Shopping in Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta offers more shopping than a person can conquer in one visit alone. Whatever your preference, the city has it all. There’s a mall for department store shoppers, upscale boutiques, market-style shopping along the Rio Cuale, numerous jewelry and leather shops along the Malecon, and street vendors by the beach. Be sure to bring your bartering skills, as most of the local artisans expect to wheel and deal!

Find stores that will satisfy your shopping desires from our pick of local merchants:

Crafts, Art & Souvenirs

Queribines

A personal favorite of our Destination Experts. The finest-quality artisanal works from Mexico. Owner Marcella García travels across the country to select the items, which include exceptional silver jewelry, embroidered and hand-woven clothing, bolts of loomed fabrics, tin mirrors and lamps, glassware, pewter frames and trays, high-quality wool rugs, straw bags, and Panama hats.

Lalo Morales Boutique

Unique items handcrafted in Mexico. Offering everything from lampshades to handbags, gorgeous and exquisite in design. Basilio Badillo 242 and 235, Col. Emiliano Zapata. (322) 223-0107.

Banderas Bay Trading Company

Banderas Bay Trading Company has everything you need to make your new casa bonita, from Mexican primitive and religious collectibles and art, to antique wooden doors, custom metal and wood furniture, light fixtures, Talavera ware, cantera stone carvings, and countless decorative accessories. Located at Lazaro Cardenas 263. (322) 223-4352.

Casa Mia Design Center

Custom furnishings, draperies and interior design. Insurgentes #437. (322) 222-9083.

Sol y Luna Art Galleries

Two fine art galleries in Puerto Vallarta Mexico:

Sol y Luna Fine Contemporary Art Gallery Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez 155. (322) 113-0475.
Sol y Luna Art for the Uninhibited Lazaro Cardenas 230. (322) 222-1302.

Talavera etc.

Fine traditional Poblana Talavera pottery. Ignacio Vallarta 266. (322) 222-4100.

Clothing/Boutiques

Mexkode

Mexican couture for men and women. Galerías Vallarta L-230. (322) 209-1523.

No Name Boutique

Mexican-inspired clothing for men and women. Paseo Díaz Ordaz 768. (322) 222-1320.

Que Mona/Ke Monas Bebes

Que Mona offers everything from jewelry to furniture and clothing, all with a flare. Ke Monas Bebes is a beautiful boutique carrying children's clothing, sizes newborn to 14. Basilio Badillo #272, Col. Emiliano Zapata South Side Puerto Vallarta. (322) 223-5255.

Curvas Peligrosas

Swimwear for all body types. Juarez #178, El Centro Downtown Puerto Vallarta. (322) 223-5978.

Jewelery

Cassandra Shaw Jewlery

One-of-a-kind jewlery made locally. Located at Basilio Badillo 276. (322) 223-9734.

Galería June Rosen López

Original jewlery handmade by locals. Fca. Rodríguez 200.

Upcoming events

Festival Sayulita: Film, Tequila, Music and Surf
January 16th-18th, 2014
The first annual Festival Sayulita is a unique gathering for all lovers of Mexico, film, tequila, food, music and surf to be held January 16-18, 2014. The idyllic coastal town of Sayulita provides a scenic, bohemian background that's perfect for this international festival.
Whale Watching
December - Mid-March
See Humpback whales migrating in Banderas Bay.
Anniversary of the Mexican Constitution
February 5, 2014
This national holiday brings parades, music and festivities to town.