Casa Bella Vista (Adults Only)

Adults only and firmly city-based, Casa Bella Vista suits you if a hotel is useful mainly because it puts Puerto Vallarta at your feet. The setting is a home in the neighbourhood above the Malecón, with the town outside rather than a resort programme inside.

There is an outdoor pool for a dip, a terrace for sitting out, and free Wi-Fi when you need to sort the next day or simply stop thinking about it. Air conditioning keeps the room comfortable in the heat.

The address is 445 Arroyo del Pedregoso, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The hotel sits in the city centre, on the hillside above the Malecón rather than beside a private resort beach.

Camarones Beach is nearby, while the Malecón and the old town are part of the surrounding city life. This is the kind of location that lets you leave the hotel and find shops, streets and local places without turning every outing into a transfer.

The useful detail here is the setting: your window looks out over the city, so the morning starts with Puerto Vallarta rather than a corridor or a car park. Air conditioning matters in this climate, particularly when you want a proper cool-down before heading back out for dinner.

The hotel is adults only, which keeps the brief straightforward for a diving couple or a group of friends travelling without children. The terrace and outdoor pool add somewhere to sit between outings, while free Wi-Fi covers the practical business of checking plans, messages and weather.

The outdoor pool is the main place to reset without going anywhere. It gives you an easy swim or a quiet sit-down when the city has already supplied enough walking for one day.

For anything beyond the pool and terrace, the concierge can help with excursions. That keeps the hotel useful as a base for seeing Puerto Vallarta, without pretending it is an all-day activity resort.

Check-in runs from 15:00 and check-out is by 12:00. The hotel has free Wi-Fi, concierge services and help with excursions, so practical arrangements can be handled on site.

Air conditioning is available, and the property has an outdoor terrace. The public and private areas are entirely non-smoking. Electrical sockets are type A, with a 127-volt supply at 60 Hz; pack an adaptor if your equipment uses a different plug.