Puerto Vallarta Scene

Puerto Vallarta Information & Events

Drunken Miniature Golf

For those tiring of the Art and Benefit Scene here in Vallarta, something different:

Detroit Jerry and Cesar have opened a new miniature golf course in Nuevo Vallarta. To celebrate they are hosting a DRUNKEN MINI GOLF event Thursday, April 15.

There will be a mini-golf tournament which will pay 300 pesos to the best shot and 200 pesos to second best. Jerry is buying you all the beer and tequila you want while you are playing. Following the contest Jerry and Cesar will be serving an outdoor BBQ picnic with Baby Back Ribs and/or Chicken as the main entree. The cost for all of this is 240 pesos per person.

A bus has been chartered to get everyone to the course and back to Vallarta for an additional fee of 50 pesos. This means you can drink all the way there and back if you so choose with no worries about driving or finding the place. The bus will be picking everyone up at Plaza Glorias between 2 and 3 pm and will drop you off at the Sheraton. We are planning on returning around sunset.

Jerry and Cesar have done a fantastic job in designing a beautiful course complete with an outside covered party area for those you want to get out of the sun. Sign up is at both Asaderos and Que?Pasa. This is going to be blast. So when was the last time you played miniature golf?

Coco Tropical

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Coco’s (Coco Tropical Restaurant, Grill & Beach Club) is primarily a Mediterranean-style restaurant except at happy hour, from 5 to 6:30 pm each day, when it becomes a very popular bar with 2 for 1 cervezas and national drinks. The setting is perfect for viewing the sunset or beach action. Dress is casual but no beachwear is permitted inside the restaurant. The food is OK, nothing great, but certainly moderately priced and not bad at all. The menu is varied and interesting. The bar scene at happy hour is lively and populated by tourists, expats and locals. Open since 1997.

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • ADDRESS: Basilio Badillo 101, Colonia Emiliano Zapata, Los Muertos Beach
  • WEBSITE: www.cocotropical.com/index.htm
  • EMAIL: Info@CocoTropical.com
  • PHONE: (322) 222-5485
  • HOURS/DAYS: Daily noon to 11:30 pm, Closed in September
  • HAPPY HOUR: 5 to 6:30 pm, 2 for 1 national drinks (55 pesos) and cerveza
  • FOOD:
  • EXTRAS:
    • Visa, Mastercard and American Express accepted
    • On the Beach
    • Nice Restaurant

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OTHER VIEWS & REVIEWS

GOOGLE STREET VIEW & MAP
On the Beach so no Google Street View Map.
(This is Coco’s map from their website:)

coco tropical map

Updated April 9, 2010

4th National Vallarta Folkloric Dance Festival » April 22 to 25

The 4th FESTIVAL NACIONAL DE DANZA FOLCLÓRICA will be held from April 22 to 25 at various locations (see schedule) around the greater Puerto Vallarta area. All events are free and open to the public. Traditional folkloric dance groups from all over Mexico have been invited to this festival.

All performances begin at 7 pm. All performances are free.

national folk dance festival

Groups participating:

  • Mixcoatl, de Aguascalientes
  • Yankuic Macehualiztli, de Guerrero
  • Ensamble Folclórico Mexicano, de Nuevo León
  • Tequexquicalli, de Querétaro
  • Miguel Velez Arceo, de Oaxaca
  • Masokoba, de Sonora
  • Tezcatl Tlalli, de Zacatecas
  • Meztli, de Jalisco
  • Tintoc, de Nayarit
  • Grupo Folclórico Vallarta Azteca, de Puerto Vallarta Jalisco

folkdance schedule

TORNEO DE SURF COPA CORONA 2010 ARROYO SECO » April 10, 11

surf-PANORAMIC-PLAYA

The first Arroyo Seco Surf Tournament will be held April 10 and 11, 2010, in La Huerta. Attendance is free and entry fees for contestants are 100 to 200 pesos. Prizes up to 7000 pesos will be awarded in several categories. Camping is available.

Bus transportation for the event is available for 250 pesos round trip. Pickup is at 4 am, April 10 at the Augustin Flores Municipal Stadium in Puerto Vallarta with the return trip on April 11 at 5 pm. Phone Carlos at 224 8660 or (cel) 322 150 5264 for more info.

surf-arroyo seco

Fidencio’s

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Fidencio’s is a small beach front restaurant/bar on Los Muertos Beach, barely tucked between the exclusive beach clubs and high end restaurants and the gay beach scene. It’s a favorite lounge spot of snowbirds with simple beach furniture. There is nothing fancy about Ficencio’s except the location and the people working there who are all very friendly and helpful.

The food is very simple, with breakfast starting at 35 pesos for basic eggs and ham or bacon to 100 pesos for the most expensive seafood dinner. All of the basics are covered… basically. This is not gourmet dining but it is clean, good, inexpensive food and drinks. You can sit in chairs under umbrellas in the sand and sun and enjoy the beach and a drink or two and maybe a snack or two. In high season you have to get there early for a chair since there are limited available and the demand is high.

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • ADDRESS: Pilitas 90, Colonia Emiliano Zapata, Los Muertos Beach
  • WEBSITE: None
  • EMAIL: None
  • PHONE: 322 222 5457
  • HOURS/DAYS: 9:30 am to 11 pm
  • HAPPY HOUR: None (always low drink prices, Corona 15 pesos)
  • FOOD:
    • Low to moderately priced light fare.
  • EXTRAS:
    • Beach Lounge Chairs

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OTHER VIEWS & REVIEWS

GOOGLE STREET VIEW & MAP
(This view is of the street leading down to the beach. Fidencio’s is not in Google Street View because it is not on a street)

Updated April 4, 2010