The basics. When I arrived at this small hotel at 9pm neither I nor the taxi driver could find the entrance. Posada Lily reminded me of european pensiones - a locked street side door going upstairs to a small office where the room was rented. Rooms are either street side where there is lots of sun and a very small patio to sit, or inside in which there were no windows, and probably much quieter. My room was 350 pesos ($35US)for street side. Family run, clean room and bath, half a block and you're on the sand. Perfect if you're not expecting much more.
I saw rooms at Hotel Posada de Roger(?), which was 3 blocks away inland -simple and classier, with nice entrance and patio, and a very nice courtyard; also a great restaurant adjacent. The place seemed uptone, nicely decorated and very clean. Those rooms were $40US single;$50 double. It seemed more like a nice place to return to.
I left for 3 days to travel and returned to PV for 5 more days and stayed at Villa Mercedes which was 3 blocks south of Lily. The rooms were very lovely, nicely decorated, nice bathroom, patio, cont.breakfast served by a very sweet pool - all in all cute/classy,and very quaint and again a block from the beach. I paid $75 single. I liked this south area of downtown PV much better, even tho it was just a few blocks away. There are great restaurants all around both areas- I didn't have a bad meal anywhere. I also saw rooms at the Tropicana across the street when I was going door to door for a room on my return trip. Nice rooms-hotel right on the beach. I was quoted $110US for a 'mini suite' which looked like a regular hotel room, but friends met said they were paying $75 advance booking and really liked the place - cant beat the location of any of these hotels as everything was very walkable. Found a local gym up along the south end of the river Cuale for $20/week.
I found PV established, with good food, beaches wonderful, good walking. Compared to other more remote areas of Mexico, PV is busy and alive with great restaurants and a bit of night life, and there is traffic and noise and honking horns, which echos down those cobble stone streets. Earplugs, 15 pesos ($1.50US - very good investment!)