We have taken many of your,tours and they have all been wonderful This tour was OK but did not cover much of what was discussed in the advertisement. We never stopped at the Marina area. When we were downtown the guide only mentioned the city hall and never talked of,the architecture of any buildings. We did go to the church but spent most of,the time in a jewelry store. We never saw any botanical gardens. It was called a city tour but most of,the day was not in the city. The guide spoke both Spanish and English and I think he did not give us all the info in English. The trip for lunch which was very good was up a very long windy dirt road that was a little scary in an old big bus. I don!t think I would recommend this tour unless the description is changed to reflect what you actuallly see and do.
Review by: don433498, November 2017
1st on a scale of 1-10 this tour is a minus 25, according to your email our tour operator was to be OLYMPUS Santiago Plascencia decide to sub out this tour to TROPICAL ADVENTURE. Our air conditioned coach 8 open window space at 40 MPH with SAGGING SEATS, BROKEN FRONT WINDSHIELD, an a SUPENSION FROM THE HORSE AND BUGGY age , other than making stops to pick up passenger in the city, we made a total of 4 stops 2 jewelry shops one on a bridge to hear about a house that 5 blocks away and one to see the seahorse statue with words PUERTO VALLARTA in color, before we headed to the tequila factory and lunch. The list of sitess and areas list in the brochure are BADLY MISS LEADING, NO NORTHSIDE, NO GUADALUPE CHURCH, NO MALECON, NO MARINA VALLARTA, NO BOTANICAL GARDENS. Major sale pitch at the Tequila shop not even close to a factory glad we bought lunch, we have 4 choices while the others had a wide variety to choice from. Plus we had to have our picture take as a requirement from the restaurant. Im think of submitting this to TRIP-ADVISOR also. Not only would I not recommend this tour I'm thinking about using another vendor for further booking. your description on the item is so miss leading as your vendor did not even come close to most of the item that we were to visit. Tropical Adventure is not much more than a rip off want to sell jewelry at their preferred stores instead of let you shop some were else. VERY DISSAPPOINTED WITH THEM, OLYMPLUS AND VIATOR.
Review by: Erika G, November 2017
The description of the tour made it seem like we would walk around the city but in reality only wandered the malecon for a few minutes, saw a church and then off we went to a tequila tasting. Overall, most of the time was spent in the bus traveling to the tequila tasting or the lunch in a jungle and back to the hotels. This was not a tour of the city.
Review by: Linda S, October 2017
Was not impressed with the tour. The interior of the bus was in poor physical condition and it was hot. The tour was a series of stops to purchase something. The jewelry showroom the sales people were pushy, the tequila tasting place was not up to par. The lenght of time spent at the lunch stop, El Eden, was much too long. The guide did most of her commentary in Spanish not a good mixture of English and Spanish. I would not recommend this tour.
Review by: Douglas C, October 2017
We purchased the tour from Viator, who used Olympus Tours, who used Tropical Adventures. The buses were quite old and there were mechanical problems, which required us to change buses twice. Jamie was our guide and he did a good job in both Spanish and English.
Review by: L Jones, September 2017
The Tour driver was very friendly, knowledgeable and on time. Enjoyed the sites and the lunch stop was wonderful.
Review by: L Jones, September 2017
Love this tour and would recommend to others.
Review by: Brian W, August 2017
This tour was really good. We enjoyed the town, the tour of the church was great. Then topped it off with a incredible lunch. I wish we had know all about the stuff to do at the lunch site. At first I thought it was kind of small but until you get into it you don't realize all that is involved.
Review by: LAMONT, July 2017
Very informative, we learned a lot about Puerto Vallarta local cultures.
Review by: stevehouston1, June 2017
Nice to get to see the main sights, but is in an open bus and can get dusty, exhaust from trucks ahead as you drive up the windy mountain to the Eden site. The tequila man was great, informative and excited about teaching us the varieties of tequila flavors! This is NOT the tour that goes to the botanical gardens.
Review by: Aisha C, May 2017
The tour was a neat way to see PV. The best part was stopping at the Tequilla plant. towards the end of the tour we stopped for lunch and thought it was supposed to be like some kind of rain forest but It was pretty much a restaurant and ziplining. We stayed there for 2 hours with nothing to do.
Review by: jeanineshule, April 2017
I was disappointed with this trip. It was supposed to include some shopping. We were taken to an expensive jewelry store, and wasted a lot of time there. There were so many other shops and vendors, but we were only given about 15 minutes to even look. It was more a grab and go experience. I would not recommend this.
Review by: John B, March 2017
This outing was a scam. All the other bad reviews are right. Sponsored by jewelry store and restaura. went to the Malacon for 10 minutes. Then we went to an overpriced jewelry store, a church and a tequila factory. The restaurant has a minimum $50 USD minimum. The bus was bad. A days vacation stolen
Review by: Cindy S, March 2017
Was not impressed....Don't know why they call it a city tour when you don't really see the city. Bus was in poor shape. Cracked windshield, ripped seats.
Review by: Ray S, March 2017
The city tour was not what we had expected. We drove from one side of town to the other to pick up all the tourists and then stopped at 2 stores that we were able to use the restroom and they were hoping we would buy, but these weren't the store most of us were looking for. We then drove through the city and just stopping to listen to the tour guide explain the statues from a distance. He also told us about the church, but we never got close except on our own. Then we went to a very specific distillery and tried certain types of tequila, but we can only purchase that brand there only. Then we went on this hike, which was nice, but not expected for this tour. I ended up sliding on the gravel and getting a road rash on my calf.
Review by: kimbra_922, March 2017
THE BEST BY FAR.OUR GUIDE JUNE KNEW A LOT ABOUT THE CITY AND ITS HISTORY . I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT PUERTO VALLARTA, BEAUTIFUL CITY...A MUST SEE IS THE CHURCH .
Review by: E D H, February 2017
First of all, the tour received is not the tour we booked - It was an 8 hour tour of PV and we did see/do most of the things as expected however, there were several differences: 1 We basically drove-by Marina Vallarta there was no touring to see the area, let alone an opportunity to take pictures 2 We did not see PV City Hall famous wall mural not sure if it was even mentioned or that it was pointed-out if we drove nearby 3 While it was enjoyable, the tequila factory was not a factory at all, it was an retail outlet with a briefing of the production process and tasting of tequila 4 The freetime to shop was very limited, we expected that would include the Mercado however, it basically was a long stop too long at a Silver Jeweler with very high priced items in an area that had very limited other shops a t-shirt shop nearby and 5 The other thing that was quite unexpected was that the lunch stop in the deep forest was nice, very authentic Mexican restaurant however, we did not expect to spend over 2 hours there, nor were we aware that there was an eco-hike option, or swimming, or zip-lining none of which we wanted -- we would have preferred a stop at the Mercado on the way back in to town granted, they did offer to drop off in downtown area at the end of the tour, but then it would be longer than 8 hours and require getting a taxi back to our hotel.
Review by: vim, January 2017
I was not impressed with this experience. The first couple of hours of the tour was just picking people up and waiting at a store. We then spent a few minutes going through Malecon and visited a church. We went to another jewelry store, which was pretty much useless. The tequila tasting was nice and informative, but not especially that interesting. Finally, we spent several hours hiking and and eating lunch at jungle area. I wish they had spent more time at scenic areas and less time visiting businesses. The tour guide was friendly and the bus was comfortable.
Review by: Cathy, January 2017
Fun trip ... Tour guide was great. Only problem was our group was mostly Spanish speaking and our Tour Guide would change from one language to the other which was at times hard to follow. The stops on the City Tour were great and the food was good - very much worth the money spent for an all day trip plus wise to include lunch. We really enjoyed the Tour.
Review by: Vim, January 2017
I was not impressed with this experience. The first couple of hours of the tour was just picking people up and waiting at a store. We then spent a few minutes going through Malecon and visited a church. We went to another jewelry store, which was pretty much useless. The tequila tasting was nice and informative, but not especially that interesting. Finally, we spent several hours hiking and and eating lunch at jungle area. I wish they had spent more time at scenic areas and less time visiting businesses. The tour guide was friendly and the bus was comfortable.
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