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Visita Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta
The English-language guide to Puerto Vallarta: beaches, neighborhoods, private boat charters and 90+ pages of local intel.
visitavallarta.com
A love letter to Mexico, written from Puerto Vallarta
I ❤ MÉXICO
Twelve destinations, one growing network of hotels, tours, restaurants, developers and local experts. Everything here is real, local and vetted by people who live it every day.
12destinations
81businesses in the network
6categories
2languages
Destinations
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Where to fall in love
Coast, colonial towns and the capital. Pick a destination and we tell you what actually matters before you go.
Pacific · Jalisco
Puerto Vallarta
Our home base on Banderas Bay
Pacific · Nayarit
Riviera Nayarit
Nuevo Vallarta, Bucerías, Punta Mita, Sayulita, San Pancho
Pacific · Baja California Sur
Los Cabos
Where the desert meets two seas
Pacific · Sinaloa
Mazatlán
The Pearl of the Pacific, reborn
Caribbean · Quintana Roo
Cancún & Riviera Maya
Caribbean blue, from the hotel zone to Playa del Carmen
Directory
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The network
Every business in this directory is one we know, work with or run ourselves. No paid listings, no strangers.
Travel & Tours
Destination guides, boat charters, fishing, surf, horseback and the tour operators we send our own friends to.
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Hotels & Rentals
Boutique hotels, all-inclusive resorts, villas and vacation rentals on the Pacific and the Riviera Nayarit.
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Real Estate & Developers
Brokerages, MLS portals, land and condo developments, builders and contractors around Banderas Bay.
20 sites →
Food & Drink
Private chefs, bakeries, restaurants, sports bars and organic groceries. The places we actually eat.
7 sites →
Health & Wellness
Spas, aesthetic clinics, doctors, therapists, gyms, run clubs and tattoo studios.
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Business & Services
Marketing agencies, software studios, law firms, coworking, printing and the professionals who keep the network running.
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Travel & Tours Featured
Ol' Salty's Ranch
Nuevo Vallarta
Private boat charters by the hour from the Nuevo Vallarta marina, three boats, real prices, book online.
olsaltyranch.com
Hotels & Rentals Featured
Casa Mamica
Riviera Nayarit
Four boutique properties and 25 apartments in Bucerías, La Cruz and San Pancho, run by the family that built them.
casamamica.mx
Real Estate & Developers Featured
PVR Estate
Puerto Vallarta
The reference site for Vallarta real estate: neighborhoods, prices, how foreigners buy, and the agents worth calling.
pvrestate.com
Real Estate & Developers Featured
Lixxus Capital
Puerto Vallarta
Developer and investment house behind Hacienda Aldama, Los Robles Residencial and a portfolio of towers in Vallarta.
lixxuscapital.com
Food & Drink Featured
PVR Private Chef
Puerto Vallarta
A private chef who cooks in your villa or condo: tasting menus, family dinners, events.
pvrprivatechef.comJournal
All stories
From the journal
Notes, lists and honest recommendations from the road.
Buying property in Mexico as a foreigner: the short, honest version
Yes, you can own on the coast. Here is how the fideicomiso works, what a closing really costs, and who in our network you call at each step.
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How to plan a Puerto Vallarta trip using only local businesses
Five days on Banderas Bay, booked entirely with people we know: where to sleep, who takes you out on the water, who cooks, who fixes your back afterwards.
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Mexico in three weeks: one itinerary through all twelve destinations
Capital, colonial heartland, Pacific and Caribbean in 21 days, in the order that actually works with the flights that actually exist.
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Why this site exists
Mexico deserves better than affiliate lists
Most "best of Mexico" pages are written from a desk in another country. We live here, we run businesses here, and we only recommend what we would send our own family to.
- Vetted, not sponsoredEvery listing is a business we know personally.
- Written in two languagesEnglish and Spanish, by people who speak both at home.
- Based in Puerto VallartaOur home base and the deepest part of the network.
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