Puerto Vallarta Travel Guide
- Overview
- Sights
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- Entertainment
- Shopping
- Activities
- Travel Tips
- Features
- Fodor's Choice
- Deals
- Spanish Phrases
- Guidebooks
Guidebooks
-
Fodor's Puerto Vallarta, 5th Edition
Trade Paperback
Photo: Corbis
PV beaches are varied. Downtown's main beach, Los Muertos, is a fun scene, with shoulder-to-shoulder establishments for drinking and eating under the shade. There's year-round action, although water-sports equipment rentals may be available on weekends only during the rainy season. The itinerant vendors are present year-round, however, and can be annoying. Olas Altas Beach, which runs north from Los Muertos, has the same grainy brown sand but fewer vendors and services and sometimes waves big enough to surf or boogie. During vacation periods it's just as lively as Los Muertos Beach. North of the malecón and Hotel Rosita, more stretches of sand front minor hotels.
Puerto Vallarta Hotels
Centered in the middle of a large bay, Bahía de Banderas, Puerto Vallarta is the traditional hub for area beach hotels. Look for smaller budget hotels...read more
Puerto Vallarta Restaurants
First-time travelers come for the sun and sea, but it's PV's wonderful restaurants that create legions of long-term fans. You can pay L.A. prices for perfectly...read more
Things To Do in Puerto Vallarta
Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.
Travel Deals in Puerto Vallarta
- $105-$119 -- Puerto Vallarta: Luxe All-Incl. Resort, 50% Off BookIt.com
- $100 -- 4-Star Puerto Vallarta Resort w/Breakfast, 35% Off Sheraton Buganvilias Resort and Convention Center
- $569 & up -- All-Incl. 3-Nt. Cancun Escape w/Air, $350 Off CheapCaribbean.com
- $799 & up -- 10-Night Panama Canal Cruise, R/T S. Florida American Express Travel
- $2.99 & up -- Car Rentals across Mexico CarRentals.com
Puerto Vallarta Experiences
-
The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe is dedicated to the patron saint of Mexico and of Puerto Vallarta. The holy mother's image, by Ignacio Ramírez... Read more
-
Legendary restaurants: Eat barbecued snapper with your feet in the sand or chateaubriand with a killer ocean view.... Read more
-
Canopy tours are action-packed rides, where, fastened to a zip line high off the ground, you fly from tree to tree—blue sky above, ribbons... Read more
-
Puerto Vallarta's malecón is its Champs Élysées—only shorter, warmer, and less expensive. On the mile-long cement... Read more
-
Expanded and updated in 2007, PV's cruise-ship terminal berths three full-size ships at a time and is midway between Marina Vallarta and the... Read more
-
Puerto Vallarta is a gay old town. Men check each other out over drinks and suntan oil at the south end of Los Muertos beach, dangle from parachutes... Read more
News & Features
-
Deals, Family
While family trips to the zoo can be fun, we recommend taking the experience to another level by getting... Read more
-
Travel Tips, News
Last week, just before Spring Break season kicked off, the US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs... Read more
-
Travel Tips
For a walking vacation, stay in Old Vallarta or Marina Vallarta.... Read more
Free Fodor's Newsletter
Subscribe today for weekly travel inspiration, tips, and special offers.
· Travel Planner
·Weather
Now
88° F Clear 62% Humidity Aug 2, 2013 at 0:45PMCheck historic weather for your trip dates
Arriving:Fodor's Trip Planning Ideas
- Summer Fun in NOLA: Discover the true spirit of New Orleans
- Weekend Getaways: Fodor's Recommends the Best Weekend Escapes in the US
- Great American Vacation: Find Your Next U.S. Trip with Fodor's
- 80 Degrees: Fodor's Helps You Find Your Best Beach Vacation Spots
- Go List: Fodor's Top 25 Places to Go in 2013
- Best of Europe: Fodor's Picks the Best Places to Visit in Europe
· Forums Trip Reports
-
Just got home from Cancun last night. Read more
-
After my planned hiking trip to Peru was cancelled on account of a foot injury, I decided to take a short break to relax in Puerto Vallarta instead. Read more
·Mexico Forum
-
Is there a place,/web site that evaluates Destination Wedding plans for Cancun?
It seems so overwhelming when searching on-line the plans offered by various resorts...
How do you know you can trust the Read more
