Mexico holiday advice or suggestions?

We aren't the beach types, so I recommend that you consider the Mexico City area, known as "The Paris of The West". Pyramids, museums, architecture, food, and more.

just stay with zambini and follow his lead.

Hi, without knowing all too well what ya'll are in to I'd suggest considering the following: I'd fly into Guadalajara and spend a day or two in the city visiting the Hospicio Cabañas (incredible murals and world heritage site), Tlaquepaque (birth place of mariachi music), and Tequila (nice train ride and visit to the distilleries & fields). You could then drive to Tepic and spend a day looking for the Huichol people and their art which is really cool and unique plus eat pescado sarandeado (fish cooked in a particular wood). From Tepic you can continue on to Puerto Vallarta. Nuevo Vallarta is all huge all-inclusive complexes, Punta Mita is the really high end stuff, Puerto Vallarta itself is rapidly becoming some sort of central district with some quality restaurants full of English-speaking staff, while the villages south of Vallarta are a mixed bag of rich people homes, lovely bed and breakfasts, and fishing villages switching to the tourist trade. If your into fishing, the big thing during the year is marlin fishing, you can rent a boat at many different price points. If you drive north of Vallarta there is a beach named Sayulita that is a famous surfing spot.  

Great idea, zambini - thanks!  I had a great aunt who lived in Guadalajara in the 60s or 70s, and she loved it.  We really like visiting historic sites, and are both interested in architecture, art, indigenous cultures etc. Might look into flying into PV an out of Guadalajara, or the other way around. That would be the best of both worlds.  

Hey Chico, just adding on here about PVR and in particular Sayulita. My wife and I lived there for several years and honestly couldn't think if better place for a Mexican vacation. There is literally something for everyone.

Mmm, yeah, not so much.  Not really my cup of tea, either.  

My boss told me a story about his driving down there at 16 and his 'first' was someone named Rosita. That was in the late sixties. He told me the story in the eighties. Some years ago, this century, I found out it was still around. He said a cabby suggested the place and it had armed guards all over the place to make sure no one interrupted the fun.