Las Islas Marietas National Park
Nayarit
The Islas Marietas are often called the Mexican Galapagos. Since 2008, they have been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The islands are a prime viewing area for humpback...
- Water sport & adventure
- Outdoor Adventure
- Hiking
- Eco Tourism
Malecón Sculpture Tour
Centro
A free tour of the monumental Malecón sculptures is held every Tuesday at 9:30 am mid-November through mid-April. The tour begins at Mathis Lidice's Millennium...
- Neighborhood
- Cultural & Historical
- Art
Sunset Cruise
Bay of Banderas
Watch the sun set from the deck of a luxurious Beneteau sailing yacht as you enjoy wine and cheese and an open bar. You'l be back in port in time for dinner.
- Natural Attraction
- Night tour
Playa Mismaloya
Jalisco
Mismaloya Beach's claim to fame is this is where it all began when John Huston and his stable of top Hollywood stars arrived in 1963 to film Tennessee William's...
- Public beach
- Cultural & Historical
- Water fun
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Playa Palmares
Puerto Vallarta South
In 2014, Playa Palmares became the first beach in the state of Jalisco to fly the prestigious Blue Flag, signifying international certification of quality. The...
- Public beach
- Walking
- Water fun
- 1
Playa Destiladeras
Punta de Mita
On the southern end of Riviera Nayarit, Playa Destiladeras has three miles of fine white sand good for walking and just enough surf for boogie boarding and body...
- Public beach
- Water sport & adventure
- Walking
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Playa Los Muertos
Zona Romantica
Playa Los Muertos is the most popular and busiest of Puerto Vallarta's beaches. The southern end is a longtime gay beach known as "blue chairs," because of the...
- Public beach
- Water fun
Los Veranos Canopy Tour
Los Veranos Canopy Tour crosses 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) of jungle and river in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains about 25 minutes from the city. After the...
- Playground
- Hiking
- Outdoor Adventure
- Food & drink
Aquaventuras Park
Nuevo Vallarta
Aquaventuras Park, a 10-minute drive north of the international airport, is an aquatic theme park that features 10 water slides, a lazy river, pools for all ages and...
- Outdoor Adventure
- Amusement Park
- Zoo
- Water fun
Dune Buggy Tour
Punta Mita
Take a dune buggy tour on the back roads of Punta Mita, north of Banderas Bay, up mountain trails, through creek beds and secluded beaches to Sayulita, an artsy
- Motor sport or tour
- Eco Tourism
Vallarta Adventures Day Sail
Bay of Banderas
Spend a get-away-from-it-all day out on the Bay of Banderas on a luxurious Beneteau sailing yacht from Marina Vallarta. The crew of three will serve you guacamole...
- Water sport & adventure
- Excursions
ART VallARTa
Zona Romantica
ART VallARTa is an art center a block off the southern end of Olas Altas. It holds exhibits and offers art and cooking classes. It also has a shop selling art
- Food & drink
- Art
Bandares Soap Blends
Zona Romantica
Banderas Soap has been blending hand-crafted, all natural soaps since 2007, expending to include shower gels, sea salt scrubs and face and body creams. Its "Fight...
- Specialty Shop
Boana Gay Horseback Riding
Boanama Torre Malibu condo hotel offers gay horseback riding excursions at a ranch in the mountains north of the city. The outing includes transportation, a meal,
- Sports
- Outdoor Adventure
Boca de Tomatlán
Cabo Corrientes
Boca de Tomatlan, a picturesque fishing where river meets sea, is located 11 miles (17 km) from Puerto Vallarta (15-20 minutes by car). The last beach south of...
- Public beach
- Food & drink
- Outdoor Adventure
- Water fun
Bungee Jumping
Mismaloya
Encore Bungee offers an adrenaline rush with bungee jumps over the Pacific ocean in Mismaloya, just 15 minutes south of Puerto Vallarta, the only bungee jump in the...
- Other
Butterfly Sanctuary Mariposario Jardin Magico
Campo Verde
Established in 2019, Mariposario Jardin Magico is the only butterfly sanctuary in Banderas Bay. Home to approximately 3,000 butterflies of 33 local species, it...
Colectika Gallery
Centro
Collectika Ancestral Contemporary Art Gallery, located at the corner of Guadalupe Sanchez and Allende, exhibits modern forms and techniques adapted by Native and...
- Art
Contempo Gallery
Emiliano Zapata
Contempo Gallery presents a remarkable roster of established and emerging artists from all over Mexico with smartly showcased works that reveal a profound passion...
- Art
Corsica Gallery
Corsica
Founded in 2002 by partners Jean Pierre Renucci and José A. Villavicencio, Corsica Gallery deals exclusively in fine Mexican contemporary art and represents some of...
- Art
Cuale Archaeological Museum
Cuale Island
The small permanent collection displayed in a couple galleries at the Cuale Archaeological Museum includes Pre-Colombian pottery, tombs and artefacts.
- Museum
- Cultural & Historical
Diana's Tours
Los Muertos Pier
Diana DeCoste of Diana's Tours has been organizing gay and lesbian cruises in Puerto Vallarta for nearly two decades. The full day at sea includes unlimited beer and...
- Water sport & adventure
- Food & drink
- Excursions
El Arrayán Cooking Class
Centro
Shop, cook, eat classical Mexican dishes in the cooking classes at the prize-winning El Arrayán restaurant. Classes - in English - are led by Chef Diego Sánchez and...
- Food & drink
- Cultural & Historical
El Tuito
El Tuito at an altitude of about 2,000 feet makes a pleasant day trip if you tire of sunny beaches. A 16th century colonial town with orange-hued buildings, it is...
- Cultural & Historical
Flamingos Golf Club
Bucerías
Now one of nine courses in Puerto Vallarta, Flamingos Golf Club was the area's first course. Englishman Percy Clifford designed the regulation length par 72 with...
- Golfing
Flyboard
Los Muertos Beach
Flyboard, invented in 2011 by a French watercraft rider, is the latest in extreme sport though it takes only 10 minutes training by certified instructors before a...
- Water sport & adventure
Galerías Vallarta
Hotel Zone
The air-conditioned Galerias Vallarta is a US-style mall with stores like Liverpool, Lacoste and Pepe Jeans and a food court with a Starbuck's on the second floor....
- Commercial Center
- Various
- Fun & games
- Cinema
Galleria Dante
Zona Romantica
Housed in an old hacienda, Galleria Dante is a large eclectic art gallery, representing mostly Mexican painters and sculptors from emerging to well-established, It...
- Food & drink
- Art
Hidden Beach
Islas Marietas
The Hidden or Lovers Beach in Los Islas Marietas National Park off the coast is a beach in a crater created by bombing exercises in the early 1900s...
- Wild beach
- Outdoor Adventure
- Eco Tourism
- Water sport & adventure
Las Caletas
Cabo Corrientes
John Huston so loved Puerto Vallarta when filming "Night of the Iguana" that he bought a house there, later leasing La Caletas, an undeveloped island owned by an...
- Private beach
- Eco Tourism
- Hiking
- Night tour
- Performing arts
- Water sport & adventure
- Outdoor Adventure