Vallarta promotes a healthy lifestyle by itself, with its beautiful sandy beaches, fabulous surfing sites, scuba diving, waterski, great outdoor & extreme activities, hiking trails with spectacular views, and some of the best golf courses in the country (including one World Championship course, one Greg Norman and three Jack Nicklaus Signature courses) You will also find world class spas, as well as health & yoga retreats, where professional therapists and yogis from around the globe will take you, step by step, through a world of physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. 

Puerto Vallarta has a large international community that grows constantly and attracts tourists from all over the world, so it is not surprising to find such a rich and diverse gastronomic scene, where traditional cooks and sophisticated chefs prepare the most delicious recipes using only what Mother Earth provides. And last, but not least, in Vallarta there is no need to spend lots of money to eat well, as you will always find fresh fruit & vegetables from local farmers and, obviously, some of the best catch of the day seafood available on the planet.

Education

Puerto Vallarta can be considered as a very eclectic society, given the fact that it is formed by locals, as well as families from all over the country and abroad, so it is obviously not surprising to find a great variety of schools with different educational systems of all levels, from kindergarten through college, all with competitive educational quality that goes hand in hand with US and European standards. Almost all private schools teach English as a second language, and most of them count with British, American and Canadian teachers, so it is not strange to find English speaking people throughout the whole bay. The British American School, The Angloamericano, ISPAC Institute and The American School of Puerto Vallarta are very popular schools among the North American community of PV. In México, private education is very common and it is possible to find good schools for all budgets. Nevertheless, many foreign families choose to enroll their children into 100% Spanish speaking schools.