Top Things to do in Bucerias
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Meaning “place of divers,” Bucerias on Mexico’s Pacific Coast is a charming antidote to the hustle and bustle of nearby Puerto Vallarta. You’ll meet the friendly locals and enjoy beautiful beaches, fantastic dining, outdoor activities and art galleries. Locals congregate in the small plaza in the center of town or head for the beach for some sun and unfettered mountain and bay views. Beyond the beaches of Bucerias, you’ll find superb dining, flea markets laden with special treasures, art galleries, and pubs. Once you’ve tired of the sun, meander through the flea market off the main plaza and tour the residential side of Bucerias, complete with boutique shopping and quality restaurants like La Quinta di Francesco and Adriatico. Some of the best art galleries in town include Splurge Art Gallery, showcasing emerging local artists and designer pewter. On Thursday evenings, participate in the local art walk, and on Sundays, visit the authentic Mexican market. From Bucerias, explore other Riviera Nayarit locations such as Savulita, Punta Mita and San Francisco – they’re all accessible by cheap, frequent bus service.
Restaurants in Bucerias
1. Scotts Bucerias Day Tours
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5.0 based on 61 reviews
Our tour agency has been in business 30 years beginning with the Puerto Vallarta Bass Club. Fifteen years ago we pened Scotts Bucerias Day Tours in Bucerias, Nayarit located just north of Nuevo Vallarta. Our niche in the tour business has been to offer the best tours at the best prices with NO connection to timeshare sales and the usual hustles associated with the industry in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit the adjoining state that starts at Nuevo vallarta and heads north 150 miles along the Riviera nayarit coastline. We have a wide variety of tours and work with the best companies in the region like Vallarta Adventures and others. We work with individuals, families and big groups to provide the best service in the Bay of Banderas and north!
2. Pacific Paddle
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5.0 based on 45 reviews
Pacific Paddle is Mexico's premier paddle surf company, we specialize in SUP rentals, lessons from certified instructors, amazing SUP Safaris, and SUP Sales. Our instructors are experts in the area, and are super friendly! We have a new beach front location in Punta Mita with Hawaiian Outrigger Canoes!
3. Human Connections
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5.0 based on 481 reviews
Human Connections offers a completely unique cultural experience. We bring our guests into the vibrant neighborhoods within Bucerias that travelers rarely get to see. There, we visit three different homes and engage with local artisans, tradespeople and food vendors. We spend about an hour with each person, learning the story behind their craft and seeing the "real Bucerias" through their eyes. While you will enjoy an outstanding homemade meal and history about the area, your favorite thing about the tour will surely be the people you meet. They are simply inspiring. This is a tour about progress (not a tour about poverty) that aims to foster cultural exchange and promote local businesses, all the while providing our guests with an once-in-a-lifetime experience.
4. Mega Comercial Mexicana
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4.5 based on 89 reviews
Reviewed By 936barbh
This store is similar to a Kroger or Walmart or Fred Meyer. It has a large grocery selection, fresh bakery, good produce, fresh meats, seafoods, large deli and dairy. They have all the variety stuff you need too. There is a pharmacy also. Interesting selection of milks that don't need to be refrigerated on the shelf, the 1% milk tastes just like stateside once it chilled after you get it home. Lots of liquor but prices on the browns, (bourbon, whiskey, scotch, etc) are really high. This store is located about a mile from VillaPalmar Flamingos or RUI. And easy flat walk with an overhead walkway to avoid the traffic. Connected to the store are a bunch of banks and cash machines. We had trouble with all of the bank cash machines but were able to use the ones within Mega itself with no problem. An interesting note, if you are visiting and find you bought too much of something, you can return it,unused, unopened of course, just make sure you have your receipt. Its also located in the same parking area as LaComer, a bit more expensive and trendier grocery and variety store, with different selections of many wines and liquors than Mega. Go to both!
5. Santuario de Cocodrilos El Cora
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4.5 based on 221 reviews
El Cora Crocodile Sanctuary will change your concept of wildlife through knowledge and close experiences that will make your hair stand on end. Our goal is to transmit the love for what surrounds us and the importance of conserving it through a guided tour by biologists and veterinarians who carry out the conservation and rehabilitation of the sanctuary.
Reviewed By Sea2Sky2018 - Vancouver, Canada
One of the highlights of my May 2019 trip was a bike ride tour ("CrocoRide") to the El Cora Crocodile Sanctuary just outside Bucerias / Nuevo Vallarta. A truly unforgettable experience. The Cycling: Booked the bike tour with BikePlusLife in Nuevo Vallarta. The bikes are exceptionally well maintained and specialized for the varied terrain which is a mix of flat dedicated cycling paths in NV, a short amount of lateral highway road (with a wide cycling shoulder that most cities would be envious of), and then a long and winding back-country dirt road. The guide, Noemi, clearly enjoys cycling and is so informative about the mangroves and the many different trees and birds in this area, and her enthusiasm made it a fun cycling trip. The Sanctuary: the El Cora Crocodile Sanctuary is an unforgettable experience – educational and so engaging, and the creatures are all rescue/sanctuary so not a zoo. The tour was given by Alfredo, a young veterinarian from Guadalajara, with perfect English. It was fascinating to hear and see live examples of the complex (and sometimes entertaining) connections between the creatures, the tides and the flora in the swamp ecosystem. And to learn up close and safely about the extraordinary crocodile. It’s not huge, it’s not glittery or animated – but for anyone with curiousity about the world and compassion about nature, and for older kids to be engaged in it – this is a wonderful way to include that in your vacation experiences.
6. Wibit Mex
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4.0 based on 40 reviews
The greatest ocean water park in Mexico. Situated in beautiful bay of banderas, nayarit, this is best water excitement for all ages. There are so many things to do and fun for everyone. Diving cliffs, mountains to climb, swings, ropes, bounce launch pads, spinner, huge trampoline, slippery track course of obstacles and much more skill testing challenges. There are several lifeguards on duty that help, interact, and show you skills to tackling course obstacles. Life jackets are provided to everyone. For the parents wanting a relaxing beach day, sipping margaritas or getting a beach massage, let your children play and have fun and let our lifeguards take over and show your kids a great fun filled day. Play for an hour or choose the all pass. Bucerias offers a beautiful beach with calm waters, great beach side restaurants, amazing massages, shops, the famous everyday shopping market and lots of bus and taxi transportation nearby. Wibit Mex is a great way to spend your day PURE FUN!
Reviewed By kbabsWinnipeg - West St. Paul, Canada
We recently spent the afternoon here and it was so much fun! I’m scared of water but still had such a good time. You receive life jackets and there’s so many great lifeguards to help navigate and pull you up! 100% recommend trying out! I took my 5yo, 9yo and 14yo and we all had fun!
7. Coral Reef Surf Shop
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5.0 based on 94 reviews
