Nuevo Vallarta has three main beach access points. The northernmost is at the Etc. Beach Club. Alongside the beach club is a footpath that leads to the beach.

The Etc. Beach Club is a great place to spend a Sunday afternoon which are usually really busy. Order up some cold beers and a plate of nachos while lounging under a palapa. When it gets too hot, go for a swim.

This is the footpath that leads to the beach. Showers are available to rinse off before you head home.

The beach in front of Etc. The picture does not do it justice. I took it in the early morning just after a massive rainstorm which dumped a lot of debris on the beach. This is one of my Favorite beaches in the city.

Map to Beach Access in Nuevo Vallarta

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Other Beach Access Points in Puerto Vallarta

Public Beach Access in Marina Vallarta
Playa de Oro Beach Access

Paradise Plaza in Nuevo Vallarta is a beautiful, modern shopping mall. If you are staying in Nuevo Vallarta it has everything you need so you don’t have to go all the way to Puerto Vallarta to shop. It is also air conditioned which makes it a really nice place to cool off during the hotter months. In the food court, there is an amazing kid’s play area that is two stories high. Paradise Plaza is at the entrance to Paradise Village and walking distance from many of the other resorts and is right next to the Puerto Vallarta yacht club. Any taxi will be able to take you there.

Here is a more extensive listing of what Paradise Plaza has to offer:

Restaurants
Nopalitos Mexican Food
Moon Star Cafe
Buonnissimo Ice Cream and Deli
Starbucks
Adan & Eva Juice Bar
Starbucks
McDonald’s
Domino’s Pizza
Subway Sandwiches
Baskin Robbins
La Jungla Restaurant & Disco

Groceries & Pharmacy
Grocery store
Pharmacy
Liquor store
Cigar shop

Decoration & Souvenirs
Señor Frogs
Mexican handicrafts
Jewelery stores
Art galleries

Other Services
Banamex Bank
Money exchange
Urgent care center
Real estate offices
Laundromat
U.S. Consulate

There is so much more available at the Paradise Plaza in Nuevo Vallarta you’ll have to go see for yourself.

More Activities in Nuevo Vallarta
Swim With the Dolphins – Vallarta Adventures
Nuevo Vallarta Restaurant – Estudio Cafe

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 milk into a plastic bag and puts a straw into it so that the customer can drink it. They were charging $40 pesos for fresh coconut milk that day.

We took these pictures out in Nuevo Vallarta during Spring Break.

Here is the map to the beach.