Puerto Vallarta is an honest-to-goodness authentic Mexican town as well as a world-class resort, so visitors here enjoy a wider range of experiences than your typical vacation destination offers. Plus we’ve got all the requisites for that much-anticipated trip down south – weather as good as it gets (similar to Hawaii’s, but the peso gives you a lot more bang for your buck), gorgeous scenery, 100 km of pristine beaches on the bay where Puerto Vallarta is situated (Banderas Bay, Mexico’s largest and deepest, and home to award-winning sport fish, giant turtles, manta rays, dolphins and whales), more than a thousand restaurants, and every imaginable activity to engage in – even flying through the tree canopy!
In the Spotlight Best New Art-related Event: Extended Borders: Shifting Cartographies: Downtown Puerto Vallarta will come alive with contemporary art May 28 to June 1, 2008, for the first annual “ Puerto Vallarta: Arte Contemporáneo” festival. With the theme Extended Borders: Shifting Cartographies, this unprecedented event will bring international artists together to participate in special exhibitions, public art demonstrations and panel discussions.
Puerto Vallarta Areas: If you are new to Puerto Vallarta and its surroundings, this aerial photo gallery will give you a birds-eye view to Banderas Bay's principal areas, along with consise information about their unique features and attractions.
Things To Do in Puerto Vallarta: Wondering what to do while in Puerto Vallarta? Let this photo gallery serve as a starting point by providing you with activity-related images and links to other areas of the website that will help you put together a thorough must-do list.
National Fireworks Competition: It has been officially announced, that as a prelude to the International Fireworks Symposium to be held in Puerto Vallarta in April of 2009, there will be a National Fireworks Competition on May 30, 2008. This event coincides with the 90th Puerto Vallarta Anniversary celebration of officially becoming a city.
Free Spay/Neuter Clinics on the North Shore: Ayuda a los Animales, a free spay/neuter program under the umbrella of Peace, has hired a full time vet, Dr. Anthony Garcia Carrillo. During the month of May, there will be free spay/neuters available in Valle Dorado, Bucerias, Porvenir and San Juan de Abajo. It is important to note that adult animals should have fasted for eight hours before their procedure and puppies and kittens for four hours.
Puerto Vallarta Cultural Celebrations in May: To celebrate its 90th anniversary as municipality and city, Puerto Vallarta City Hall headed by Mayor Javier Bravo Carbajal, has prepared a special cultural calendar of events entitled May Fest 08, to honor the city and its people. May Fest 08 will include a performance by Carsten Daerr Trio Jazz, on May 18 at 8:00 pm at NH Krystal.
Recicla Parque, A Special “entreamigos” Project in San Pancho: Recicla Parque is an initiative of the entreamigos (Between Friends) group, to build a playground in San Pancho, Nayarit, which will be constructed almost entirely out of recycled materials. It builds on the tremendous success of the recycling initiative at the elementary school and helps turn all of that amazing energy towards creating a safe, beautiful and much needed playground for children.
