Life is Beautiful in Puerto Vallarta

Shelly Rivoli — May 25, 2016

: Mr. Concepcion serving his secret recipe “tuba” on the Malecon

: Fountain in Puerto Vallarta’s zocalo (town square)

: “Caballero del Mar” (sea cowboy) by Rafael Zamarripa [bronze, 1976]

: “Bailarines de Vallarta” (Dancers of Vallarta) by Jim Demetro, bronze, 2006

: Arches of the Malecon

: Gazebo at the heart of the zocalo (town square)

: Puerto Vallarta’s zocalo (town square) in Old Town

: Smoked marlin starter at 3rd-generation family-owned Mariscos el Guero

: Los Arcos National Marine Park

: Iguana mural by Ernesto Garrigos in the Rio Cuale neighborhood

: Sculpture entitled “Eriza-Dos” (sea urchins) by artist “Blu” (Maritza Vazquez), iron 2006

: Carved doors in Gringo Gulch

Tags: Mexico Latin America Puerto Vallarta Arches of the Malecon

About the Author Shelly Rivoli

Shelly Rivoli is a Lowell Thomas Award-winning author and the founding editor of TravelswithBaby.com and FamilyTravel411.com, both of which have received multiple NATJA Awards including Bronze and Silver in Independent Travel Blogs and Silver in Online Travel Magazines respectively. A respected family travel expert, her travel advice has been quoted in all major national parenting magazines, the LA Times, and Boston Globe, among others, and she was a recurring guest on ABC 7’s View from the Bay. She hangs her hat in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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