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Acapulco Hotels & Resorts

Dazzling lights frame Acapulco Bay at night, when Mexico's oldest beach resort comes to life. Acapulco was wildly glamorous in the 1950s, when Hollywood stars and the European elite played in gorgeous villas around Las Brisas, the famed pink and white hotel overlooking the bay. These days the mid-range hotels lined side-by-side along the Costera offer travelers modest prices, while the Las Brisas area still attracts a well-heeled clientele. A new destination with all-inclusive and timeshare resorts and golf courses is rising at Acapulco Diamante near the airport.

Location
Acapulco faces the broad Bay of Acapulco at the foot of the Sierra Madre in the state of Guerrero on the west coast of Mexico. The Costera and main hotel areas are located 20km (12.5 miles) northwest of the airport.

Real Acapulco - Information about traveling to and living in Acapulco from by American expat.

“hectic town, good people”

I visited Acapulco for work and concluded it's not the sort of place I would want to take a vacation--hectic and congested unless you're at one of the outlying luxury hotels, not much of interest in town. But my hotel, Villas La Lupita, was decent and clean, and I'd recommend it with the caveat that you should ask for a room on one of the upper floors, since the rooms surround the pool area, which can get noisy.

And I would highly, highly recommend Sergio Balcarcel (sympatico29 @hotmail), driver and guide, who was incredibly helpful, speaks English and French in addition to Spanish, gave great advice and lent me a cell phone to use while I was there.

Acapulco hotel map
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Acapulco enjoys millions of visitors a year, but has only been in the tourist business for 50 years. While Europe was rebuilding after World War II, this beautiful destination's true potential was recognized. Acapulco had 200 hotels by 1964 when the first authorized jet aircraft landed. The planes haven't stopped landing since, as the golden beaches and opulent resorts call to people from all over the globe.
Explore and discover the exciting nightlife of this bustling port. It offers more variety, emotion, and Mexican flavor than any other tourist resort in the country. With romantic eateries, vibrant nightclubs, discos, and hot salsa, there is something for every taste.
Have your breath taken away by the legendary "Clavadistas" (cliff divers) of La Quebrada, a dramatic rock formation on Acapulco's western coast, not far from the Zocalo. A narrow finger of the Pacific reaches in below steep cliffs from which local 'clavadistas' dive 135 feet into the cove several times each day.

Beyond the beach
The traditional center of the city is the zócalo, also called Plaza Alvarez, in Old Acapulco southwest of the Costera. El Fuerte de San Diego (Avenidas Costera Alemán and Hornitos) overlooks the bay from a slight hill. The star-shaped fort, originally constructed in 1616 and rebuilt after the 1776 earthquake, is home to an impressive historical and nautical museum.

A night on the town
Begin the evening with a sunset cruise in the bay for the best views of lights sparkling along the water's edge and up the hillsides - if you're lucky, fireworks set up for a party will shimmer over the water. The La Perla supper club at El Mirador Hotel (Calle Quebrada 74) is the best place to watch Acapulco's famed clavadistas (cliff divers) carrying blazing torches as they soar some 40m (130ft) into waters roiling in a rocky gulch. Acapulco's discos and clubs are the most famous in the country. Wear your best flashy dresses and linen slacks for a wild night of dancing at Mandara (Carretera Escénica) followed by a slightly more subdued scene in the club's after-hours piano bar Siboney.

Eating out
The view vies for attention with the food at restaurants lining the hills above the bay in the Las Brisas neighborhood, where Italian, Mediterranean, and pan Asian cuisine is expertly prepared. Along the Costera, several casual cafes serve regional pozole, a thick hominy stew, while beach bars specialize in international fare (burgers, barbecued meats) and plenty of cocktails. Seafood cafes line the sand in Old Acapulco.

Getting around
Taxis are plentiful and reasonably priced, and public buses run along the Costera into Old Acapulco.

Exploring further afield
For the best sunsets head to Pie de la Cuesta, a small beach town about a 25-minute cab ride west of the city. The long beach lined with palapa (palm-thatch) seafood cafes is pleasant escape from the bustling Costera, and nearby Laguna Coyuca is a great spot for boating and waterskiing.