A region of Guerrero
The long Pacific coast of Guerrero north-west of Acapulco, up to the Balsas River and the Michoacán line: Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa, surf towns such as Troncones and La Saladita, the lagoon of Barra de Potosí, coconut groves, fishing villages and empty beaches backed by the Sierra Madre del Sur.
1 Pueblo Mágico · 12 places to visit
Pueblos Mágicos in Costa Grande of Guerrero
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Places to visit in Costa Grande of Guerrero 12
12 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Beaches · 8 Towns · 3 Landmarks and museums · 1
Beaches
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La Saladita · Beach · Zihuatanejo
A tiny surf hamlet north of Troncones with a long, gentle left point break loved by longboarders and a few palapa restaurants. -
Playa El Palmar · Beach · Guerrero
Ixtapa's main beach: a long Blue Flag curve of sand in front of the resort hotels, with parasailing and jet skis and surf that can turn rough. -
Playa La Madera · Beach · Guerrero
A small certified beach five minutes' walk from downtown Zihuatanejo along a seafront path, named for the colonial timber trade, with gentle waves. -
Playa La Ropa · Beach · Guerrero
Zihuatanejo Bay's long swimming beach, named for a colonial shipwreck's silks, with gentle waves, beach restaurants and a turtle-release programme. -
Playa Las Gatas · Beach · Guerrero
Zihuatanejo's snorkelling beach, behind a reef and an old stone breakwater, reached by water taxi from the town pier or a rocky path from La Ropa. -
Playa Linda · Beach · Guerrero
A long, open beach north of Ixtapa with surf, palm-roofed restaurants, a craft market, crocodile estuaries and the pier for boats to Isla Ixtapa. -
Playa Principal and the Paseo del Pescador · Beach · Guerrero
Downtown Zihuatanejo's town beach, where the fishing boats land each morning, with the Paseo del Pescador promenade running between the pier and the museum. -
Playa Quieta · Beach · Guerrero
A calm, 650-metre beach north of Ixtapa facing Isla Ixtapa, set up since 2020 as an inclusive beach with ramps and amphibious chairs.
Towns
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Barra de Potosí · Town · Zihuatanejo
A fishing village on a mangrove lagoon south of Zihuatanejo, with beach palapas, kayaks, and over 200 bird species. -
Ixtapa · Town · Zihuatanejo
Zihuatanejo's planned resort twin: a long hotel beach, a marina, bike paths through mangroves, and boats to Isla Ixtapa. -
Troncones · Town · Zihuatanejo
A laid-back surf village north of Ixtapa: five kilometers of beach, a well-known left point break, and small guesthouses.
Landmarks and museums
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Museo Arqueológico de la Costa Grande · Landmark · Guerrero
A six-room museum right on the beach at the end of the Paseo del Pescador, telling the Costa Grande's story from early villages to colonial times.
Top tours in Costa Grande of Guerrero
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Getting around Costa Grande of Guerrero
Fly into Zihuatanejo (ZIH).
Cities to start from: Zihuatanejo
Most of the region is reached by road: a rental car is the easiest way to see several places in a day, and buses link the larger towns.
Also by boat or on foot (each page says from where): Playa Las Gatas.
When to visit Costa Grande of Guerrero
Most of Costa Grande of Guerrero is at its best in January, February, March, and April.
Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: Zihuatanejo