The document provides an overview of art, culture, food, nightlife, architecture, and contact information in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It discusses that the city has many small art galleries featuring local art as well as contemporary art museums. Local handicrafts like Huichol handicrafts featuring brightly colored textiles are popular souvenirs. Puerto Vallarta is known for its seafood and Mexican cuisine available at restaurants ranging from luxury to street snacks. The city offers a lively nightlife for people of all ages with clubs, bars and beach parties. Notable architecture includes the historic buildings from Mexico's colonial era and modern sculptures like the famous Seahorse statue. It provides contact information for the Puerto Vallarta Tourism
The document provides an overview of art, culture, food, nightlife, architecture, and contact information in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It discusses that the city has many small art galleries featuring local art as well as contemporary art museums. Local handicrafts like Huichol handicrafts featuring brightly colored textiles are popular souvenirs. Puerto Vallarta is known for its seafood and Mexican cuisine available at restaurants ranging from luxury to street snacks. The city offers a lively nightlife for people of all ages with clubs, bars and beach parties. Notable architecture includes the historic buildings from Mexico's colonial era and modern sculptures like the famous Seahorse statue. It provides contact information for the Puerto Vallarta Tourism
The document provides an overview of art, culture, food, nightlife, architecture, and contact information in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It discusses that the city has many small art galleries featuring local art as well as contemporary art museums. Local handicrafts like Huichol handicrafts featuring brightly colored textiles are popular souvenirs. Puerto Vallarta is known for its seafood and Mexican cuisine available at restaurants ranging from luxury to street snacks. The city offers a lively nightlife for people of all ages with clubs, bars and beach parties. Notable architecture includes the historic buildings from Mexico's colonial era and modern sculptures like the famous Seahorse statue. It provides contact information for the Puerto Vallarta Tourism
Many small galleries across the city specialize in
local art, but there are also fine examples of
contemporary art to be found in Puerto Vallarta. The streets are filled with crafts in Puerto Vallarta. Collectors can acquire baskets, textiles, paintings, and small sculptures that reference the citys symbolsmade by local artists and indigenous groups. Huichol handicrafts are examples of the eyecatching art made by indigenous peoples from the mountain regions. Using techniques passed down from generation to generation since preHispanic times, they make and sell brightly colored embroidered and beaded clothing and other distinctive items.
Puerto Vallarta food offers plenty to talk about
and taste. In this beautiful destination, fresh seafood is combined with the skill of top chefs, making Mexicos flavorful culinary tradition an added bonus when visiting here. The port town offers a wide range of options, from luxury restaurants to Mexican snack bars on every corner, as well as traditional local eateries or fondas. Visitors can also try fusion food and the creations of experienced and independent chefs throughout the hotel zone. And don't overlook the local drinks. A wide variety of beverages includes the tejuino, a drink made with slightly fermented corn, brown sugar, and lime juice; and posi or cuala, a corn-based drink that is the perfect accompaniment to other exotic flavors.
For many, Puerto Vallarta is synonymous with
partying and they are not wrong. After busy days, nightlife in Puerto Vallarta offers a surprising number of options. Younger visitors, who cant wait for night to come so they can go to nightclubs, bars, and restaurants and party until daybreak, won't be disappointed by the range of alternatives. Groups of young people from all over the world come to party here because there is something for everyone, from those who want to have a drink in a Puerto Vallarta nightclub to those who stay on the sand until dawn dancing with a cocktail in their hands. Tourists come to Puerto Vallarta to enjoy the varied night life, often at the end of the school year, for stag nights, birthday parties, and to celebrate New Year. The music varies depending on the night spot, but, Mariachis and tequila always keep the party going.
Puerto Vallarta architecture is distinguished
by an exquisite fusion of architectural innovation and tradition. The port town is also known for the cultural mix in its colorful streets and the modern sculptures that enhance the area. Rafael Zamarripas famous Caballito de mar (Seahorse) on the Playa de los Muertos has become a symbol of Puerto Vallarta. The marina also boasts a lighthouse, a historic monument dating back to 1932. Historic buildings in Puerto Vallarta, authentic examples of Mexicos Colonial heritage, are found along the streets of Vallarta in its squares with bandstands and lush gardens. The towns main square, for example, serves as an entrance area for Our Lady of Guadalupe church, the dome of which emulates the crown worn by Empress Carlota while she was in the country as Empress Consort of Mexico in 1860. The Santa Cruz church dating from 1954, with a classical yet innovative design, can also be visited and is notable for its simple and beautiful lines.
Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board 2015.
Zona Comercial, Hotel Canto del Sol Local 18, Planta Baja Zona Hotelera Las Glorias Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco C.P. 48310 Mxico Tel. (322) 224 1175