If you'd rather not do the driving, there are several first-class, air conditioned Bus Tours. The Artist's home tour takes you on a visit to leading local and international artists in their studios and their homes. The Friendship Home Tour takes you on a visit to four spectacular private villas. City buses are a convenient and inexpensive way to see Vallarta. The bus rides are also very entertaining.
Minstrels jump on the buses, whip off a few songs and ask for pesos.
You can even catch a clown act on the local city buses.