Puerto Vallarta’s Plaza is the Place
As its name suggests, the Plaza Principal in Puerto Vallarta is the main square, the place where much of the city’s moving and shaking occurs throughout the day and into the night. The public space offers a fascinating counterpoint to your Puerto Vallarta villa rental, which represents everything that is modern and new in town. The Plaza Principal is a traditional central point where you’ll find the institutions that are important in the lives of people who live here.
In many cities with a past, community life found much of its focus in the main square. Government buildings and religious structures had prominent locations on the streets that formed the square. People conducted official business and said their prayers indoors and used the open space for social gatherings.
The Plaza Principal continues to serve the modern Puerto Vallarta community in much the same way it did a century or more ago. Street vendors offer their treasures and trinkets for sale; the city’s band is often found onstage doing a public performance; and street entertainers are likely to be showing off any time. The Palacio Municipal and Our Lady of Guadalupe church overlook the scene.
Just one street off the Malecón (and not that far from your Puerto Vallarta villa rental), the plaza offers visitors an opportunity to take a seat and watch as life unfolds in this very popular public space.
