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Puerto Vallarta is an amazing city, a modern affair that more than 350,000 people call home. Rural areas that feature cobblestone and dirt roads surround it. The roads are passable by private cars, but many people here choose not to own them. Nonetheless, you’ll find many options for transportation in Puerto Vallarta.

Many US ex-pats find that giving up a car is difficult, so they choose to keep their vehicles. When you enter the country and you bring your car, you register it. The vehicle’s documentation is on your visa paperwork. US citizens here are advised to keep a copy of their visas in the vehicle, much like you keep a registration or title. There’s no additional vehicle registration. You can also find mechanics who will maintain your vehicle at a very affordable price. If you don’t want to keep a vehicle, you can rent one for a day to do shopping, run errands or visit a nearby town.

Other options for transportation in Puerto Vallarta include buses (which do cover the metropolitan Puerto Vallarta area), shuttles, and taxis. You can also find water taxis to take you to the small islands off of Puerto Vallarta’s coast. You can also take chartered fishing excursions.

For air transportation in Puerto Vallarta, international carriers fly out of Puerto Vallarta’s International Airport. In addition, low-cost domestic carriers can fly you to other destinations in Mexico. Many of these same domestic carriers have applied for permission to fly across the US border to southern and southwestern cities in the US. This is great news because it means that you can have low-cost access to the US whenever you want to return!

You may be asking yourself how the locals get around. In the areas surrounding Puerto Vallarta, many residents travel by horseback! Although Puerto Vallarta is a modern city, the areas surrounding it are still very rural. This entire area was a fishing and farming community before it became a prime tourist destination, and many locals still keep horses as their primary mode of travel.

If you’re ready to experience the charm of Puerto Vallarta, please contact a Select Mexico Properties sales representative today. We can show you how to make the most of the variety of options for transportation in Puerto Vallarta.