PV & Bay News/Blog
Here’s a list of the upcoming events in Puerto Vallarta: Event Name Date More information Annual Art Walk Oct 25, 2023 – Jun 26, 2024 Puerto Vallarta Art Walk Day of the Dead Festival Nov 1-2, 2023 Día de Muertos Festival 16th Annual Los Muertos Beach Fishing Tournament Nov 3-4, 2023 16º Torneo de Pesca … Read more
The esteemed occasion, taking place from November 9th to the 19th, will see more than 70 chefs and 32 restaurants participating, with an anticipation of hosting over 25,000 culinary enthusiasts. In Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, the renowned 28th edition of the International Gourmet Festival is returning, transforming the city into a culinary hub for ten days. … Read more
The population of Puerto Vallarta managed to nearly double between 1980 and 1990 due, in large part, to a sudden devaluation of the peso at that point in time, this attracted to this harbor a large number of visitors from both Canada and the United States, when their purchase power increased considerably from one day … Read more
Currently, when investments offer low rates of return and the stock market is unstable, the real estate market distinguishes itself as a safe investment that pays good dividends to investors. Investment yields in terms of more than a year The possibility exists of acquiring real estate on credit, which would pay for itself by renting … Read more
Up at Casa Kimberley, the vacation hideaway where Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton drank and cavorted and fought and drank some more, life is good. The famously fractious couple abandoned the villa ages ago, of course. But the curious still come, ushered in at $8 a head by the current owners who encourage them to make like … Read more
Against All Odds. Howard Kelsey and Gemma Garciarce grew up accustomed to fighting battles against insurmountable odds. This year is no exception. Our “friend” Hurricane KENNA made landfall and caused major damage to the Sheraton Buganvilias Hotel. So much damage, in fact, that it is barely set to reopen, and participants in the tenth Annual … Read more
They say that paradise is a state of mind, but when all the ingredients are right, it can also be a place. Puerto Vallarta is such a place. When folks from Vancouver complain of 60 straight days of rain, and folks from Phoenix talk of plus 100 degrees of heat, and East coasters dig themselves out of … Read more
If you are sitting in a hot stuffy office in the middle of Manhattan or Washington, D.C., and someone says, “Let’s go to the beach,” it’s just not that easy. The Hamptons are at least two hours away, and Rehobeth, Del. and Ocean City, Maryland, are more like three or four from the nation’s capital. … Read more
Life’s sweetest memories often require considerable effort in the making. The trip to San Sebastian is no exception, especially if you travel overland. Some say that the trip can be made in two and a half hours from Puerto Vallarta, but that depends on where you start the clock. The small village of Las Palmas … Read more
The road from San Sebastian to La Bufa is treacherous, taking 45 minutes but seeming like 4 hours, or 4 days depending on your penchant for risk. The views looking down on the shoreline of Puerto Vallarta make every inch of the ordeal well worth whatever personal price is paid. Or so they say. But … Read more
Everyone thinks of Puerto Vallarta as a perfect vacation spot, and as encompassing all the ingredients for the idyllic honeymoon, but more and more folks are looking to Vallarta as a place to get married. The weather, the ocean breezes, the friendliness of the people, the accessability by air, and the general economies are all … Read more
