Author