# Things To Do In Puerto Vallarta, Mexico On A Cruise Visit *By James Hills, cruisewestcoast.com — Updated April 2026* Written by: [James Hills](https://cruisewestcoast.com/james-hills.html) Published: 13 December 2019 Last Updated: 10 April 2026 Evergreen BlogHits: 20754Reading time: 13:39 Puerto Vallarta is a working Jalisco city that happens to be one of the most rewarding stops on the Mexican Riviera — a cobblestone colonial downtown, a Malecón full of bronze sculptures, a food scene built on the Banderas Bay fishing fleet, and a surprising layer of Hollywood history hidden in the hills above the harbor. Unusually safe for a Mexican beach destination, PV draws Mexican weekend tourists and international cruise passengers in roughly equal measure, which keeps it feeling like a real Mexican city rather than a resort enclave built for foreigners. For cruisers who want authentic Mexico with the adventure, food, and walkability to back it up, Puerto Vallarta delivers more than almost any other stop on the route. #### Shore Excursion Ideas ** No answer selected. Please try again. Please select either existing option or enter your own, however not both. Please select minimum {0} answer(s). 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Heather Hills at Flow Voyages can help you find a cruise that includes Puerto Vallarta as part of a Mexican Riviera or longer Pacific Coast itinerary. #### What To Know About Visiting Puerto Vallarta Cruise ships dock at Terminal Marítima in the Marina Vallarta area, about three miles north of downtown Puerto Vallarta and the Zona Romántica. The terminal has restrooms, ATMs, a currency exchange kiosk, a craft market, and even a Walmart across the street — but the actual Puerto Vallarta experience is down in the Old Town, so plan to get there first. - **Docked port, not tender:** You walk off the ship directly onto the dock and into the terminal building — no tender ride, no transfers. The port typically handles up to three ships at once. - **Getting to downtown:** Federal white taxis at the cruise dock charge posted rates — around $5 USD per person or $16 per car to the Malecón and Zona Romántica. Cheaper yellow taxis wait just outside the port gates for about $3 to $5. Local "Centro" buses run the same route for about $1. Uber works in Puerto Vallarta, which is a real advantage over Cancún, where the taxi lobby has pushed it out. - **Currency:** US dollars are widely accepted in tourist areas, but paying in pesos almost always gets you a better rate at the point of sale. ATMs at the cruise terminal are reliable. Bring small bills for taxis and tips. - **Aguachile is a lunch dish:** The best seafood and ceviche spots in Puerto Vallarta typically open around noon and close in the late afternoon. Plan your food stops for midday, not dinner. - **Sun and water:** This is tropical latitude with brutal UV year-round. Pack SPF 50, a hat, and water. Stick to bottled water throughout the day. ## Why Puerto Vallarta Is Worth Getting Off The Ship Puerto Vallarta sits on the eastern shore of Bahía de Banderas — one of the largest bays in Mexico — where the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains come almost directly down to the water. The geography is the first differentiator: within thirty minutes of the ship you can be snorkeling at a protected marine park, ziplining over a jungle river canyon, touring a mangrove estuary full of crocodiles and herons, or walking a cobblestone downtown that has been here since before cruise tourism existed. Few [Mexican Riviera](https://cruisewestcoast.com/mexican-riviera-cruises.html) ports offer that kind of range, and fewer still offer it alongside a genuinely walkable Old Town. Puerto Vallarta is also a real Jalisco city — a capital-of-its-region downtown with a working Catholic parish at Our Lady of Guadalupe, a daily fish market, a Plaza de Armas full of Mexican families on weekend evenings, and a food scene supported year-round by locals and Mexican domestic tourists rather than built exclusively for foreigners. The Zona Romántica across the Cuale River is Puerto Vallarta's Old Town, with cobblestone streets, colonial-era facades, and the heart of the city's internationally recognized LGBTQ+ scene. Mexican weekend tourism and international cruise tourism happen side by side here rather than in separate walled-off zones, and that dynamic is a large part of why Puerto Vallarta consistently feels safer, friendlier, and more rooted than other Mexican Riviera stops. There is also a hidden Hollywood layer that almost no other Mexican cruise port can match. In 1963, director John Huston shot *The Night of the Iguana* in Mismaloya just south of town, bringing Richard Burton to Puerto Vallarta for seventy-two days. Elizabeth Taylor came along, the paparazzi followed, and the resulting tabloid frenzy put this fishing village on the international map overnight. Burton bought Taylor a house in the Gringo Gulch neighborhood for her thirty-second birthday in 1964, and the story of Puerto Vallarta as a tourist destination essentially starts there. A statue of John Huston now stands on Isla Cuale. Casa Kimberly, where the Burtons lived, is still in place and open to visitors. This is a story cruise passengers will not hear at any other port on their itinerary. ## Tips To Make The Most Of Your Visit To Puerto Vallarta The most important tip in Puerto Vallarta is that the cruise terminal is not walking distance from the parts of the city you came to see. Three miles along a commercial boulevard in tropical heat is not a cruise day most people want, so plan transportation from the moment you disembark — taxi, bus, or Uber to the Malecón or Zona Romántica. Here is a piece of on-the-ground advice worth taking seriously: Puerto Vallarta has something unusual among Mexican cruise ports in that it runs a thriving domestic tourism industry right alongside the international cruise market. That is part of what makes it feel so authentic, but it also means the range of tour "personalities" on offer is wider than anywhere else on the route. On a single day in Banderas Bay you can book a quiet marine-biologist-guided snorkel with ten people, or a two-hundred-person DJ party boat with open bar and champagne showers — both legitimate, both well run, both wildly different days on the water. If you are picking by price alone you may end up on a tour whose pacing, music, and atmosphere is built for a different traveler than you expected. Booking through your cruise line's shore excursion desk is the easiest way to guarantee a style match, because cruise lines curate for their own passengers' expectations. Disembark early and get into Old Town before the day heats up. The Malecón is most pleasant before noon, the sculpture walk is easier without midday crowds, and the serious ceviche and aguachile restaurants start opening around noon and close in the late afternoon. Building your day around a late-morning Malecón walk, a mid-day Isla Cuale lunch, and an afternoon beach or gallery break leaves you back at the ship comfortably before departure. US dollars work nearly everywhere in tourist zones but paying in pesos gets you a better rate almost every time. Pull pesos at the cruise terminal ATM on the way out and keep a small stack of dollars as backup. For taxis, agree on the price before getting in the cab. Puerto Vallarta is consistently ranked as one of the safer cities in Mexico for tourists, and while the US State Department lists Jalisco state at a Level 3 advisory, Puerto Vallarta itself is explicitly exempt from the state's rural-cartel restrictions. The tourist areas — Malecón, Zona Romántica, Marina Vallarta — feel calm and safe day and night. Use standard travel-smart precautions, and check the current [US State Department travel advisory](https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/mexico.html) before you sail for any updates. ## Top Cruise Excursions For Families In Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta's protected bay, walkable Old Town, and proximity to marine wildlife make it one of the easier Mexican Riviera ports for cruising families. The options below balance half-day excursions with walkable downtown exploration. ### Snorkel At Los Arcos National Marine Park Los Arcos is a protected marine preserve of small rocky islands with natural arches, tunnels, and caves, just off Mismaloya at the south end of Banderas Bay. The boat ride from the Marina Vallarta area runs about thirty minutes, and tours typically include around two hours of snorkel time over reefs that host spotted eagle rays, octopus, puffer fish, angelfish, and seasonal sea turtles. Small-group catamaran and panga tours are the family-friendly option — skip the party boats for a kid-friendly pace and a guide who will actually narrate what you are seeing in the water. ### El Salado Estuary Biologist-Led Boat Tour Most cruise passengers never hear about this one, which is a shame because it is one of the best family excursions in Puerto Vallarta and it is ten minutes from the cruise terminal. El Salado is a 169-hectare urban protected mangrove estuary in the Marina Vallarta area, with a 90-minute guided boat tour aboard a small vessel called *La Aventurera*, led by a marine biologist. The mangrove waterways host over one hundred bird species, American crocodiles, Mexican iguanas, and three species of mangrove tree. The tour includes a short boardwalk walk and an observation tower climb. Close to the ship, educational, and uniquely Puerto Vallarta — a family wildlife experience most cruise guides miss entirely. ### Walk The Malecón Sculpture Gallery Puerto Vallarta's Malecón is a mile-long oceanfront promenade that doubles as an open-air sculpture gallery. Bronze works like Sergio Bustamante's *In Search of Reason* (three surrealistic figures climbing a ladder), Alejandro Colunga's *Rotunda of the Sea* (eight bronze chairs with sea-creature features), and Rafael Zamarripa's iconic *Seahorse* sit alongside the waterfront, and kids can actually climb on and photograph with most of them. From mid-November through mid-April, the Galleria Pacifico runs a free guided sculpture tour every Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:30 AM, starting at the Millennium sculpture near Hotel Rosita at the north end of the Malecón — verified, long-running, and a hidden gem for cruise passengers. ## Top Cruise Excursions For Adults And Couples Puerto Vallarta's adult experiences run from quiet island dining to serious Sierra Madre adventure. The port's geography — city at the edge of a bay ringed by mountains and jungle — makes it possible to do multiple categories of excursion in the same day without losing hours to transit. ### Eat On Isla Cuale The Cuale River runs through downtown Puerto Vallarta and splits in two around a narrow pedestrian island called Isla Cuale, connected to both the Malecón and the Zona Romántica by footbridges. Two long-running riverside restaurants anchor the island: **Le Bistro**, a French-leaning spot with live jazz and a garden setting, and **River Cafe**, a more casual international menu on an open terrace over the river. Both are walkable from the Malecón, both serve outstanding fresh fish caught in Banderas Bay that morning, and both are known for aguachile — the Pacific seafood dish of raw shrimp "cooked" in lime and chile sauce. While aguachile originated further north in Sinaloa, Puerto Vallarta's fishing fleet and chef scene make it one of the best places in Mexico to try a serious version. Sit by the river, order a cold drink, and let the afternoon slow down. ### Walk To Casa Kimberly And Gringo Gulch In 1964 Richard Burton bought Elizabeth Taylor a house in the hills above downtown Puerto Vallarta for her thirty-second birthday. When he later bought the house across the narrow cobblestone street for himself, he connected the two with a pink pedestrian bridge designed as a miniature replica of Venice's Bridge of Sighs — the *Puente del Amor*, or Bridge of Love. Casa Kimberly is now a nine-suite boutique hotel with a rooftop restaurant and bar called The Iguana (a nod to *The Night of the Iguana*, the 1964 John Huston film shot in 1963 that brought Burton and Taylor to Puerto Vallarta in the first place). Non-guests can dine at the rooftop, cross the Puente del Amor, and tour the historic rooms including Taylor's pink marble heart-shaped bathtub. The walk from the Malecón is uphill through cobblestone streets in the Gringo Gulch neighborhood — manageable for most walkers, challenging for anyone with mobility concerns. For cruise passengers with any interest in old Hollywood, this is the single most surprising stop in Puerto Vallarta. ### Sierra Madre Adventure: ATV, Zipline, And Jungle River Canopy River, the best-known adventure operator in Puerto Vallarta, runs ATV tours, zipline courses, and combined adrenaline days in the Sierra Madre foothills about thirty minutes from downtown. The signature zipline tour includes eleven ziplines and a mule ride back down the mountain; ATV tours climb jungle trails to the Jorullo suspension bridge; combo packages stack ziplines, ATVs, and the bridge into a full half-day. Canopy River has a dedicated cruise-passenger pickup at Playa de Oro in the Zona Hotelera, and recommends booking for 11:00 AM or later to account for ship disembarkation and time zone offsets. This is a high-energy, high-heat excursion — bring a change of clothes and plenty of water. ## Free Or Low-Cost Things To Do In Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta is unusually generous with free experiences for cruise passengers who want to explore on their own. The Old Town is compact and walkable, and the best of it costs nothing beyond lunch and taxi fare. ### The Malecón Sculpture Walk A mile of oceanfront promenade lined with bronze sculptures, street performers, sand artists, and benches facing Banderas Bay. The sculpture walk itself is free to experience self-guided at any time, and the Tuesday morning guided walk from Galleria Pacifico is also free from mid-November through mid-April. Bring a camera and allow an hour to walk the full length. ### Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church The Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is Puerto Vallarta's signature landmark, sitting one block inland from the Malecón near the main plaza. The crown on top of the bell tower was originally placed in 1965, destroyed in the 1995 Colima earthquake, and eventually replaced with a Carlos Terrés bronze replica in 2009. The church is an active parish with daily masses, so step in quietly during visiting hours. Free to enter. ### Isla Cuale And The John Huston Statue The island in the middle of the Cuale River is its own walkable experience beyond the riverside restaurants. Isla Cuale has a small archaeological museum, a handicraft market full of Huichol indigenous beadwork and yarn paintings, a cultural center, and a statue of director John Huston commemorating his role in putting Puerto Vallarta on the international map. The footbridges on both sides are themselves scenic crossings. Plan an hour to walk the island end to end. ### Plaza De Armas And The Historic Downtown Puerto Vallarta's working main square sits in front of the Guadalupe church and fills with Mexican families, street performers, and occasional mariachi bands most evenings. The surrounding blocks of cobblestone streets and colonial-era buildings are among the most atmospheric downtowns in western Mexico — wander them with no itinerary and see what you find. Free. ## More Puerto Vallarta Cruise Excursion Ideas For passengers wanting more options, Puerto Vallarta supports a wider range of experiences than any other stop on the Mexican Riviera. Talk to your cruise director about availability and ship-sponsored versions before booking independently. - **Vallarta Food Tour** — Three-hour walking food tours of downtown and the Zona Romántica operated by a well-established local company. The single best way to understand Puerto Vallarta's food scene in a few hours. - **Los Muertos Beach** — The main urban beach of Puerto Vallarta, in the heart of the Zona Romántica, with beach clubs, water taxis to Yelapa and Las Animas, and a long row of beachfront restaurants. Reachable by taxi from the cruise terminal. - **Whale watching** — Humpback whales migrate through Banderas Bay December through March, and multiple operators run half-day whale watching trips during cruise season. A genuine wildlife highlight if your call falls in the window. - **Tequila tasting and Raicilla distillery tour** — Puerto Vallarta is in Jalisco, the home state of tequila, and also the heart of raicilla production — a regional agave spirit distinct from tequila, produced in 16 Jalisco municipalities and one neighboring Nayarit municipality and nowhere else in Mexico. Half-day distillery and tasting tours are available. - **Huichol indigenous art gallery visit** — The Huichol (Wixárika) people of the Sierra Madre produce some of Mexico's most distinctive indigenous art: intricate beadwork and yarn paintings depicting ceremonial visions. Several downtown galleries specialize in authenticated Huichol work. - **Vallarta Pride (mid-May)** — Puerto Vallarta hosts one of the biggest Pride celebrations on the Pacific coast, drawing over 40,000 visitors. Centered in the Zona Romántica, it overlaps with the very end of Mexican Riviera cruise season, so only a small number of itineraries catch it — but if yours does, you are seeing Puerto Vallarta at its most vibrant. - **Rhythms of the Night dinner show** — An evening excursion to a private cove where an elaborate cultural performance and beachside dinner are staged. Cruise lines offer this as a shore excursion for ships in port late. ## Other Cruise Ports You Might Also Enjoy Visiting If Puerto Vallarta's combination of authentic Mexican character, Pacific seafood, and walkable downtown appeals to you, these other cruise ports offer related experiences with their own distinct personality. - [**La Paz, Mexico**](https://cruisewestcoast.com/la-paz-mexico.html) — The capital of Baja California Sur on the Sea of Cortez, with a similar "working Mexican city" authenticity and world-class marine wildlife including swim-with-whale-sharks excursions. A quieter, less-visited Baja alternative to the Mexican Riviera resort circuit. - [**Mazatlán, Mexico**](https://cruisewestcoast.com/mazatlan-mexico.html) — Puerto Vallarta's closest peer on the Mexican Pacific coast: a large authentic city with a beautifully restored historic center, a long malecón of its own, and a regional food scene built on the same Pacific fishing fleet tradition. - [**Cabo San Lucas, Mexico**](https://cruisewestcoast.com/cabo-san-lucas-mexico.html) — The other end of the Mexican Riviera spectrum: a purpose-built resort town with the iconic Land's End arch, extensive sportfishing culture, and the widest range of cruise-line shore excursions on the Baja peninsula. - [**Ensenada, Mexico**](https://cruisewestcoast.com/ensenada-mexico.html) — Baja California's closest cruise port to the US border, with the Valle de Guadalupe wine country an hour inland and a working downtown built around seafood and Baja wine. A shorter call on many Mexican Riviera itineraries. - [**Victoria, British Columbia**](https://cruisewestcoast.com/victoria-canada.html) — For travelers drawn to Puerto Vallarta's walkable Old Town and cultural depth rather than the warm-water wildlife, Victoria is the opposite-end Pacific cruise port that rewards the same kind of slow, on-foot exploration in a completely different climate. ## Set Sail For Puerto Vallarta's Authentic Banderas Bay Puerto Vallarta is the Mexican Riviera stop for cruise passengers who want a real Mexican city rather than a resort bubble — a place where the food scene, the sculpture walk, the cobblestone Old Town, the Sierra Madre adventure options, and the unlikely layer of Hollywood history all exist within a few miles of the ship. Between the Malecón, Isla Cuale, Casa Kimberly, and an estuary full of crocodiles ten minutes from the terminal, this is a port day that can genuinely reshape how a cruiser thinks about Mexico. 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