Puerto Vallarta

Choosing to spend Semana Santa, the week before Easter, in Vallarta was not difficult. I've been to Acapulco, and I spent a month near Cancún when I first arrived in Mexico, so Vallarta was the obvious choice for my next beach trip. Located about 90 minutes by air from Mexico City, Vallarta is served by dozens of flights from the capital every day. We flew early Sunday morning and returned the following Sunday afternoon, getting just over a week in the resort. Vallarta airport is surprisingly nice. It is certainly better than the tiny thing in Veracruz, but then it is an international airport, with tons of flights to the USA and Canada as well as domestically ...  Read the complete review

The Plans ~~~~~~~~~~ Despite my advancing years, there are many things in this life that I haven't done. I haven't done a parachute jump although I have piloted a plane. I haven't done a Bungy Jump (too old now anyway). I haven't sailed around the World (on a cruise ship would be nice; anyone offering to pay?). I haven't been to Mexico, I haven't been on an "all-inclusive" holiday and I haven't experienced a hurricane at first hand. That's hurricane with a little "h" so this is not about New Orleans (sorry, Nawlins), although there they know a thing or two about hurricanes, both with a big and little "h". ...  Read the complete review

When my wife and I decided to get married in May of this year, our first destination was Cancun in Mexico. However, after our initial enquiries, we were advised that the better place in Mexico to be married was Puerto Vallarta. Our first thoughts were ‘Puerto where?’, and every time people asked us where we were getting married, we simply said ‘Near Acapulco’ as nobody had really heard of Puerto Vallarta. How our views have changed since !! Puerto Vallarta is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. It has something for everyone – blue seas, golden beaches, local culture, hot sunny weather. This place has ...  Read the complete review

I have just arrived back to drizzly dull England after a hevenly fortnight in Puerto Vallarta. I really don't know where to start. Well here we go anyway. After a remarkably pleasent 14 hour flight from Manchester I was delighted to discover that our transfer time to the hotel was only 10 minutes. Puerto Vallarta is situated in the Bay of Banderas. Almost very day we saw dolphins swimming just yards away from our Hotel. A 25p bus fare got you anywhere within a 5-8 mile radius. The town centre is pleasent with a vast aray of shops, cafes and bars - Hooters, Carlos OBriens and Senior Frogs to name but a few. We went horse riding one afternoon. It was fantastic, we ...  Read the complete review

People say they save up all their lives to get the holiday of a lifetime!! But how do you know that you are going to enjoy that holiday? I went to Puerto Vallarta in 1996, there ws no lifetime saving (I am only 26) no working all the hours under the sun! Just a last minute deal to Mexico, and what a last minute deal it was! The best holiday I have ever had, and then that is when you can say it was a holiday of a lifetime because you may never experience the same thing again (although I do hope to return very soon). The weather was outstanding not all sunshine though may I add, there were many amazing thunder and lightning storms, like beautiful shows in ...  Read the complete review