Plan your trip to Puerto Vallarta
Flights, where you stay and what it all costs, for one person or ten. Free, no sign-up.
Ideas for Puerto Vallarta
A seafront walk, the old town and boat trips around Banderas Bay on the Pacific coast.
- The Malecón the seafront walk downtown, lined with bronze sculptures.
- Zona Romántica the old town south of the river, with Los Muertos Beach and its pier.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe the church downtown with the crown on its tower.
- Islas Marietas protected islands off Banderas Bay, visited on licensed boat tours.
- Yelapa a village reached by boat, with a beach and a walk to a waterfall.
- Sayulita a surf town up the coast to the north, in Nayarit.
- Whale season humpback whales come into Banderas Bay in winter, roughly December to March.
Getting there
Fly into Puerto Vallarta (PVR).
- PVR: About 10 min by road to the Malecón, with no traffic (6 mi).
Drive times: OpenStreetMap routing, with no traffic.
Planning somewhere else?
- CancunCUNBeaches along the Hotel Zone, ferries to Isla Mujeres and day trips to Maya ruins, all close to the region's biggest airport.
- TulumTQO · CUNMaya ruins above the sea, cenotes for swimming and the Sian Ka'an reserve to the south.
- Cabo San LucasSJDThe arch at Land's End, beaches on the bay and whale season in winter, at the tip of the Baja California peninsula.
- Mexico CityMEX · NLUMuseums, markets and some of the country's best food, with the pyramids of Teotihuacan a day trip away.
- OaxacaOAXA colonial center, Zapotec ruins, mezcal and markets in the valleys of southern Mexico.
- Playa del CarmenCUN · CZM · TQOFifth Avenue, Mamitas Beach and the Cozumel ferry. This planner adds the airport van, the ferry and the penthouse we rent out.
- Somewhere elseAny city, any airport: type them in.
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