Full-Day Puerto Vallarta City Highlights Tour

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

From $29.00

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

6 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

See the highlights of Puerto Vallarta on a full-day tour that explores downtown, Los Arcos, and Mismaloya Beach. With an expert guide to lead the way, you’ll stroll the Malecón, see gorgeous coastal scenery, and visit a tequila distillery for a tour and tasting. This Puerto Vallarta tour is a great choice for first-time visitors, and it includes pickup and drop-off at local hotels.

See Puerto Vallarta's highlights with a local guide
Explore the streets on a walking tour of the city
Ideal choice for families
Hotel pickup and drop-off included

What's Included

Driver/guide
Professional guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Food and drinks
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

09:00 AM

Pickup details

We will reconfirm your pick up time on a second mail, it depends on the area your hotel is located. *Last minute bookings: please contact the office to confirm your pickup time

What To Expect

Malecon Boardwalk

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Parroquia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Summer's Ranch

1 hour 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Wheelchair accessible
Please wear comfortable clothes

Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers

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.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Reviews

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346 reviews

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Great tour ,,,fun group!!

bgon111, Apr 2024

Omar was such a fun and knowledgeable guide. I did not like the price of lunch at all ….was not expecting to pay $60 for one person and a tip on top of that , plus the meal was not that great, too expensive for what we got. 90% of the time was excellent

Daniel was my tour guide...

Tiffany_Z, Apr 2024

Daniel was my tour guide and he was great 10/10. He made sure we saw everything and had some time to shop as well

Excellent Tour

Cynthia_L, Apr 2024

My friend and I had an Absolutely Amazing Sightseeing Tour of Puerto Vallarta. I have been coming to PV for over 36* years, but my friend had never been here. She thoroughly enjoyed herself and got to see PV in a whole different perspective from just being on the resort premises. And our tour guide were very thorough and friendly and informative. A great time was had by us both. 👍🏾👍🏾

We thought it was going...

kelly_L, Mar 2024

We thought it was going to be a walking tour of the town. And a proper tour of how they make tequila. So not that impressed. Lunch was amazing and we'll organized. Our tour guide was very informative and friendly. Bus drive was great.

5 star

martin_c, Mar 2024

Trip was really good and Danny is brilliant. Back to quality after Panama trip which is best forgotten.

Great PVR City and Mountain Tour

Cynthia_D, Mar 2024

This was a great overview. Gustavo, our guide gave us ample time to see and shop. The lunch location was good. The food great!

Forget the trip to the ranch!

Judy_K, Feb 2024

Ramon was excellent and we have no complaints about him. The city tour took 10 hours from pickup time to drop off. Way too long!!! The very long drive to the “ranch” to order an over priced meal while we tasted 4 types of tequila was a cash cow for the vendor. It was long with no alternative activity or other place to eat. By the time we drive back to the city and were dropped off we’d been on the tour 10 hours. The Malicon, Our Lady of Guadalope and seeing a few other vendors was too short and the ridiculously long, winding trip to the tequila vendor wrecked the trip. We’ve been on many tours - this was the worst. It wasn’t Romon, it was the ridiculous drive to the ranch! We finally got transferred from the bus to a smaller van when the drop off procedure was disorganized and very long. Poor planning!

Thanks for the fun Jesus and Carlos!!

Cora_S, Feb 2024

We started the day off meeting with our awesome tour guides Jesus and Carlos, they were very informative, a lot of fun with a great sense of humor. Our first stop was at a chocolate making factory and got to sample some chocolate and tea. Then we did a tour of downtown Puerto Vallarta and saw the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and walked through some of the markets, could have done more markets to shop as there weren't much options for that. We enjoyed the views along the Malecon boardwalk. Next 2 stops were at a silver making factory and leather making factory. Then we took about a 20 minute drive up to Cafe Hacienda Maria Bonita and got to taste some delicious organic coffee. We finished our tour at Don Chendo Destilado De Tequila where Julio filled our glasses with yummy tequila and gave us giggles and memories we will hold onto. This tour was the highlight of our trip and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for an affordable tour to see some of Puerto Vallarta!!

Wr had a full and highly...

Arthur_S, Jan 2024

Wr had a full and highly enjoyable day. Our guide was very knowledgeable and we had a lot of fun. The only negative was that we were moved from our comfortable bus onto a 12 passenger vehicle- there were 12 of us. We had to sit in the back which was very cramped and uncomfortable.

Good day trip for first timers to PV

Ashley_C, Jan 2024

I brought my mom on this day trip and we both really enjoyed it. The mix of city and jungle was good to get an idea of what PV is about. It’s a good way to spend a day acquainting yourself with the area so you can decide where you want to come back to, etc. We could have certainly meandered more downtown, but to fit everything in, I see why there’s a tighter schedule. Certainly recommend this day trip if it’s your first time to PV.

Vallarta city tour with tequila shots

Rita_F, Jan 2024

Eric our guide made our trip so much fun we’d go again tomorrow We’ll recommend this tour to all our acquaintances

Fun city tour

DGlen_H, Jan 2024

Horha was our amazing tour guide. We had awesome ice coffee in the hills of Puerto Vallarta. Would totally recommend this tour if you want a day of fun in Puerto Vallarta.

Excellent tour but l...

Tracy_B, Jan 2024

Excellent tour but l benefit from a more clear timeline and lunch pricing. We were expecting far more time to explore the Malecon area of PV, and less at the tequila distillery. We were also not expecting the distillery price point for lunch and that this was the only food option. For a tour with children this was actually very late in the day for the meal and an earlier food option or more clarity as to the schedule and the recommendations to bring snacks woukd have made all the difference. Add these details to the tour description and this would have been a 5.

Fun interesting worth the price.

Rick_V, Jan 2024

Jesus our guide and Carlos our driver were great! All the stops were interesting and the people were very friendly. Probably would have enjoyed it better if the tour was just a bit longer. More time at each stop.

Unsealed bottles

TYRONE_B, Jan 2024

I bought 6 bottles of tequila from Don Chendo Tequila Factory and two of the bottles the cap wasn't sealed they were already wrapped so I didn't unwrap them till I got home.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Hello Tyrone! This is Puerto Vallarta Discovery, you need to let the tequile destillery know about this.

Horrible experience

Kamal_N, Dec 2023

This tour operator is focused on their vendor partners. I was hoping to spend some time in downtown Puerto Vallarta and experience some street food. Instead they took us to a chocolate making store, then to a jewelry shop, then to a cowboy boot store, and then to a coffee place that is 20 km outside the town and then the last place they call a Tequila tasting where they have a restaurant that has terrible food. Not only complete rip off but they need to understand that tourist come to this town to experience their unique downtown and not shopping places... I would not recommend this to anyone. Started at 9am and done at 4pm doing this. We spend may be 30mins in downtown and visiting church.

Good historical tour

Sandeep_G, Dec 2023

Very good and very accommodating. Our tour guide Ramon was very informative and provide history of PV… Our photographer, Mariana, took our nice pics. Good luck to Mariana for her acting career…

PV downtown tour is quite...

Peter_W, Dec 2023

PV downtown tour is quite impressive. We saw some unusual buildings. Shopping experience is not good. It will be better if we have some time to shop in the downtown of PV. Another disappointed thing is a photographer from this Discovery tour company took some pictures of us, and we paid $300 to her but never get it she promised to send us through email

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Hello, can you send us your email please? sometimes is not written correctly. thank you

Everything was excellent the tour guide was fun

Madeline_B, Dec 2023

The tequila tasting . The food ,the tour and the tour guide was really entertaining.Had so much fun . Will do this again

City tour

Rodney_M, Dec 2023

Really enjoyed all the places we went to and all the people we met on this tour thank you so much. We learned a lot about Puerto Vallarta Mexico.

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