3 Best Shopping in Nuevo Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta

It may be small, but this bookstore has the area's best-distilled selection of English-language books. There is a small selection of guidebooks; books about Mexican culture, history, and arts; and best-selling titles to read around the pool.

The most comprehensive plaza in the Nuevo Vallarta Hotel Zone has a food court, grocery store, several coffee and juice shops, an Internet café, a Starbucks, clothing and handicraft boutiques, and a bank. You will also find Riviera Nayarit's Conventions and Visitors Bureau on the second floor.

Nuevo Vallarta was in dire need of a proper, non-tourist-oriented shopping center, and that's exactly what Lago Real is—an unpretentious mall featuring a wide array of shops and services including Walmart, Cinépolis, Telcel, a food court, and several banks.