Experience Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Riviera Nayarit, 10 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta, is an exclusive location offering the very best in hotels, spas and restaurants. Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort can be found in this beautiful region.

This is a tour made by Vallarta Adventures. It is a boat trip that takes you to the southern beaches of the Bay of Banderas in particular the beach Las Caletas. At 9:30 am we disembark from the Marina Terminal on a 1 hour and 15 minute journey to this private beach. Along the way we saw alot of dolphins who seemed to be playing along side the craft in their successful attempt to garner our attention. the spectacle was a delight for all.

Here is a fantastic way to experience the luxury of living in Puerto Vallarta while helping those in need.The International Friendship Club (IFC) offers tours of extravagant homes in Puerto Vallarta from November to April every year. Some homes are ocean-side, while others in the undulating hills of Conchas Chinas and other charming neighborhoods. The menu of homes to be seen changes each week, as there are over 50 available to be toured.

Saturday, June 27th marked a special day at Rivera Cuale, the award-winning condominium development on the banks of the Cuale River in El Caloso. Children from the community were invited to participate in a day of environmentally educational activities and fun.

Now you can enjoy a cocktail before or after seeing the beautiful flora, in the rustic elegance of the new Orchid Bar at Vallarta Botanical Gardens….

December 12th is the most important religious holiday in Mexico; it commemorates the apparition in 1531 of the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego on the hills of the Tepeyac in Mexico City. The natives took the Virgin´s appearance as a blessing and the veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe became a unifying factor in Mexican Catholicism. When you are in the downtown area of PV this December‚ make it a point to visit Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and enjoy the December festivities. It is a unique experience!

The fifth edition of the Puerto Vallarta Film Festival will take place this year from December 10th to the 14th at Cinemark Plaza Caracol with more than 20 films. This extraordinary event cannot be missed.

Did you know that Puerto Vallarta is not only one of Mexico’s leading tourist destinations but it is also a vigorous, booming art scene? On Wednesday evenings from 6 to 10 pm during the months of October through April, art lovers are invited to come out and enjoy extended gallery hours, art talks and as much wine as they like as they linger from gallery to gallery in downtown Vallarta. Each participating gallery showcases the latest work of a particular painter, sculptor or ceramist who most often are new or duly noted artists.

If you like to dance tango or have ever wanted to learn, head over to J&B on Wednesday evenings and learn and dance with the professionals!

Vallarta has long been a golf paradise with seven professionally designed courses in the area. This time of the year, however, there is an additional attraction: the Vallarta Golf Cup, which will be held this year on November 16th at the Tom Weiskopf course. This tournament is only for 120 golfers (that is, 30 teams of four) who will be competing for the magnificent “Swing Vallarta” trophy.

There will be a concierge service to assist participants, welcome gifts from the sponsors and phenomenal prizes for “Hole in One Shoot Outs” – including an $700,000 condominium! Check their web page (http://www.vallartagolf.com) for more detailed information, including forms of payment and the registration format. Tournament and hotel packages are also available.