El Financiero

Puerto Vallarta sits where the Sierra Madre mountains meet Banderas Bay, one of the largest natural bays in the Americas, and the landscape around it is genuinely dramatic — steep jungle-covered hillsides, tropical vegetation, and a climate that keeps things green and lush year-round. Golf in this corridor has grown considerably over the decades, with several courses capitalizing on the terrain between the coast and the mountains.

El Financiero is an 18-hole layout set within this context, playing to a par of 71 — a configuration that typically signals a design built around the natural contours of its site rather than forcing a conventional balance of par-3s and par-5s. That asymmetry can make for a more interesting routing, rewarding course management over pure power.

This is a destination that draws both resort visitors and the local Vallarta golf community. The tropical setting means the course stays playable through most of the year, though the summer rainy season brings afternoon storms and notably softer conditions — something worth factoring in when planning a round.