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Guadalajara & Puerto Vallarta: Guadalajara is alive with the music of mariachis, flowers, colonial architecture, and passionate artists. Rudy explores the rich history and culture of “The Most Mexican of Cities.” Art and artists are an important part of Guadalajara and Rudy takes it all in from the papier-mâché piñatas to the dramatic murals of Orozco. Rudy tours a tequila factory, learns about margaritas and samples the best of traditional Mexican cooking. Then it’s an easy hop to the coast where Puerto Vallarta’s traditional charm still survives next to its new resorts. Mexico City and Ixtapa: Mexico City, the world’s largest metropolis, is modern, crowded, cosmopolitan, and steeped in tradition. Rudy begins with Mexico’s ancient roots just outside the city at pre-Aztec Teotihuacán. The superb National Museum of Anthropology provides more insights into ancient Mexico. For modern day excitement, we hang out at the Zocolo, the world’s second largest square and the center of national life since the Aztec era. Finally we head beach-ward to the resorts of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo on the Mexican Riviera. Tips on getting around and water sports.

Stroll along Puerto Vallarta’s scenic Basilio Badillo St. nowadays, and you can’t miss the floral abundance produced by tall and beautiful bougainvillea trees that line its sidewalks. Half a decade ago, however, those trees hadn’t even been planted.

The Pikolinos Puerto Vallarta Sandal. This women’s casual sandal has a strappy vegetable-dyed leather upper for a cool look and feel, strap and buckle closure. The leather-covered, padded footbed lends comfortable support when standing or walking.

Product Features

• Adjustable strap with hook-and-loop closure
• Approx. 1” heel height
• Cutout and stitching details
• Padded footbed
• Leather lining

The Jazz Foundation, a new live jazz and entertainment venue, has just opened its doors in Puerto Vallarta’s scenic Malecón boardwalk. The venue is located on Allende St., directly across from La Bodeguita del Medio, another popular live music locale.

Puerto Vallarta souvenir t-shirt, hoodie, sweatshirt, mug, coaster, card, magnet, sticker and gifts

Product Features

• Size: 3″ x 5″ oval
• Available in Opaque (white) or Transparent (clear)
• Printed on durable 4mil vinyl

For more than 30 years, the award-winning Moon Handbooks series has been the top choice among independent travelers who want a unique experience, a new perspective, and a few new stories to tell. With Moon Handbooks travelers are given the tools to make their own choices and create a travels strategy that’s theirs alone. The results? A more personal and ultimately more satisfying travel experience.It is the age of specialization, which is a good thing if you’re traveling to Pacific Mexico. Let’s say you’re heading off to Mazatlán or Guadalajara, Oaxaca or Acapulco, you no longer need to lug along every detail on every town, city, and hotel in Mexico. Just the pertinent particulars will do, and that’s what Bruce Whipperman delivers in his Lowell Thomas Award-winning Pacific Mexico Handbook.

Stretching over 1,000 miles along the Pacific coast from Mazatlán in Sinaloa down to Bahias de Huatulco in Oaxaca, the choices of tropical, palm-lined lagoons and soft sandy beaches seem without end yet easily accessible, thanks to Mexico’s Highway 200 on the Pacific coast and a plethora of airplane access. Yet not each beach resort town is the same in character and opportunities. One of the great services rendered by Whipperman’s handbook, before you ever set foot on Mexican soil, is the concise yet evocative description of the distinguishing personalities of the many towns and cities along the water. Especially useful if you’re venturing south for the first time, Whipperman’s introductions help you plan your itinerary to suit your mood and style. Of course he backs his narrative up with all the facts one might need, the hotels and restaurants, means of transportation and nightlife, shopping, sports, sights, and beaches. But he fleshes these guidebook details out with his sensitive and scholarly attention to the people, history and culture, the land and sea, the vegetation and the animals to be seen and experienced. All the options are spelled out, from the hedonistic immersion in resort relaxation to a glossary of helpful Spanish if you choose to explore further afield. –Stephanie Gold