The Vidanta Traveler Issue 2 | ON THE GREEN
G R E AT H E I G H T S : N O W O P E N
THE AMECA BRIDGE As any visitor to Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta can attest, the resort boasts astounding architecture around every turn. But nothing compares to the drama of our most recent addition: the Ameca Bridge.
W
hen the team at Vidanta
The bridge is only about 6-feet wide,
Golf began planning the
allowing only one golf cart to pass at
development of their
a time. But the view is simply stunning
next golf course, they knew—in true
and perfectly showcases the dusky
Vidanta fashion—that it had to create
peaks of the Sierra Madre Mountains,
a truly unforgettable experience. So
the lush river gully, and where the
not only did they get one of the best
river terminates in the expansive
course designers in the world to create
Banderas Bay.
it, they also decided to build the world’s longest golf suspension bridge in order
For inspiration, the architects at
to get to it.
Vidanta and engineers at Ecoprojects looked to the Golden Gate Bridge,
The Ameca Bridge is the access point
perhaps the most iconic bridge in the
to the new Norman Signature Golf
world. The Ameca Bridge displays the
Course and Nicklaus Design Golf
same elegant slope to its supports,
Course at Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta. That
though boasts a more natural hue
means that every round you play there
of mahogany brown than its famous
begins with a trip across the 560-foot-
orange forbearer. And in the evening,
long bridge, which extends from one
it’s illuminated with LED reflectors,
bank of the Ameca River to the next.
making for quite the sight!