elisabeth Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Prefer better roads to twisting through the mountains with crazy drivers - advice? We live in Chapala. This question has been asked before but would.like.advice based on recent experience. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 There is not but two ways to get from here to there.... and by your criteria you have eliminated one of them. That leaves the 15D toll road. Go north from Chapala on the road the airport; prior to the airport take the ‘new’ Macrolibramiento west towards “Tepic”. It will join the 15D west of Guadalajara. Drive west on 15D until you see signs for PV ultimately using Mex 200. South of Las Varas, 200 will become a winding 2 lane until about Bucerias. That stretch of road will test your perceverance. BTW, this is Mexico so you will encounter ‘crazy drivers’ everywhere. Not all of them or Mexican! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JyC Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Use macrolibriamiento to Tepic, exit PV cuaota to PV- Compestella. Winding road to PV from turn off at Compestella. On a Sunday, 4-4.5 hours to Bucerias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 Long way.. to Manzanillo mostly toll roads (maybe you will like it there) then north to Vallarta. No windy mountain roads just a long way to get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Mostlylost said: Long way.. to Manzanillo mostly toll roads (maybe you will like it there) then north to Vallarta. No windy mountain roads just a long way to get there. I´ve done it often and it´s a 2 day trip for me, especially to Bucerias. Tan solo porque, i had folks that wanted to see ALL of the Costa Alegre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Mostlylost said: Long way.. to Manzanillo mostly toll roads (maybe you will like it there) then north to Vallarta. No windy mountain roads just a long way to get there. Really boring once you start going north. It is not a coast road with vistas by any stretch of the imagination. Long and boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Quote Yep, after Manzanillo/Santiago, you have to turn down to get to the beach front towns until you get to Tomatlán. In this case, Dorothy, you are back in Kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Maybe bus it and rent a car? I do the Mita-Ajijic route every summer to dogsit, and sometimes it's four hours, once it was eight hours of torture. But the Mascota route is nothing but torture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, camillenparadise said: Maybe bus it and rent a car? I do the Mita-Ajijic route every summer to dogsit, and sometimes it's four hours, once it was eight hours of torture. But the Mascota route is nothing but torture. Mascota...….But you save 700 pesos on tolls and gasoline on a round trip. I love it because you have to drive and can´t fall asleep. Takes about the same time within 15 or 20 minutes, in fact I will be doing it in a couple of weeks but the Peregrinos to Talpa will make it little longer. Still a fun trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 GREAT we have choices! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 I agree with Slainte39. The Mascota route is much more interesting. The driving is fun and the scenery is fantastic! Only once, did we see transitos looking over the edge of a cliff for a vehicle that had left the road without a parachute. Lunch and fuel in Mascota is a good choice, and there are some side trips here and there, along the way, like the sleepy farming town of Volcan, on a loop road, and some good scenic stops for photos. You can also make a stop in San Sebastian, just before Puerto Vallarta, for more scenery and libations, etc. The Libations are for your passengers, if you enjoy mountain driving as much as I do/did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elisabeth Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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