We used Ritmos Cafe. Relatively clean bathrooms. Beach show just outside. Remember it’s Mexico. Rustic!

we paid only for drinks at Ritmos Cafe....no charge if you eat and drink

Unless you have a very sensitive stomach, go ahead and enjoy the food!

ya ubique el hotel tropicana esta cerca de playa los muertos,por ahi pasan camiones pero no conozco cuales desde el aeropuerto,quisiera resolverte el problema pero no se como,creeria que si reservas en el transfer que contrate yo, te podra salir aprox 20 o 30 dolares cada tramo espero que te sirva esta informacion saludos

La playa de los novios en Punta de Mita,

Puedes esquiar, kayac, es una playa de aguas tranquilas, no es costoso, es donde converge el mar y un río, si quieres otro tipo de deporte acuático puedes ir a Punta Mita, Sayulita, mismaloya, y todos son precios accesibles.

Brian C. - I agree with his description of the location and hill challenge. 🙂

Hola! En el centro de la zona romàntica (calle olas altas) hay varios stands y agencias en donde ofrecen paseos, tours, etc... en mi caso tomé un taxi por cuenta propia a Mismaloya ( muy conveniente el valor) y en esa playa puedes comer, disfrutar y hay muchas lanchas q te llevan a los arcos, puedes hacer snorkear, te llevan de forma privada y puedes negociar los precios, te recomiendo esa opción!

Hi Tim. Yes it is polluted. Wear shoes and socks while walking on sand. I would not ever swim in that area. For two reasons. February and March 2016 one person perished in rip tides daily. Often the person was only walking on beach. Also, this is a city beach with no enforced leash laws for dogs. Due to cat fesis around town especially on Isle Cuale, dogs sniff and pick up as parasite called Toxoplasmosis Gondi, which cats only spread to warm blooded animals. Around 8am every morning the entire Los Muertos Beach with exception of maybe Lapalapa high end beach restaurant has dogs running free doing their business. Even if a responsible dog owner picks up the dogs fesis, the parasite Toxoplasmosis Gondi is attracted to the perfect host, the warm sand. Compare laying in your cats litter box out in the sun. Vallarta has animal control problems starting with Colonia Spay and Neuter Clinic and Puro Gato collecting street cats for TNR but the "R" part is being ignored. Stands for "Return". 2016 onwards protocol is to TNReturn to Field (Trap, Neuter, Return to Field". Jungle in this case where the cats can live happily amount a food chain they are easily adaptable to. These cat advocates have colonized the cats in the Rio Cuale's Children's Island to numbers as high as 300 over the last twenty years. Toxoplasmosis Gondi infection is 90% in Puerto Vallarta. Walking barefoot on Los Muertos Beach is plain dangerous considering "Gay Friendly" Puerto Vallarta neglects to remove the cause of this one of 20 diseases cats and dogs carry. Toxoplasmosis infection has been the number one cause of death to people with HIV/AIDS, and immune compromised persons. Stick to the hotel swimming pool until Puerto Vallarta addresses these terrorist cat advocates for good, and give it a year for Mother Nature to repair this so preventable travisty. The sand/area's garden soil is 40x more susceptible to parasites than the ocean and Rio Cuale. WHO stipulates in 2004 Regulations Mexico hosted conference and agreed to, that swimming in the fresh water catch basin under the Malecon at Rio Cuale is deemed against regulation. Tests on Isle Cuale by government showed it to be ecologically dead, which backs up downstream from Isle Cuale to have high levels of Toxoplasmosis Gondi, three times higher than upstream. These waters run directly into Banderas Bay at Playa Los Muertos. So the water is not safe. Note that Puerto Vallarta brags of their Blue Flag Beach. This is awarded only for bacteria count in a particular part of beach. Toxins and parasite presence is not measured. Nothing is measured in any of the rivers unless individuals measure it at their own expense. Please keep in mind that this is being corrected by government, but it will take a year plus for Mother Nature to correct problem, once they set up appropriate Animal Control, with removing to jungle the Isle Cuale cats and stop all dogs from being on beaches. Leash and containment laws have to begin to be enforced, and licensing of every pet needs to verify all vacinity and accurate home. CDC Travel Advisory stipulates to never adopt one of these cats especially a kitten from these groups. Do not approach a stray cat or dog. These are growing pains for Puerto Vallarta and all will be corrected by government once they figure out how to deal with the flack the Cat Advocates feed them. Have faith, but caution is strongly advised. Stick to hotel swimming pools or go to Conchas Chinas Beach three bays over for clean beautiful water and lovely sand to lay in. Be sure to take some sort of shading with you as the beach, as gorgeous as it is, has no sun protection. Also watch for sea urchins on the rocks.... Ouch! Enjoy and embrace the beauty, knowing it all will be corrected. I personally promise that from the last year's growing support these issues have from major players. Hope you love your trip!