That Traveling Couple

Sweet Things Bakery/Cafe Bucerias

Unless you have either been to Bucerias before and gotten a recommendation, or been paying particular attention as you walk down Lazaro Cardenas Blvd, you’d probably never even know Sweet Things Bakery existed. And that would be a shame. The title of this post was going to be: Sweet Things Bakery/Cafe/Restaurant/Awesome.
Walking down Lazaro Cardenas, towards [...]

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Adriano’s Restaurant Bucerias: Big, Bright And…

Depending on your preference, Adriano’s is either the outlandish and ostentatious, or the delightfully colorful, character filled orange building on the beach at the North edge of Bucerias’ town square.
Cutting straight to the point on this one, if you’re looking for a place for lunch or dinner in Bucerias, Adriano’s has it’s good and it’s [...]

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Terralta Bucerias: Tips On Renting Or Buying

If you’re thinking of coming to Puerto Vallarta and in particular Bucerias for an extended stay or to retire and live permanently, the estate called Terralta is one you should certainly consider. In fact most westerners who live at Bucerias, can be found residing at Terralta 1, 2 or 3.
Terralta is located at the Northern [...]

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El Brujo Restaurant Bucerias – Our New Fave

The restaurants along the beachfront at Avenida del Pacifico in Bucerias have a lot in common. They’ve all got great views, they’ve all got open air settings, they’re all pretty touristy.
That said, I can think of at least 3 reasons why El Brujo restaurant, the second last on the strip before the avenue ends is [...]

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Dulce Galeria at Bucerias

I am an unashamed sweet tooth.
Without going into too much detail, suffice it to say that if I’m in a new country and I see a sign that says “(that country’s) Finest Traditional Sweets”, I’m pretty much there like a bear.
That’s the sign I saw, colorfully designed in aqua green and purple, strolling down Lazaro [...]

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Mezzogiorno Italian Restaurant Bucerias

Mezzogiorno is a restaurant that had tempted us since our first walk along the beach from the north end of Bucerias.
Now having eaten there twice, it’s a restaurant that we’ve decided we both passionately love and strangely hate… but mostly love. Before we can get into why, some preface is needed.
Mezzogiorno is the last restaurant [...]

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Gringo’s English Bookstore Bucerias

One strange thing we noticed in our first few weeks in Puerto Vallarta, is the strangely infrequent occurrence of English language bookstores, or English language books period.
To our surprise, even at uber commercial chain marts like Mega and Walmart, the book section is solely titles in Spanish. Even the ritzy Liverpool mall in downtown PV, [...]

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Bucerias Beach Puerto Vallarta

Living in Puerto Vallarta, we’ve come to think that the beach at Bucerias is the best in the area for many reasons. We’ve spent many an afternoon enjoying the sunset at beachside bars or laying on the sand at Bucerias and have a few points of interest to share:
1. Easy Access
The great part about the [...]

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Bucerias – First Impressions

Taking the local bus about 45 minutes north up the coast from Puerto Vallarta, you arrive at the quaint beachside town of Bucerias in the state of Nayarit.
Yet less ravaged by the touristy sprawl, Bucerias stands out amongst the beachside towns on this stretch of Mexico’s west coast for a number of reasons.
Firstly you quickly [...]

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