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Tour of Old Acapulco – Acapulco, Mexico

A Walking Tour of Old Acapulco Acapulco, Mexico PART I: Fort San Diego to the Zócalo If you take a taxi to Fort San Diego, you'll get out in the parking lot. If you go by bus, ask the driver to let you off at the Fort San Diego stop, and you'll climb a big [...]

Acapulco Travel Guide – Restaurants

Acapulco Travel Guide – Restaurants Luxury The consensus is that Madeira’s, Baikal and Kookaburra, on the hillside in Las Brisas, are among the best restaurants in town. Le Jardin des Artiste, across from the Continental Hotel, has also had good reports. El Olvido, on Diana Circle, is set on a terrace just above the beach, [...]

Sightseeing – Acapulco, Mexico

Acapulco, Mexico – June 2004 The rainy season ordinarily begins in June and runs through September, so there are relatively few tourists and prices are low. During the season it rains occasionally during the day and more often at night – when the temperature drops into the 70's. Afternoon temperatures range about 90°F, so the [...]

Acapulco Travel Guide – Transport

Acapulco Travel Guide – Transport Taxis Very few Acapulco taxis have meters, so settle the fare before you get in. The basic rate is 25 pesos for an ‘average’ ride: if your trip starts and ends on either side of the big flagpole in front of Papagayo Park, the fare should be about twenty-five pesos. [...]

Acapulco Travel Guide – Street Kids

Street Kids Here in Acapulco, the police take homeless children to any one of various homes. There are at least four large institutions – government, Catholic, Salvation Army, and Protestant – and several more small private ones, but none allows the use of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs. As a result, many already-addictecd children repeatedly [...]

Acapulco Travel Guide – History

Acapulco Travel Guide – History On 13 December 1521, exactly four months after the fall of Tenochtitlán, the Spanish found the tiny fishing village of Acapulco. Spanish explorers used the port, which is virtually the only natural deep-water harbor south of San Francisco, to begin exploring what was called the ‘Great South Sea’. Westward voyages [...]

Acapulco Travel Guide – Events

Acapulco Travel Guide – Events By Wylie Jordan November We have a beach, Bonfil, on the other side of the airport from the city of Acapulco. Gigantic (and fairly dangerous) waves are common, and that’s where the local surfers go – I don’t think the tourists have any idea where it is, and it isn’t [...]

Acapulco Travel Guide – Accommmodation

Acapulco Travel Guide – Accommodation Hotels in Acapulco Here are some economical hotels in Acapulco. There are, of course, hundreds of others because tourism is Acapulco's ONLY industry. If you want more hotels, or more information, let me know. Hotels near the center of old Acapulco: Hotel Añorve (just west of the Zócalo) Benito Juárez [...]

Isla Mujeres: A Kinder, Gentler Cancun – Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Isla Mujeres: A Kinder, Gentler Cancun Isla Mujeres, Mexico I admit it, I hate Cancun. And believe me, it doesn’t take very long for even the most astute drinker and shopper to be disgusted by Cancun’s malls, tourist traps, and general atmosphere of idiocy and deteriorating brain cells. Why not slightly increase your IQ and [...]

Seashells, Lobster, Golf Carts and You – Isla Holbox, Mexico

Seashells, Lobster, Golf Carts and You Isla Holbox, Mexico Holbox sunset The island of Holbox, (pronounced hohl-bosh) which lies off the northern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan penninsula, is an old-school jewel of character and oddity. Depending on the season, you may be one of a handful or one of a couple handfulls of travelers visiting [...]