San Sebastian Tour
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September 2026
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Is San Sebastian Tour worth booking?
San Sebastian Tour is a 10-hour experience in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, from $88 per person. It scores 60 out of 100 on the Outty Ranking, which we label “Solid Choice”, based on a 4.2/5 rating across 76 reviews. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the start time. Same-day spots are currently showing.
- Outty Ranking
- 60 / 100
- Rating
- 4.2/5 (76)
- Duration
- 10 hours
- From
- $88 per person
A guided tour from Vallarta to San Sebastian del Oeste includes round-trip transportation, bilingual tour guide, visits to the tequila gallery and coffee factory and a delicious authentic lunch at a local Mexican restaur
What you get
About this experience
A guided tour from Vallarta to San Sebastian del Oeste includes round-trip transportation, bilingual tour guide, visits to the tequila gallery and coffee factory and a delicious authentic lunch at a local Mexican restaurant in this charming “Pueblo Magico” or “Magic Town” of Mexico.
What's included
Included
- Lunch in Mexican Restaurant
- Distillery tour
- Walking tour at San Sebastian’s downtown
- Organic coffee factory tour
- Round trip transportation service
- Certified tour guide
Not included
- Tips
- Breakfast
What you'll see and do
San Sebastian del Oeste
This “Magic Town of Mexico” tour invites you on a journey back in time to a laid-back way of life. This San Sebastian del Oeste tour brings you to a mountain town near Vallarta to explore an organic coffee plantation, an artisanal tequila gallery and a walking tour of San Sebastian del Oeste with a friendly bilingual guide where you can enjoy the delightful vistas and culture of Mexico. Savor a typical lunch in an authentic local Mexican restaurant to thrill all your senses.
420 minutes here
Where it starts and ends
Meeting point
Puerto Vallarta
Hotel pickup
Pickup is available for selected locations. Pickup begins about 30 minutes before departure.
Ends at
Returns to the starting point
Before you book
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- Languages
- en, es
- Ticket
- Mobile Only
- Runs on
- Wed, Fri
- Group size
- Up to 15 travelers per booking
- Operated by
- Riviera Tours Transfers
Know before you go
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
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What travelers are saying
Outty’s summary of the themes that recur across 76 traveler reviews. Written by us, not quoted from reviewers.
The guide
9 mentionsTravelers single out the guide as the reason the experience works.
Knowledge and storytelling
7 mentionsReviewers describe the commentary as informative rather than scripted.
Food and drink
6 mentionsThe tastings and food stops are a highlight for most reviewers.
Good for families
4 mentionsReviewers traveling with kids report it landed well with their group.
Photo opportunities
2 mentionsThe views and photo stops come up again and again.
Value for money
2 mentionsTravelers feel they got more than they paid for.
Traveler reviews
76 verified traveler reviews for San Sebastian Tour. Ratings and reviews provided by Viator and Tripadvisor.
San Sebastián is wonderful
This is a tour you don’t want to miss. First of all, our tour guide, David, was exceptional in knowing the history of the area and a lot of information about the small town of San Sebastián. well worth the long and winding drive up the mountain. Cobblestone streets were a challenge so bring good shoes. Tequila distillery was so pretty and good tequila. It was a long day but fun.
via Tripadvisor
The absolute best!
Juan Carlos and Omar were the greatest tour guides ever. We had a blast on our tour, and we have them to thank for that!! They were so wonderful with my grandmother and made sure she was catered to and could enjoy the tour as well. We can’t say enough good things, we are so grateful for Juan Carlos!! And Omar!! Love, Emily and Beverly
via Tripadvisor
make sure you get a...
make sure you get a window view .We were in the back with no view for 2 hrs Would not recomend it to anybody
via Viator
San Sebastian
We so looked forward to this tour, and were delighted when our van picked us up at 9:20 am sharp near our hotel in Nuevo Vallarta. We were with one other English speaking couple, and our tour guide immediately greeted us warmly and we got on our way. He said we were making a stop in Puerto Vallarta on the way to pick up more guests, and he would start the presentation after pickup. (no problem). We arrived in PV and picked up 6 more guests, plus we had another person in the van who we were tehn introduced to as Daniel, who was shadowing today as he was going to be a new tour guide with Riviera Tours. (all good). Our main guide, informed us when we left PV (about 10 am) that it would be about 1 hour 40 minutes drive to San Sebastian. (we expected that - again, no problem). He began his presentation in the van with a good speaker system so all could hear, but this is when the problems began. He would excitedly share something in Spanish for about 5 minutes, then translate into about 30 seconds of English, and then revert back to Spanish. I picked up a few words here and there in Spanish, and knew he was skipping a lot for us English speakers. So I would ask a couple of questions to see if he would circle back to what he missed.. (ie.. I noticed you said "arboles"... can you tell us about the trees?) Our first stop, he asked if anyone needed to use the baños, and we did, so a bunch of us piled out at this roadside restaurant (this is at the 45 min mark approx, so we thought almost halfway) and we filed to the washrooms. I then saw our main guide and all the Mexican men in our van hovering over an open grill, and they all came back to the van with food, and the men gave some to their wives. Whatever this part of the stop was, he did not share it with the English speakers. We didn't know this was available to us. Our next stop, he had our very wonderful and capable driver, (shout out to Eric, he really was great) stop at Las Palmas, where we filed out and stood at a town square and learned the connection between Las Palmas and San Sebastian. Here our main guide engaged Daniel (the newbie, but seriously very capable and will be an EXCELLENT tour guide) to be his translater, although he really didn't need one. Our main guide spoke perfect english, he just for some reason chose not to much more after this. Thankfully Daniel translated almost everything for us and things got much better and we didn't feel anymore like we were being left out. Just before 12 noon (2 hours 40 min in) we made a stop at a Panederia (bakery) beside the beautiful bridge and were able to buy delicious baked goods and coffee. We were hungry, but he wisely told us not to eat too much because we would spoil our lunch which was coming soon. We stopped here for about 20 minutes and then made our way across the bridge to the tequila distillery. This was the best stop of the day. Alex was our host and did a fantastic job telling us all about his family's production and about how tequila and raicilla are distilled. He was very generous with his portions and his story telling was delightful. We left around 1 pm (still not in San Sebastian yet..) and drove the next hour and 15 min or so until we arrived in San Sebastian.. .our first stop at a jewellry store. We filed out of the van and into a very expensive silver and opal store. We thought we were getting a tour and the rich history of the silver mining in San Sebastian, but it was just a very beautiful and expensive jewelry store. (It was truly beautiful and well laid out) Lunch was the next stop at 2:45 pm (2 hours and 45 min after he told us not to spoil our lunch at the bakery). We sat down, waiting nearly half an hour (they served the tour guides and driver first, then the guests) at a very lovely restaurant and had an authentic Mexican meal that was very good. I was done before some of the guests, so I wandered out and across the street to an open courtyard inside a building that seemed to be the mining museum. The others soon joined and followed me, and our main guide very quickly told us a bit of the history in this building - and that it was a library now, but we didn't have opportunity to go into the museum itself. (this was something we most wanted to see, and were told we would be able to visit the mining museum when we booked the trip). Next we walked the cobbled streets about town, went into another store selling mouth watering peanut brittle and beautiful Mexican pottery and art. More walking about the beautiful town and seeing some of the original buildings, into the old jail where we learned about how bandits and /murderers/rapists were executed there. This was interesting, chilling and surreal. Lastly, just before 5 pm, we went into the beautiful church, and learned the incredible history of Saint Sebastian from Spain during the 3rd century, for whom this town was named (after the town San Sebastian in Spain). This and the tequila tasting were the 2 main highlights of the trip. Our main guide asked if anyone had to use the baños before we left town, and we were told the coffee plantation was still coming, so i knew i could wait. As we got into the van and were leaving town, we learned we were too late, and we had to skip the coffee plantation and would head straight home. An hour and about 45 punishing minutes later we were dropped off at our hotel. The ride was mostly silent the whole way back as our Mexican friends all fell asleep (i'm not sure how?) but we were constantly holding on through all the twists and turns. I tried a few times to engage our guide in conversation, asking questions, but received curt answers. We expected the long drive and the curvy bumpy drive and were prepared for that. We also expected a stop along the way for a break to use washrooms (we had this on the way, but not on the way back) We expected the hilly cobblestone rough streets to walk on and were prepared for that. What we were not expecting was a guide that catered to Spanish speakers, and told us that "lunch was coming" at noon when there were 3 more stops first, and that we would arrive in San Sebastian in 1 hour 40 min and it was closer to 5 hours. What we did not expect was to miss two of the stops (mining museum and coffee plantation) and for the trip to be mostly a shopping trip. I would have loved to have been able to stop roadside to take beautiful photos of the Agave fields we passed by or the mountain vistas. (costs nothing!) As I mentioned to my husband, I'm glad I took the trip, once. We did see a lot of lovely things, and learned some history, and saw a beautiful colonial town. At the end of the trip, he said lightly and jokingly if we wanted to tip our guide and driver, that would be welcome. We made a mistake here and i guess we didn't tip enough, and his response to it left a very bad taste in our mouth and truly ruined our evening. We paid considerably to go on this trip, and we bought things and tipped along the way to the different stops. We were not overly impressed with our guide, and didn't feel he did his best for us. I had never been on a trip like this, and assumed that we were paying them by booking the trip, and didn't realize he was expecting a hefty tip as well. The other English speaking couple with us did tip him very generously, and we only know this because he very angrily showed us their tip beside ours - and said loudly that ours was not good enough, and how dare we call that a tip. We were flabbergasted.. and didn't know what to say.. so we walked away. I wish in hindsight we had personally thanked and tipped Daniel, our english translater and the shadow guide.. as well as Eric, our amazing driver. They are amazing. I am not mentioning the name of our guide, because I'm hoping that he was just having a bad day - and this is not the norm for him.
via Tripadvisor
SAN SEBASTIAN
Yesterday we took the San Sebastian tour with Miguel and his driver Omar. We all enjoyed it immensely. Miguel was very knowledgeable sharing information the whole way. Omar was a great driver and we all felt very safe. We all loved the lunch and there was lots of it. For sure we will recommend this tour our friends and family. Thanks again Miguel and Omar from your Canadian Friends, Kay, Irene and Darlene
via Tripadvisor
Good to know
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Free cancellation
- Up to 24h before
- Minimum age to book
- All ages
- Availability
- Bookable today
- Runs on
- Wed, Fri
- Hotel pickup
- Available for selected locations
- Booked in 30 days
- 27
- Verdict
- Solid Choice
Why this scores 60
The Outty Ranking is a weighted composite. Here is how this experience performed on each component.
San Sebastian Tour: questions travelers ask
Practical detail on this experience, plus the wider planning questions for Puerto Vallarta.
How much does San Sebastian Tour cost?
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Prices start at $88 per person. The final price depends on the date, the time slot and the number of travelers, and peak weekends in Puerto Vallarta usually price higher than midweek mornings. Live pricing and remaining availability are confirmed on the booking screen before you pay.
How long does San Sebastian Tour take?
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Plan for about 10 hours from start to finish, not counting travel to the meeting point. Most travelers leave another 30 minutes on either side so the rest of the day in Puerto Vallarta is not rushed.
Is San Sebastian Tour worth it?
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It holds an Outty Ranking of 60 out of 100, which we label "Solid Choice". That score blends traveler sentiment (4.2/5 across 76 reviews), the depth of that review evidence, recent booking momentum, value for money against comparable last minute in Puerto Vallarta, and how flexible the cancellation terms are.
Can I cancel or reschedule San Sebastian Tour?
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Yes. Cancel free up to 24 hours before the start time for a full refund. Inside that window the booking is non-refundable, and no-shows are not refunded.
Is San Sebastian Tour suitable for kids and families?
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Yes, all ages are welcome. Families should still weigh the 10-hour running time, and strollers are easier on the earlier, quieter departures.
How far in advance should I book San Sebastian Tour?
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Around 27 people booked this in the last 30 days, so popular slots go early. Two to three weeks ahead is comfortable in shoulder season, while summer weekends and holidays in Puerto Vallarta can sell out a month out. Same-day spots do open up when other travelers cancel, so it is worth checking if you are already in town.
What should I bring or wear?
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Bring photo ID, your booking confirmation on your phone, a refillable water bottle and comfortable shoes. Dress for the weather in Puerto Vallarta and add a light layer if any part of the 10-hour experience runs outdoors or after sunset.
Where does San Sebastian Tour start and how do I get there?
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The exact meeting point and directions are on your voucher once you book, and they sit in central Puerto Vallarta within reach of public transport. Arrive 15 minutes early: late arrivals are treated as no-shows by most operators.
What are the best things to do in Puerto Vallarta?
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On Outty we rank every Puerto Vallarta experience on the same 0 to 100 scale, and alongside this one the highest scorers right now include Winner 2026 Downtown Vallarta Food Tour with Vallarta Food Tours, Signature Taco Tour in PV with Vallarta Eats, Food & Mixology Tour:Tequila,Tacos, Mezcal and Agave Cocktails. The city page groups everything into most popular, highest reviewed, last minute and family-friendly so you can build a day around what actually delivers.
When is the best time to visit Puerto Vallarta?
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Booking patterns follow the same curve: prices and queues climb in peak weeks, while shoulder season gives you better availability on the top-ranked experiences and more room to change plans.
How many days do you need in Puerto Vallarta?
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Three full days covers the headline sights without sprinting. A workable rhythm is one anchor experience each morning, such as this one, an unhurried afternoon in a single neighborhood, then a food or nightlife booking in the evening. Five days lets you add a day trip outside the city.
Do I book through Outty or through the operator?
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