 Puerto Vallarta: Mexico destination that has everything
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Puerto Vallarta lies along 25 miles of beaches within the bay of Flags in Mexico. The climate here is semi-tropical. The official tourist season runs from December 15 to May 15. Services in Puerto Vallarta abound with lodging establishments, restaurants, smart shops, and art galleries. Offering an extremely wide variety of entertainment options Puerto Vallarta has something special at moderate prices for everyone. The people of Puerto Vallarta believe that their town delivers a higher degree of overall visitor satisfaction than any other destination in Mexico.
Puerto Vallarta, a beautiful location of over 300,000 residents, lies along 25 miles of fine beaches all within the sheltered bay of Flags (Bahia de Banderas) in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The climate is semi-tropical with an average temperature of 24°C in winter months and 29°C in summertime, with sea breezes year around. The months of November through May are practically free of rainfall providing day after day of sunshine, while afternoon showers of short duration are typical in June-October. The official 'high season' for the tourist industry runs from December 15 to May 15.
Puerto Vallarta consists of five unofficial hotel zones running north to south: Marina Vallarta, the Northern Hotel Zone, Old Town, South of the Rio Cuale, and the South Shore. Marina Vallarta adjacent to the airport is a new development of resort hotels, shops and restaurants. The Northern Hotel Zone comprises five star hotels. Viejo Vallarta (Old Town) represents the traditional Mexico. The area teems with shops, galleries, restaurants, and homes for residents. South of the Rio Cuale features Los Muertos Beach, perhaps, the most popular of the local beach areas, with a number of excellent budget three star hotels and popular dining establishments. The South Shore squeezes elegant villas and a few luxury hotels.
Services in Puerto Vallarta abound with scores of lodging establishments, several hundred restaurants and dozens of smart shops and art galleries. Vallarta offers golf and tennis courses, mountain biking, snorkeling, diving, parasailing, windsurfing, fishing, jet skiing, boating, riding, and ballooning. Day trips range from a flight to a mountain silver mining village to a cruise to the island preserve of many endangered species, from booze cruises to dolphin and whale watching. The surf is normally very calm and safe for swimming year around.
The village which is now Puerto Vallarta first began when the enterprising Guadalupe Sanchez established a trading post on the banks of the Rio Cuale to supply salt to the gold and silver mines in the mountains towards Guadalajara. To take into account, Guadalajara is not a resort, and you are constantly reminded in Guadalajara, the second largest city in Mexico, that it is a major Mexican business centre. Guadalajara is an ideal vacation destination for the traveler seeking a change of pace from the, sometimes overwhelming, resort scene.
While every destination in Mexico has something to offer a visitor, Puerto Vallarta has everything: beaches, traditional Mexican village atmosphere, great dining, good entertainment, excellent shopping, abundance of activities and fun. Offering an extremely wide range of attractions and entertainment facilities Puerto Vallarta has something special to cater for everyone at reasonable prices. Besides, Puerto Vallarta is, without a doubt, one of the cleanest beach resorts in all of Mexico. The locals of Puerto Vallarta sincerely believe that their town provides a greater degree of overall visitor satisfaction than any other Mexico destination.
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