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    The Los Muertos Pier and its sail-shaped spire over the water on a clear day, Muelle de Playa Los Muertos, Jalisco

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    The Los Muertos Pier lit up in blue at night, seen from the beach, Muelle de Playa Los Muertos, Jalisco

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    The pier's sail and walkway at sunset, Muelle de Playa Los Muertos, Jalisco

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    Muelle de Playa Los Muertos

    Landmark Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco Municipality of Puerto Vallarta Banderas Bay

    The sail-topped pier of the Zona Romántica, opened in 2013 and rebuilt in 2023, where water taxis leave for Yelapa and the south shore.

    From Puerto Vallarta: 10 min by car (6 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Muelle de Playa Los Muertos

    • From Puerto Vallarta: about 10 min by road (~6 km)
    • Nearest airport: Puerto Vallarta (PVR), 41 min by car to Sayulita
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    About Muelle de Playa Los Muertos

    The Muelle de Playa Los Muertos, usually just the Los Muertos Pier, juts into Banderas Bay from the middle of Playa Los Muertos, at the foot of Calle Francisca Rodríguez in Puerto Vallarta's Zona Romántica. It is both a landmark and a working pier: the city's postcard sail by night and, by day, the departure point for the boats that serve the beaches and villages of the south shore.

    The present pier was redesigned by the architect José de Jesús Torres Vega as part of a wider renovation of downtown Vallarta and opened in 2013. Its design runs from an entrance plaza on the beach along a walkway and a footbridge raised on slim supports to a round lookout platform at the end, with a landing stage for boats. Over the platform rises a tall metal structure shaped like a sail, held by cables and lit in changing colours after dark; on the map the whole thing runs a little over 100 meters into the sea. By the early 2020s salt and age had taken their toll, and in late 2023 the Jalisco state government delivered a 12.5-million-peso rehabilitation that cut out corroded sections and reinforced the structure, replaced damaged benches and some railings, improved the area where fishermen unload their catch and installed new lighting.

    Walking out to the end is one of the classic things to do in the old town, above all at sunset, when the sun goes down over the bay straight ahead and the lights come on behind you. From the pier, water taxis leave several times a day for Yelapa, a ride of about 45 minutes, with tickets sold on the spot, and since January 2026 the large Ferry Vallarta boat from Marina Vallarta has also called here on its way to Yelapa three days a week. Local fishermen still land their catch here.

    How to get to Muelle de Playa Los Muertos

    Drive from Puerto Vallarta: 10 min, 6 km

    The pier is at the end of Calle Francisca Rodríguez, on Playa Los Muertos in the Zona Romántica, a short walk south of the Río Cuale from the Malecón. Water-taxi tickets to Yelapa are sold at the pier in cash, at about 400 to 500 pesos round trip; departures in 2025 were around 11:00, 11:45, 15:00 and 17:00, with the last public boat back from Yelapa around 17:00. Ferry Vallarta leaves Los Peines pier in Marina Vallarta at 9:00 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, stops here and returns from Yelapa at 16:00 (600 pesos round trip, 300 one way, as of January 2026).

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    Before you go to Muelle de Playa Los Muertos: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Water taxis to Yelapa leave at about 11:00, 11:45, 15:00 and 17:00; check the current schedule at the pier, as times shift with the season. Take Me to Puerto Vallarta · checked Oct 2026
    Entry
    The water taxi to Yelapa costs about 400 to 500 pesos round trip, paid at the pier; bring cash. Take Me to Puerto Vallarta · checked Oct 2026
    Best time of day
    Evening, when the pier's new lighting comes on after sunset. Tus Buenas Noticias · checked Oct 2026
    What to bring
    Cash for boat tickets, since not all sellers take cards. Take Me to Puerto Vallarta · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Muelle de Playa Los Muertos: what to see and do

    Walk out to the round lookout at the end of the pier for the view back over Playa Los Muertos and the hills.
    Watch the sunset over the bay, then stay for the coloured lights on the sail.
    Catch a water taxi to Yelapa and the beaches of the south shore.
    Watch the fishermen unload their catch at the landing.

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