Acapulco Things to see and do Travel Articles

Acapulco Travel Guide – Shopping

Shopping There are dozens of little markets scattered about the city, but almost anything you might want in the way of Mexican handicrafts is probably available at a reasonable price in Sanborns, where you can use your credit cards. The D.I.F. (Family Development Agency) operates a small shop just west of the Oceanic 2000 Tower [...]

Acapulco Survival Tips for First-timers

I spent two months in Acapulco over winter 00/01. As the title suggests, if you’re going to Acapulco for the first time, there should be some useful information for you here. Tourist Office/Maps | Money | Post Office | Bookstores/I-cafés | Things to See | Beaches | Accommodation | Places to Eat | Clubs/Bars | [...]

Acapulco et al., Mexico

San Diego Fort A friendly belch of smoke shoots forth from the fort signaling the arrival of half-a-dozen “naos” or Spanish trading galleons sailing into the safety of Acapulco Port. Is this how would it have been in the year of 1650? I contemplate the scene while standing on the stone parapet of San Diego [...]

Acapulco Surival Tips for First-Timers

Acapulco Survival Tips for First-Timers I spent two months in Acapulco over winter 00/01. As the title suggests, if you’re going to Acapulco for the first time, there should be some useful information for you here. Tourist Office/Maps | Money | Post Office | Bookstores/I-cafés | Things to See | Beaches | Accommodation | Places [...]

Acapulco, Mexico – September 2000

Acapulco's "Little Season" – the holiday Mexicans take just before school starts – is over and the city is virtually deserted. It will probably stay that way until the Canadians come en masse in December and the Americans follow in January. We're in the rainy season now, which means that it rains occasionally during the [...]

Acapulco, Mexico – May 2000

May Holy Week brings a horde of tourists down from México City, and I’d advise against coming to Acapulco during the week before or after Easter Sunday. But that’s the ideal time to visit México City, for most businesses are closed and people are out of town (and here). We expect relatively few visitors durng [...]

Acapulco – Transport

How to Get There Bus The bus stations (there are several) are all near downtown, mostly on Avenida Cuauhtémoc, which is only a couple of blocks from the beachfront drive, the Costera. You can find a number of economical hotels on Cuauhtémoc or take a taxi to the hotel of your choice. Air The international [...]

Acapulco – Restaurants

On the Escenica (Scenic Drive from Airport to town) Luxury Madeira’s (overlooking bay; best food in town) Superior Kookaburra (Australian) Casa Nova (very expensive; nice view) Costa Azul (eastern end of the Bay) Luxury La Casa del Steak (off the Costera near Convention Center) Superior Fersato’s (Mexican food – but not “Tex-Mex”) Pipo’s (where Acapulqueños [...]

Acapulco – History

The Spanish conquistadors, searching for a southern port, found the fishing village of Acapulco four months after the fall of México City in 1521. Acapulco – the name is Nahuátl – means "place of reeds" and is virtually the only natural port south of San Francisco. For 250 years Spain's trade with the Orient, carried [...]

Acapulco – Accommodation

Hotels in Acapulco Airport Several luxury hotels Рthe Fairmont Princess, the Mayan Palace, and the Pierre Marqu̩s are near the airport but transportation into Acapulco is expensive. As you enter the bay area from the airport, you pass another luxury hotel, Las Brisas. It has an excellent view of the Bay, but unfortunately lacks [...]