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Expat and Tourist Assistance Office Open

In an effort to further assist the foreign tourists who favor our destination season after season, the Puerto Vallarta municipality has opened the Oficina Municipal de Atención y Asistencia al Turista y Residente Extranjero (OAATRE), or Municipal Office to Attend and Assist Foreign Tourists and Residents. The office is conveniently located at Plaza Lázaro Cárdenas, in colonia Emiliano Zapata, and is staffed by specially trained, French- and English-speaking staff.

Puerto Vallarta Mayor Ramón Guerrero was present at the opening ceremony, along with US and Canadian Consular Agents Kelly Trainor and Lyne Benoit, respectively. “What matters the most,” Guerrero commented, “is that we want foreign visitors to know that, when they visit Puerto Vallarta, they will have access to a support system that includes professional staff, ready and eager to ensure that their time spent here is truly spectacular.”

The office is open 24-7. Should you need to reach the OAATRE by telephone, you can dial (322) 222-2224.

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PVScene Map

The PVScene is located on the Cuale River on Calle Manantial (mislabeled by Google as “La Rivera” on this map – But, hey, no one ever thought that Google could get everything right).

One nice feature of this map is the street view which shows Sarah standing on our balcony and our old white Toyota pickup parked in front. If you haven’t been here before, I suggest that you turn on the street view feature of the map (put your mouse over the little man in the upper left hand corner of the map and drag him down to near the pointer). The street view helps make confusing directions clear.

ADDRESS:
Manantial 375
Colonia Buenos Aires
Puerto Vallarta.

BUS DIRECTIONS:

The Paso Ancho R-04 bus passes in front of our door for easy access by bus. This bus runs every 20 minutes and is found on the main south-bound city bus route through Centro Vallarta. This route is rather circuitous.

DRIVING OR TAXI DIRECTIONS:

FROM THE NORTH OF VALLARTA, coming south on the Libramiento, turn left at the first stop light after you come out of the big tunel. Follow that road until you begin to see houses (about 1/4 mile down from the light). On your right you will see a large metal walking bridge across the Cuale river. We are the 4th house from the street corner across from that bridge. Park anywhere on this street. It is safe. We are upstairs behind a green metal gate. There are a couple of taco stands on the river bank across the road from us.

FROM THE SOUTH OF VALLARTA on the Libramiento, turn right at the second stop light after the small tunel. Then follow the previous instructions.

It is best not to try to find us by driving through town.

Arena Vallarta

ARENA VALLARTA, with an area of 10 hectares is the new option especially designed to accommodate all kinds of shows: recreational, sporting, artistic or cultural, charrería, massive concerts, wrestling, motocross, bullfights, cockfights, rodeos, artist presentations, etc.

Its building offers 8000 m2 completely roofed at a height of 15 meters, with first class facilities including an area of fast food shops, bathrooms, a media room and 600 parking spaces.

The capacity can be adapted to any type of event and assembly, as it has the capacity to comfortably seat 8000 people and can hold up to 20,000 standing attendees using the arena as a stage area for massive events.

It is handicapped accessible and includes amenities such as elegant, private VIP boxes

ARENA VALLARTA is located in El Colorado, just 20 minutes from International Airport “Gustavo Diaz Ordaz,” as well as the hotel areas of Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta, with direct and convenient access to the highway Guadalajara-Mascota and highway 200.

Mismaloya Beach

The beach at Playa Mismaloya is located in a small cove, just off of Highway 200, a few miles (25 minutes or so) south of Puerto Vallarta.

Mismaloya is the location of the set of the movie, The Night of The Iguana, the John Huston, Richard Burton film that introduced Puerto Vallarta to the gringo world. The old set of the movie is in ruins just to the south of the beach.

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Access to the beach is on the south side of the Resort Hotel Barcelo with a dirt road leading down to the beach. Limited parking is available on this road, as are refreshments and the traditional tourist trinket sales. Several palapa-style restaurants are on the beach.

There are pangas (boats) for hire for travel to the more southerly isolated beaches, back to Puerto Vallarta or for snorkeling trips to the Los Arcos rocks, just off shore. The beach is home to several restaurants and trinket peddlers and the hotel Barcelo.

Inland from the beach is the Puerto Vallarta Zoo and El Eden, a restaurant/canopy ride that was the set of the Arnold Schwarzenegger film, Predator.

The beach is crowded from the resort hotel and there is a sharp drop off just off shore.

Access is by car, taxi or bus from Puerto Vallarta.

Punta Negra Beach

Punta Negra is fairly well hidden rustic beach. It is just south of Nogalita and the Punta Negra bridge on highway 200 heading towards Mismaloya. It has few amenities.

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There are parking lots on both sides of the highway near the stairway (quite long and steep) that heads down to the beach. About 6 cars can park on the beach side of the road and a dozen or more on the other. These lots usually fill up quickly on weekends or on holidays. During weekdays the beach is quite deserted. There is a bus stop within a hundred feet (take a Mismaloya bus).

The beach itself is quite nice with fine sand and a rocky outcropping on the northern end where you can catch glimpses of tidal creatures (if you go at low tide). The beach is shallow and it is possible to walk out 20 meters or so. At the time we went, there were two chemical outhouses on the beach. During peak season and holidays there is often one or more small “restaurants” set up with typical beach mariscos. A very few vendors wander the beach with beach mats, donuts, etc. There is a garbage collection container up in the parking lot. This beach is a “National” tourist and local beach. Gringo tourists rarely go to it.

For shade, it is sometimes possible to find improvised leantos made out of palm thatch but most people bring their own umbrellas.

On many days, the water is calm and fine for snorkeling. Some days the surf is high and quite fun.

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