Puerto Vallarta Travel Guide
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Coconuts for Sale
The beaches in Puerto Vallarta are filled with vendors of every type of merchandise and food you could imagine: jewelry, blankets, artwork, fish on a stick, shrimp on a stick, even coconut milk.
To get the coconut milk the vendor whacks the top of the coconut off with a machete. He then pours the [...]
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Great Gorditas to Fill Your Stomach
Every time we go to the Soriana shopping center near Pitillal we always stop to order gorditas at Gorditas Dona Tota.
If you are not familiar with gorditas, they are thick disks made from corn meal that are split open and filled with an infinite variety of stews and shredded meats. [...]
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Free Taco Tours for VallartaBlog Readers
A good friend of mine Joel, who is my source for great taco stands, is putting together a specialty tour company to take people to see the real Puerto Vallarta.
One of the tours he is working on right now is a taco stand tour to visit some of the great [...]
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Family Style Restaurant – Downtown Puerto Vallarta
The other day while waiting to get a haircut, I found a great little restaurant downtown, two blocks from the main plaza, called Rincon de Tlaquepaque. The sound of the sizzling grill and the amazing smell of meat and chiles pulled me right in.
Rincon de Tlaquepaque specializes in birria [...]
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Taqueria El Grano de Oro – Downtown Puerto Vallarta
I decided to try the Taqueria Grano de Oro, a taco stand that I had noticed a few times in passing. It is located just behind the Mercado 5 de Diciembre downtown. Every time I passed by, it was always busy which is an excellent sign.
Picking a [...]
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Starbucks Puerto Vallarta
Starbucks opened in Puerto Vallarta about two years ago with the first shop opening in the airport. Since then they have opened four more coffee shops around town. The other Starbucks are located on the main plaza downtown, Plaza Peninsula, and Galerias Vallarta – Liverpool, and the new terminal at the airport.
All of [...]
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I love making salsa and one of my favorites is a charred tomatillo salsa that is really simple to make. It’s a perfect match for chips and beer on a hot humid Puerto Vallarta afternoon.
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Fajita Republic Restaurant – Old Town Puerto Vallarta
One of the restaurants we go to when we are in the mood for fajitas is Fajita Republic located on Basilio Badillo street in Old Town.
Our favorite dish is the Molcajitas – strips of beef and cheese, onion, [...]
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Tamales and Atole for Breakfast
On our recent trip to San Miguel de Allende for Mexican Independence Day we stayed in a great little house in the Colonia San Antonio.
One of the best parts of our day was to pick up tamales and atole for breakfast from a family who sells them from their home just [...]
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