Puerto Vallarta Sightseeing and Shopping

Sight see, stroll, shop and hang around in the Historic District

Puerto Vallarta is a Destination representing the essence of a Mexican town with tradition and design of many inland cities. Its architecture is traditional of the 18Th and 19th Centuries. This, when you go sightseeing, hanging around or shopping in the Historic District of the Town, is what you will see. You will have the Malecon and a series of streets converging to this main avenue. The Puerto Vallarta Cathedral with its emblematic tower will position you and let you know you are in or close to the main shopping and dinning area. As you get to the edge of the old village, you will see Hotels that where built around the City Central District and those a bit further which get bigger as demand for Puerto Vallarta grew after the Taylor-Burton fever.
 

Souvenirs, Hand Crafted Art items and Down Town Locations

If you are looking for souvenirs, the Pueblo Viejo Artisans Market will have them, in addition to Hand Crafted Art items from many areas of this Big Country. You will find many clay and ceramic pottery, plates and figures from Tonala, Tlaquepaque or from Talavera. Of course you will also get beach wear, leather goods, sandals, T shirts and much more. When strolling for this type of merchandise, don’t miss the municipal Market. You might not have in mind to shop while on vacation, but you must anyway not miss the creativity and unique designs and colors developed by the artisans. This will be like a vivid museum.
 

Places for Fashionable Clothing, Apparel or Jewelry

On the other hand, if you want ladies clothing, nicely fashionable dresses, apparel or jewelry, all along the converging streets and those parallel to the Malecon, you will find all sorts of boutiques with very appealing models and designs. Prices will really surprise you, especially when you convert Dollars in to the Local currency, “Pesos”. You will find many bargains, compared to prices in other places in the World. Outside the Down Town area were Tourists normally shop, locals go to local Malls such as Plaza Marina, Plaza Neptuno, Plaza Caracol and Paradise Village or to big chain Supermarket shopping centers.