The Puerto Vallarta South Shore begins where Conchas Chinas ends, and from there runs along the coast passing the residential developments of Garza Blanca and Sierra del Mar to Boca de Tomatlan, where the highway turns east and heads up into the Sierra Madre mountains towards El Tuito. Although the highway ends, the border of the South Shore continues along the coastline, but without road access there is very little in the way or real estate opportunities.

Along this coastline is where the region’s first gated hillside communities were built. Today, there are a number of them, offering mostly single-family residences or villas. Interspersed are small beachfront condominium projects. The views are so good that often real estate prices on the hillside rival those of the oceanfront homes. The South Shore is still relatively close to downtown, making it easy to frequent the restaurants or stroll the Malecon.

In 2011 construction started on improving the highway serving this region, which so far has been a big improvement. At this time we are not sure just how far they plan to go with the road improvements, if it will reach to Mismaloya or not. But for most of the real estate along this road, access to Vallarta and the rest of the bay just got a whole lot better.