This is a gathering place in Colonia Centro for both locals and visitors, it's a hangout for teens after the beach, after classes and especially on the weekends. You'll find a number of scpultures past legend and others, such as Ignacio Vallarta (make sure to read his bio). Visitors here see the four granite arches on the Malecon added by even more of our city's art collection stretching north and south along the shoreline. The plaza is a great place just to sip a cup of coffee or eat an ice cream bar and people watch. The sound of the crashing waves into the turf, the innocent laughter of children playing on the beach, and the live music of a guitar in the distance will remind you that you picked the perfect place in Mexico for...
Read moreA pleasant place to go for a walk! Great people watching as well! And if you don’t know what kind of tour you wish to do, just come out here and you will find plenty! This is where it all starts! It has amazing coffee shop -Puerto Café and plenty of places to eat! Try taco Moreno, Fruit Bars made with real fruit juice, buy well made (hand made) hats for under $10 usd and have a meal at a beautiful restaurant! People are friendly and you will find enough Americans (and English speaking natives) on the streets who...
Read moreIn Puerto Vallarta, the Plaza de Armas is the main city plaza, ideally located between the Malecon, Our Lady of Guadalupe church, the Tourism Office and the Arches on the Malecon amphitheatre.
It has all of the charm and feel of a traditional Mexican plaza with a few updated extras like free wifi, a Starbucks and ATM machines.
But for all the modern conveniences, Plaza de Armas in Puerto Vallarta is still very much a wonderful place to get a taste of Mexican culture.
Here on Sundays tourists may hear...
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