Nuevo Vallarta?

Nuevo Vallarta is North of Puerto Vallarta. It is not (in my opinion) Mexico. It caters to tourists and people who like to stay at the large American/Canadian style hotels and resorts. If you like this type of place, NV is ok. If you want to experience Mexico, you want to stay in Puerto Vallarta. We can give you many, many suggestions for Mexican hotels if you ask. Just My Opinion. Chuck

it all depends on what you want to do for your vacation.... we used to stay out in NV at the Hotel Sierra... we enjoyed it until we found the Golden Crown Paradise.... right now NV is really expanding with all kinds of resorts and yes they are geared for the \"tourists\" you are also about 30 minutes out of the city... and the taxi rides in and out of town can get expensive as well as giving up time riding the busses in and out as well... when we stayed out there i was playing lots of golf with the people we met down there... and we would play Los Flamingos every day... we had a standing tee time and away we would go... the girls would hang out on the beach or the pool and the guys would get 18 in and we be back by noon 100 pm... shower lunch and hit the beaches as well.... some of the beaches out there are nicer than in town.. you can walk for MILES in NV.... we have people tell us they loved the Rui Jalisco and thought it was fantastic out there... came into town once and thought the resort was better... but i prefer the flexibility of town (only 5 minutes from the resort by taxi or 45 minutes walking)... and you have the food, nightlifte, parties, people, etc. etc.... but only you can make that decision... we have been coming to Vallarta for over 12 years now... we just spent our 8th vacation at the Golden Crown Paradise... cruise the bulletin board... ask lots of questions... there are a lot of people out here that love Puerto Vallarta Mexico... and you will too ....

take care... peace and love

Nuevo Vallarta is 45 mins - 1 hour north of Puerto Vallarta. As already covered depends what you want. The resorts out that way are Cancun-styled and not much local Mexican culture or people around.

I would never stay there, because what I love about PV is the town itself - all the activities, shops, restaurants, things to do, and being around the lovely friendly local people, and visitors from other parts of Mexico as well as foreign tourists. I stay where I can do everything walking distance, on foot, within 20 mins. To the supermercado, the Malecon, up to El Centro, into the local neighborhoods, down to the main local beach.

Point taken. Well said. Guess it depends if you plan to stay only within your resort grounds or venture out and explore, what your experience will be.

We stay at Paradise Village also...and we love it, but..we have been many times and we always rent a car so we can get into town, or Bucerias, etc. whenever we want. There is also a water taxi now, that is less expensive than a cab ride that goes to Marina and Malecon area.
Beaches are better in Nuevo. But I do like to go to dinner in Puerto Vallarta or Bucerias, andthat can get expensive for commutes.