For a number of reasons, Puerto Vallarta is a highly desirable vacation spot – Banderas Bay, miles of beach, restaurants and shops enough to wear you out, and a vibrant night life that goes on until you might actually think of it as clubbing in the early morning. When you’re counting the city’s attractions, make sure to include your gorgeous Puerto Vallarta luxury villa rental that puts all of this at your disposal.

Without doubt, you have come to the right place to stretch out and relax, unless, of course, you’re one of those types who thinks that relaxation is for sissies. You never sit still because you know that every moment of every day is one more opportunity to learn or do something new and enterprising (you don’t include the lyrics learned through a karaoke experience as “enterprise”).

Vacation with purpose
There is good news and bad news to follow. Let’s start with the bad, which you are probably already aware of, and get it out of the way: you may be a nerd. Now the good: you can use your time in this exotic resort setting in way that will make you say, “Job well done.” That’s right – while your family and friends splash in the surf, swing through the trees and swim with the dolphins, you can learn a second language – Spanish.

You’ll discover soon enough that many people in Puerto Vallarta speak English, and they are more than happy, if not downright thrilled, to improve their language skills in conversation with you. So casual conversations are not likely to give you the immersion experience you’re looking for. A school that specializes in language lessons will, though.

• Cactus Language offers a number of options for Spanish learners; you can choose to take lessons in a group setting or get individualized instruction, one-on-one with an instructor. They run classes all year long for Spanish learners of all abilities.


• AmeriSpan Study Abroad has a facility downtown, just a block from the beach, where they offer small-group instruction. You’ll spend 5 hours a day learning to speak Spanish like a native, and you can sign up for as many weeks’ lessons as you want.


• Enforex offers a variety of courses, including a combination of group lessons and private lessons. You can choose from their intensive program (25 lessons each week) or their part-time program (15 lessons).

At the end of a week or two, you’ll be able to chat with the staff at your Puerto Vallarta luxury villa rental in their own language.