Manzanillo is a city as well as its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Colima. The city, located on the Pacific Ocean, contains Mexico's busiest port. In the 2005 census the city of Manzanillo had a population of 110,728 and its municipality had 137,842. It is the second-largest community in the state, after Colima, the capital. The municipality covers an area of 1,578.4 km² (609.42 sq mi), and includes such outlying communities as El Colomo, in addition to many smaller communities. Manzanillo is also a beach resort and, as the self-proclaimed "sailfish capital" of the world^{[citation needed]}, hosts a yearly sailfish fishing tournament. The Revillagigedo Islands, off the west coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean, are part of the municipality.

In 2004 the port of Manzanillo surpassed Veracruz as Mexico's largest port per volume of cargo.^{[citation needed]} Port business experienced a significant surge during the USA's West Coast Lockout in Long Beach, California, in 2002. Manzanillo also hosts the most efficient port for tuna landings in Mexico. The city is also well known internationally for deep-sea fishing and the green flash phenomenon during sunsets.

Manzanillo is a sister city of Flagstaff, Arizona, San Pablo, California, and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The Playa de Oro International Airport (ZLO) is a small airport located about 35 minutes north of Manzanillo along Highway 200. Ground transportation is limited to taxis and car rentals. It has daily flights from the US and has recently been remodeled.

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 Mexico: Trekking in the Sierra Madre - Biking through the west - Picture Gallery - Various trekking tours in the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, Bike tour from Zacatecas down to the Pacific Ocean at Manzanillo

Monkey's Restaurant

This place is located in front of the Comercial Mexicana on the main Blvd. It has the best fried chicken ever. Forget KFC, Church's, Popeyes, this one is better!! Cannot wait to go back to eat there again. All the locals I talked to highly recommend this place. Clean, low priced, and great menu.

Nevado de Colima     Volcan de Fuego

The snow capped volcano is dormant. It is pretty, but not worth the 2 hour trip from Manzanillo.

There are two volcanos near Manzanillo. One is the Volcan de Fuego. It is the active volcano. The other Volcan/volcano is snow capped, and inactive. We took a side trip to see the volcanos and were disappointed. During the morning, it was overcast, and we couldn't see the volcanos. After lunch in Comala, it had cleared up good enough to see one volcano in between the buildings of downtown. I understand that you can't get any closer than 11 kilometers from the active volcano, because it was steaming.

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