Definitely, the most iconic corner of these inhabited islands is Playa del Amor or Hidden Beach (Playa Escondida in Spanish). It is an underground doughnut-shaped beach hidden in the rock. The only way to reach this beach is by boat, and this is one of the very few areas where visitors can walk on these islands.

Playa del Amor, the “Lover's Beach” more typically called the Hidden Beach, is a secluded sandy cavern on one of the islands that make up Marietas Islands National Park, located on the north end of Bahía de Banderas, an hour northwest of Puerto Vallarta and only fifteen minutes from Punta Mita, Nayarit.

Playa del Amor, commonly known as the Hidden Beach, is a feature of one of the Marieta Islands, located some 22 nautical miles west of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, at the mouth of Banderas Bay. It looks like something out of a fantasy novel: a wide, sandy cavern with the blue waters of the Pacific rushing in.