Welcome to Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta is one of Mexico's most popular tourist destinations - equally popular with both national and international visitors. Puerto Vallarta has been consistently voted by Conde Nast readers as one their top ten favorite international destinations for years. VirtualVallarta.com is your guide to this wonderful city and the surrounding regions and communities nearby - some within the Bay of Banderas and others a little farther away along Costa Vallarta. Puerto Vallarta really is the destination where Mexico comes to life, and there's a little something here for everyone!
Local News
On February 15 and March 15 from 11 am to 3 pm, a live auction will take place at Bahía del Sol in Nuevo Vallarta in order to raise funds for the Nuevo Vallarta turtle preserve. Paintings, sculpture, metal art and more will be on auction. This is an excellent opportunity to help raise funds to protect and endeared, endangered species.
Trip Advisor, the popular travel website that assists customers in gathering travel information, posting reviews and opinions of travel-related content and engaging in interactive travel forums, recently published their list of the Top Trendiest Hotels in Mexico. Two Puerto Vallarta hotels were included in the cut. Learn more about them and browse the entire list!
Puerto Vallarta's annual Mardi Gras parade returns this year on Saturday, February 18, with an expanded route that includes the newly-remodeled Malecón. With over 100 entries in the parade, this will be an excellent event for visitors and locals to join in on the merriment! Read all details here, and learn how you can participate.
The Palm Cabaret and Bar welcomes back celebrity impressionist, singer and comedian Mark Alan Smith for his 2012 engagement, starting on January 28, 2012 at 8pm followed by 3 additional solo shows and one, all-cast, Beef Dip show.
The upcoming Regata Copa México, Olimpic Edition, to take place in Banderas Bay on March 7 - 10, will feature a windsurfing competition, among its different disciplines, providing spectators with an excellent opportunity to watch participants up-close as they aim for first place in several categories.
An anticipated event every season, Galería Pacífico will offer a cocktail inauguration with the Guadalajara artist Alfredo Langarica in attendance on January 25th and February 1st, from 6:00 to 10:00 PM.
Mexico's indigenous populations, including the Huichol, have been devastated by recent shortfalls of corn, beans and squash, their main staples. Learn how you can help the Tarahumara and Huichol get through these tough times.
Galeria Contempo invites you to meet Guadalajara sculptor Maritza Vazquez at an opening cocktail reception of her most recent works to be held Friday, January 27, 6 to 10 pm. The gallery is located at Basilio Badillo 252 in Emiliano Zapata.
Following a growing trend that even renowned chef Ferran Adriá is taking seriously, Happy Food, a Mexican, gourmet fast food franchise has recently opened a new location in Puerto Vallarta's Malecón.
Punta Sayulita, organizers of the upcoming Punta Sayulita Longboard and SUP Classic have recently updated the latest information regarding the popular surfing tournament, to take place in Sayulita, Riviera Nayarit on March 9 - 11.
