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Puerto Vallarta

 
Marina Vallarta

Located in Banderas Bay (Jalisco), Puerto Vallarta is a city built for the tourist, with an average of 2.5 million of visitors.
With green crystal clear waters, it offers great resorts and hotels of all kinds, ready to give pleasure and rest to the most demanding visitors.
The town of Vallarta, located among small hills, is formed by old white buildings, narrow stoned streets, which add to the landscape a warm and romantic environment.A walk along the town shoreline is a sort of tradition, specially at dusk, when the temperature goes down, and nightlife in Puerto Vallarta stars to emerge.
You can not miss the marina of Puerto Vallarta, its many restaurants, and a tour to the nearby town of ‘Mismaloya’, a place where famous movies have been filmed, such as ‘The Night of the Iguana’, and ‘Predator.’

 

Location
State of Jalisco, 334 kilometers west of Guadalajara.
When to go
All year round.
Attractions
Levee, Vallarta marina, Guadalupe Temple, ‘Los Arcos’, Marietas Isles, ‘Las Ánimas’, ‘Quimixto’ and ‘Yelapa’ beaches.
How to get there
By airplane, Puerto Vallarta has an international airport.By bus, from the ‘Central Camionera’ of Guadalajara; by car, via the highway going from Guadalajara to Tépic, diverting then to Puerto Vallarta, or via the free highway Guadalajara – Puerto Vallarta.
Activities
Photography, whale watching, diving, snorkeling, sailing, parachuting, bungee jump, helium balloons trips, whale watching, body boarding, surf, water ski, jet ski, golf, horse riding.
Services
Hotels, restaurants, souvenir and crafts stores, car rental, discos, bars.
Surroundings
Mismaloya Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Punta de Mita, Bucerías.

Monument at Malecon

Mismaloya


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