Puerto Vallarta City Tour

Name: Puerto Vallarta City Tour
Brand: Riviera Tours Transfers
SKU: 71300P1
Price: 20.00 USD
Rating: 4.0 (75 reviews)

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore Puerto Vallarta’s top historic and cultural attractions in this guided sightseeing excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, learn about the city from a professional guide while visiting sites like the Malecón, the Municipal Palace, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, the flea market, and a tequila factory. Capture memorable photos while heading south through Costa de Oro, Mirador de los Arcos, and other areas.

Experience the history and culture of Puerto Vallarta on an all-day tour
Learn about the city’s top attractions from a knowledgeable local guide
Visit sites like the Municipal Palace and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Make the most of limited time with convenient hotel pickup and drop-off

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Professional guide
Lunch

Drinks
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.

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Start time

10:00 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

We offer pick up service in most hotels. In the event that your hotel does not have a pick-up service, we will let you know the closest meeting point the afternoon before the tour by sending a message to your telephone or a notification to the email address indicated in your reservation.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Dress code is smart casual

Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers

Operated by Riviera Tours Transfers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

4.0

75 reviews

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Wrong name for this tour

Roy_W, Apr 2024

This was advertised as a CITY TOUR but was actually a shopping trip 😡 with long stop at jewelry factory, then a long stop at the leather factory. We did get to see and spend 15 minutes at the cathedral. Did have a good lunch in the middle of no where 🤔. Then visited the tequila factory which was interesting. I thought it was more historical and city knowledge but I was wrong. If you love to shop THIS is the tour for you. It was from 10am and got back at my hotel at 6pm.

Guide was excellent but the tour was not good!

goldrusky, Apr 2024

Besides not seeing much of the “city”, we waited at every stop well beyond the time allocated and so it was a very annoying and frustrating tour… not worth your time. It did not start well when the bus was an hour late from the time designated for pickup. We waited 30 minutes for a bathroom break 15 minutes into the tour. We waited for people getting ice coffees when that wasn’t even a stop. We waited 30 minutes for 20 people in our group to get fruit from a single street vendor. We waited an hour for people to shop for silver jewelry when our guide said 20 minutes. We waited 1.5 hours for people to eat lunch. We waited for people to shop for tequila. We waited and waited and waited. Additionally we had both Spanish and English people on our 30+ passenger bus and they would talk when our guide was giving information in English… loud enough that we couldn’t hear him. Because our guide had to speak both Spanish and English we felt we may have missed out on things that could have been shared while walking/driving by places. We would recommend to the company they offer a bus for English only or Spanish (or other languages) only per tour. We also thought this was a “City Tour” but the majority of the time was spent driving in the country along to coast to the small village where we had lunch and the tequila factory. We had already booked a tour to see much of that area, so this was also frustrating. Sadly we hardly saw any part of the “city” of Puerto Vallarta on this tour.

Could have been better

Karen_R, Apr 2024

The parts of the tour we experienced was great. We missed an hour of the tour because of issues on your end and was compensated with a bottle of wine. We were transferred to another tour company to complete the tour.

Awesome!

PhillipWilliams6341, Apr 2024

The pick up time was delayed due to traffic issues. I was upset that the pick up was delayed. The tour guide apologized and off we went! This tour was amazing! The tour guide was great and very informative! We were chaperones at each stop and enjoyed a great lunch that was included. Highly recommend this tour and would not hesitate to do it again!

very good , and pickup on...

VanlilabenA_P, Mar 2024

very good , and pickup on time and drop off on time, nice service, on line booking a simple and give us good price.

Give Our Tour Guide Miguel a Raise

Esther_L, Feb 2024

Our tour guide Miguel knew the city inside and out, history and dates and all. We appreciate his flexibility when we couldn't stay for the entire tour (due to our cruise ship departure time), and he helped us navigate the city before we had to go. It would be helpful if the tour company can post the exact places and spots (with addresses) of where the tour would go, so those with a time deadline could plan accordingly. The communication was excellent, calling and helping us find the pickup meeting spot.

Fun and informative

Shelly_D, Feb 2024

Relaxing but fun and informative also. Wonderful, knowledgeable guide, too. Comfortable bus ride with AC. We loved learning more about the area and visiting the sights. Lunch was delicious, as well.

The tour was budget...

Birkamal_K, Jan 2024

The tour was budget friendly.. Miguel,our guide was excellent..he explained in detail about the history of Puerto Vallarta..I highly recommend going with Miguel..

Worthwhile

Jeffrey_W, Jan 2024

Excellent way to get overview and delicious lunch. Tequila and jewelry shopping could be skipped. Knowledgeable guide

Great Tour

Susan_Z, Dec 2023

The tour was amazing Gilberto was a great guide . Puerto Vallarta is a beautiful place Can’t wait to come back

Disappointing

Shelley_J, Dec 2023

We booked an English tour but at least 10 people did not speak English so guide had to do commentary in 2 languages. Therefore we feel we missed out on information due to time constraints. Shopping was not as expected and we were taken to pre-determined shopping without much opportunity to explore other shopping options. Enjoyed the tequila tour and the lunch was very good. Really would call this a city tour as majority of time spent outside of Puerto Vallarta.

Great for 1st time visitors!

JiaYi_L, Nov 2023

Great experience overall! It was hard to reach the tour operator at first, no one was answering the phone shown on the viator website and when I called the # on their fb page, they don’t seem to find our reservation. Gave me another number to call that’s no longer in service. I finally sent a message on viator website and got a reply couple of hours later. Eric (the driver) and David (the guide) were both very friendly. We’d love to spend a bit more time in DT and visiting the church though. Tequila tasting was great and the restaurant was very nice too!

Easy, relaxing city tour with a humorous guide

Thinh_L, Nov 2023

We got Adam as our tour guide and Ivan the driver. The tour gave us an overview of Puerto Vallarta's history. A couple of highlights include the boardwalk, the church, lunch at the mountain, and wine tasting at the tequila factory. Our tour guide Adam was humorous and told good stories. He's very personable, patient, and approachable. We highly recommended this tour for those looking for easy and relaxing activities, especially families with kids. Do book in advance for the best prices on Viator.

Reasonable price, Reasonable tour

Sheila_R, Oct 2023

I like that the company reaches out to you to verify pickup and open to date changes. The tour was average but it's just as advertised. A church, a silver jewelry store and tequila tasting, lastly lunch. It was nice to see areas in Puerto Vallarta. It's a beautiful city and our tour guide, Ciero pointed out note worthy buildings and provided history. Nice tour.

Tour of Puerto Vallarta.

Sheila_M, Sep 2023

Mr Gonzales and his driver were excellent. They were knowledgeable, patient and kind. We saw more than we expected to. Such beautiful sights. Lunch was delicious and the entertainment there was fun. I recommend highly.

Interacting with our...

Bruce_L, Aug 2023

Interacting with our Guide Miguel.He was very detailed and knowledgeable and at the same time entertaining.

Okay, but not the best.

Candace_C, Aug 2023

This trip was pretty good, but there are a couple of changes I’d recommend: 1) cut down the candy shop stop to 10-15 minutes. No one needed (or wanted) a full 30 minutes there, 2) spend more time on the history of the church. It was the best part of the trip but we spent more time shopping for candy in a hot store with no AC than learning about an important part of the city’s history.

Awsome

Rosa_B, Jul 2023

Great tour. Carlos and Arnold were awsome. Friendly people and always making sure we were safe..loved it

Did this a week ago and...

KYLIE_G, Apr 2023

Did this a week ago and thought it was fabulous. Adam was a great tour guide and very informative. Saw the City of puerto vallarta by bus and also walking around. Then off to mountains which was stunning and lunch in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a beautiful stream and lots of greenery. Tequila factory was fabulous with plenty of tastings and found the best desert tequila I had ever tried. (Bought 2 bottles LOL). I would definitely recommend this tour as it combined city with country. Thanks very much Adam for a fantastic day :)

The whole experience was...

Daniel_G, Mar 2023

The whole experience was great the tour guide was excellent with showing us around and explaining the surroundings. The tequila taste was great and the food was great as well.