You really have a choice of lodgings in Puerto Vallarta. The north side of town, from the Centro through the Zona Hotelera and up into Marina Vallarta, is primarily upscale hotels and all-inclusive resorts. Even farther north is Nuevo Vallarta, which is even more tourist-centered: It has wide, modern streets, long (and delightfully uncrowded) beaches and lots of palm trees. The hotels in this area are all very slick and shiny, if a tad sterile. Most are also all-inclusive. The South Side of Puerto Vallarta tends to have more budget accommodations and family-run inns. The Centro, South Side and neighborhoods just south of Vallarta are peppered with bed-and-breakfast accommodations that cater to a wide variety of tastes and budgets.
