My vacations in Puerto Vallarta

By Margarita Mendoza

Vacations are for making different things from the ones you are used in your hometown and I will tell you about my extraordinary experience in Puerto Vallarta, one of the most beautiful beaches of Mexico.

I was hosted at Rosita hotel - one of the most representatives of the city, with a history of more than 50 years- just in the city downtown. I chose it because I heard that it was one of the best places to live the experience of this little fisherman village. I have many experiences to talk about but I will write about my 1 km experience along the coastal path which makes Puerto Vallarta a lively village during the evening and specially at night where you get to know a lot of people of different nationalities.

In the first place, I did walk; do you realize that we don’t walk anymore in the big cities? I walked without rush, silently and enjoying every landscape. The architecture of the area is totally respected in a way that you will never see huge neon advertisements, instead you will see wooden ads on buildings of no more than 4 floors, of white color with red roofs that always welcome us.

If you walk to the south you will discover different restaurants, galleries, all kinds of shops, jewelries and along the pier you will find different characters that will make of your promenade, a colored experience. On the beachside I had the chance to enjoy one of the most beautiful sunsets that I’ve ever seen and I felt the breeze while the night was rising.

The pier boasts different sculptures, but the one that really captivated me was the one of Ramis Barquet that represents a lovers’ couple sitting with their back towards the sea and almost enjoying everything that happens around them. Another important sculpture is the famous Caballito de Mar (“seahorse” as in Spanish) located in the middle of the pier where I took a photo and kept walking towards the main square, that by the way, was amazing. Is the typical place where the town council, the Guadalupe church, the kiosk, and an open-air theater are located.

I had the chance to meet all kinds of people, young ones, old ones, mothers, fathers, kids, the man selling balloons or the man selling popsicles. This is what tourists want, get to know local people and realize that the peace of this Mexican beach can change our life for a moment.