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- Address: La Mira 21 Barrios Historicos. 1 to 2 hours. TIME TO SPEND. Acapulco's most storied tradition vaults daily from La Quebrada's daunting clifftops in Old Acapulco.
- Address: Av Costera Miguel Alemán 97 Fracc. Club Deportivo. Beaches, Free. TYPE. Half Day to Full Day. TIME TO SPEND.
- Address: Hornitos s/n, Centro. Museums, Sightseeing. TYPE. 1 to 2 hours. TIME TO SPEND. If you feel your brain giving way to the Acapulco sun, refresh your historical knowledge at the city's famous Fort of San Diego (El Fuerte de San Diego).
- Address: Vientos Galernos s/n Playa. Free, Churches/Religious Sites, Sightseeing. TYPE. 1 to 2 hours. TIME TO SPEND.
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- Fort of San Diego
- Acapulco Historical Museum
- La Quebrada Cliff Divers
- Capilla de La Paz
- Mural Diego Rivera
- Punta Diamante
- Barra Vieja
- Playa Pie de La Cuesta
- Isla La Roqueta
- Our Lady of Solitude Cathedral
Acapulco’s top historical monument is its star fort, first erected in 1617 to ward off pirate attacks. At the time it was the strongest fortification on Mexico’s Pacific coast and was built to protect the Manila galleons, a fleet that sailed the Pacific trade route between Acapulco and Spanish-controlled Manila in the Philippines. After earthquake ...
Since 1986 there has been a museum inside the fort, detailing Acapulco’s past and explaining the fort’s role during important moments over the last 400 years. Most interesting are the details about the Manila galleons, piracy in the Pacific Ocean, and commerce with Japan and China. You can view a model of the galleons that crossed the Pacific and s...
At La Quebrada, which means “ravine” in Spanish, there’s a narrow inlet walled by vertiginous cliffs where divers have been performing spectacular jumps for crowds since at least 1934. What makes the feat so difficult is the water they dive into: The divers have to wait for a wave to come in to ensure that the water is deep enough and avoid injury....
You can arrange a tour to this monument, 400 metres above the eastern entrance to the bay. The chapel sits on the hill “El Guitarrón”, one of the highest points in the city, and with a supreme view of the beachfront, cityscape and the Sierra Madre del Sur. The chapel was commissioned at the turn of the 1970s by the developer Carlos Trouyet in memor...
One of Mexico’s great 20th-century artists and the on-off husband of Frida Kahlo left his mark on Acapulco when he stayed in the city in 1956. Diego Rivera’s work adorns the exterior walls of the home of Dolores Olmedo, the famous art patron with whom he had a long-term relationship. The mural is one of Rivera’s final works before he passed away in...
This new, fast-developing part of Acapulco is outside the main bay, on the sand bar in front of the Laguna de Tres Palos to the southeast. And while Punta Diamante may not have the charm and buzz of Old Acapulco, what it does have is space and convenience. The airport is moments away, and since 2017 journey times have been slashed by a new tunnel t...
On the same beachfront as Punta Diamante, Barra Vieja is a few kilometres further along the sand bar. Barra Vieja is the place to escape Acapulco’s crowds, as both the relatively far flung setting and the size of the beach allow room for everyone. As with Punta Diamante, the beach is on a gentle gradient so even though the waves are strong there’s ...
Northwest of Acapulco the city starts to thin out and after about 10 kilometres of twisting coastal roads you’ll come to Pie de la Cuesta. Quiet, laid-back and clear of traffic, this village is at the easternmost point of another sand bar between the Pacific and the expansive Laguna de Coyuca. To relax you don’t need to go further than the beach, w...
This lush, undeveloped island is just south of Las Playas at the western entrance to Acapulco’s bay. The main beach is a tranche of golden sand facing back towards Acapulco, fringed by restaurants and lapped by gentle, transparent waters. You can get there from Playa Caleta, either by boarding a tourist boat or catching a ferry. And while the touri...
Conceived by the architect Federico Mariscal, Acapulco’s cathedral was built in the 1940s and 50s. Its predecessor had only been started in the 1900s, but was toppled by an earthquake and subsequent hurricane. The cathedral’s architecture is unique in Mexico, fusing Art Deco, Moorish and Byzantine styles. The two towers, crowned with colourful dome...
- Relax at the beach. You’re visiting a beach town, so the beach has got to be somewhere on your list, right? There are so many incredible beaches, often referred to as some of the best in Mexico.
- Watch the famous divers at La Quebrada. Aside from the incredible beaches, Acapulco also hosts another famous feature that is incredible to see – just don’t attempt it yourself!
- Visit the Fort of San Diego. The Fort of San Diego was built in the early 1600s by the Spanish to protect Acapulco. Its unique design is especially cool as this fort was built in a star shape.
- Go mezcal tasting. If you aren’t familiar with mezcal, it is most often described as a ‘smokey tequila.’ This is fitting, as the distilled alcohol is a product of oven-cooked agave, the same ingredient that is the base of tequila.
- Relax on the Beaches. For decades, Acapulco was the jet-set destination in all of Mexico. The upper echelon from all over the world, including European A-listers and Hollywood celebs, would descend on the shores of Acapulco to indulge in decadent vacations complete with yacht trips, fine dining, and, of course, golden beaches.
- Watch the La Quebrada Cliff Divers. One of the most important traditions has, over the years, become its most famous tourist attraction and one of the top things to do in Acapulco.
- Visit Fort of San Diego. It can be easy to get lost in the sun and sand of Acapulco, so if your brain needs a bit of stimulation head on over to the Fort of San Diego.
- Try the XTASEA Zip Line. Even if you're an experienced zipliner, you've seen nothing until you've zipped down Xtasea. This extreme adventure park is the world's longest zipline, and it is nothing if not supremely impressive.
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