Plaza de Armas

In Puerto Vallarta, the Plaza de Armas is the main city plaza, ideally located between the Malecon, Our Lady of Guadalupe church, the Tourism Office and the Arches on the Malecon amphitheatre.

It has all of the charm and feel of a traditional Mexican plaza with a few updated extras like free wifi, a Starbucks and ATM machines.

But for all the modern conveniences, Plaza de Armas in Puerto Vallarta is still very much a wonderful place to get a taste of Mexican culture.

Here on Sundays tourists may hear free concerts.

This place is great for relaxing and is usually busy with whatever the current event might be. Very much the center of social life as once a week is a community dance open to anyone.

Nightly food stalls, dancing, good vibes from both tourists and locals. Felt like home!

All the food vendors on this plaza are honest except one. The lady sells nuts and candies at NE corner. Trying to over charge us by 5x of local price. So beware.

Great place, surrounded by place to eat, buy some souvenirs and visit interest places

Lovely spot especially the evenings they have food and dancing!

That was one of my favorite places to go to when I was staying in Puerto Vallarta! Starting Thursday evening though Sunday night, every evening there were a lot of food vendors, activity, music, and much more. The food was the highlight of that area with each street vendor preparing their own type of dish, each was delicious in their own way! The prices were also very good. Highly recommend!

This is a city park with a gazebo. Lots of events are held here including live music and dancing most Sundays.

Every Thurs-Sun 5:30-8pm they have local food vendors around the square with music and dancing. Food was good and reasonably priced. We had the chicken Enchiladas for 80p- prepared hot and delicious. Had some corn in cup, so-so but seemed to be a local favorite. Will go back and try to Pozole (a Mexican soup). Lots of local food like street food. So endearing to see older local folks dancing. You can then cross the street and continue walking on the Malecon. A great way to spend a weekend evening.

This is a lovely little plaza in the heart of old Puerto Vallarta. It's an excellent place to stop and sit in the shade. The trees, statues, and church are all beautiful. It's also right on the boardwalk, so the location is very convenient. The pigeons can be a bit aggressive, so watch out.

Great place for food Thursday to Sunday. Go see the girls for pozole.

It has a very good vibe. Close to the church. Good place for a walk.

A pleasant place to go for a walk! Great people watching as well! And if you don’t know what kind of tour you wish to do, just come out here and you will find plenty! This is where it all starts! It has amazing coffee shop -Puerto Café and plenty of places to eat! Try taco Moreno, Fruit Bars made with real fruit juice, buy well made (hand made) hats for under $10 usd and have a meal at a beautiful restaurant! People are friendly and you will find enough Americans (and English speaking natives) on the streets who can guide you!

Beautiful park...Amazing views

Nice place to hangout and walk through. This plaza park is amazing to visit and stroll for everyone. Many trees for shade and spaces to sit as well.

lovely place to walk around and just relax

This plaza is the local social center. A
place to meet & greet. Music and dance
every Thursday & Sunday @ 6:00pm for
1-2hrs.

Walk and enjoy the bay, people watching, much fine art and pop up entertainment.
Sunset and after dark are magical times herec

Lovely. Dit n watch the senior citizens dance to what the band plays you be surprised. It happens on thursday at 6p.m

A great hotspot with something on the go all the time. If not just ask at the tourism office at the north east corner.