Shopping in Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta shopping is an experience of fun and variety.  From luxury shopping malls to local flea markets, shopping in Puerto Vallarta is a labor of love where you can buy almost the unimaginable: jewels, renamed Mexican silver (Real sterling silver has .925 stamped on it.), traditional and casual clothes and handcrafts.  Puerto Vallarta has several shopping centers, malls, plazas, flea markets, department stores and supermarkets.

Silver and Jewelry

Mexico is a world producer of silver ("plata" in Spanish), so here in Puerto Vallarta, you will find precious jewelry made with this metal.  All the original silver products are labeled with a “.925” stamp.  The best place in Puerto Vallarta for shopping silver is in the stores.  The piece you are interested in will be priced based on its weight.  Stores offer a discount when you buy multiple articles.  Native gemstones included in jewelry typically include jade and polished coral or onyx.  You’ll find silver stores all over town.

Huichol Art

In traditional Huichol communities, an important ritual artifact is the nieli'ka: a small square or round tablet with a hole in the center covered on one or both sides with a mixture of beeswax and pine resin into which threads of yarn are pressed. Nieli'kas are found in most Huichol sacred places such as house shrines (xiriki), temples, springs and caves.

Puerto Vallarta Shopping Malls

PARADISE SHOPPING CENTER  Paradise Plaza holds within it more than one hundred colorful and interesting shops as well as fine dining opportunities.  This shopping center has everything from a bank, beauty parlor, video arcade and clothing stores to a well-stocked supermarket.  Whatever your interest, Paradise Plaza will have what you’re looking for and more.  Paradise Plaza offers an air-conditioned facility, free parking and most of the shops accept major credit cards.

PLAZA NEPTUNO 's location, at the entrance of Marina Vallarta, makes this shopping center hard to miss. The Ameri-Med American Hospital is located within it as well as a drug store and a convenience store where you may wish to buy beach essentials. There is also an internet center with relatively fast connections and two stores that sell furnishings.

PLAZA CARACOL has maintained a tradition of quality service for many years; it is located in the northern part of town in the Hotel Zone, and it features a Gigante supermarket, a Deportes Marti store where you can find almost all accesories for sports, a LANS Tienda Departamental a very exclusive department store.