There are upscale shopping malls, bull fights every Wednesday at 5pm, an art gallery walk every Thursday, flea markets, farmers markets, multi-screen cinemas, great restaurants every where you turn (many with open air, beach front seating), the Malecon (their version of an ocean front boardwalk that goes for at least a couple miles), an open air amphitheater right at the waterfront with free entertainment every night.
All the entertainment you need could be found along the Malecon at night. It is lined with discos, restaurants, artists displaying their work, street food-vendors (for the brave), street performers playing instruments, every kind of souvenir shop imaginable (think Senor Frog!) and a fireworks display every evening at 10pm.
On the Malecon I found an experience I had heard of before, and was excited to try. One shop had those little fish that eat all the dead skin off of your feet. It was SO COOL!! For $9 you sit on a bench and put your feet into a tank of gold fish-sized fish that nibble on your feet. All I really felt was a neat tingling sensation, and 10 minutes later baby smooth skin.
We did a lot of exploring while we were there. I think it would be a marvelous place to retire. Now I just have to talk Chuck into considering it. He did humor me while we were there, and we spent 2 afternoons with a real estate agent. It gave us an idea of the different areas in Puerto Vallarta as well as some neighboring towns and what kind of real estate we could get for our money.
We saw some lovely, affordable homes.......and most with incredible views!!!
Each picture is of a different house we visited, and these are not all we saw- they are just representative of different neighborhoods. All the houses had such amazing outdoor spaces. In many of the houses an entire wall of glass on the view side would open to let in the ocean breezes and incorporate the outdoor living space. They all had pools of some sort- from larger lap pools to smaller "dipping pools".
One of the best things I did, was take my own pillow to Vallarta and it came home smelling like the beach, which guarantees me sweet dreams every night.
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