A region of Michoacán
More than 200 km of wild Pacific coast between the Coahuayana River and the port of Lázaro Cárdenas, where the highway runs above coves and long surf beaches: Maruata and its sea turtles, Nexpa and Caleta de Campos for surfers, Faro de Bucerías, and Playa Azul.
9 places to visit
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Places to visit in Michoacán coast 9
9 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Beaches · 5 Towns · 2 Cities · 1 Villages · 1
Beaches
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Colola · Beach · Michoacán
Nahua village and long open beach beside Maruata, the key nesting beach for the black turtle, with night turtle walks and volunteering October to March. -
Faro de Bucerías · Beach · Michoacán
A bay of turquoise water, islets and a lighthouse on the Aquila coast, best on the Michoacán coast for snorkelling and diving over a coral-covered wreck. -
La Ticla · Beach · Michoacán
Surf village at the mouth of the Ostula river, with a long left point break over boulders and a community-run parador of palm-thatched cabins. -
Maruata · Beach · Michoacán
Nahua fishing village with three beaches among white rock islets, the Dedo de Dios sea stack, beach camping and a key black turtle nesting site. -
Nexpa · Beach · Michoacán
Surf hamlet at the mouth of the Nexpa river, famous for a long left that peels over a boulder bed; rustic cabins, camping and kayaking on the river.
Towns
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Caleta de Campos · Town · Michoacán
Clifftop fishing town above the calm Bahía Bufadero, with palapa restaurants on the sand, a working lighthouse and the Nexpa surf ten minutes away. -
Playa Azul · Town · Michoacán
The Michoacán coast's best-equipped beach town, about 26 km west of Lázaro Cárdenas: open-sea surf, turtle camps and a rusting wreck by the estuary.
Cities
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Lázaro Cárdenas · City · Michoacán
Mexico's biggest seaport, on the Balsas delta at the Guerrero border: a young industrial city with a riverside malecón, gateway to Michoacán's beaches.
Villages
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San Juan de Alima · Village · Michoacán
The first Michoacán beach town coming from Colima: long, flat sand, seafront hotels and enramadas, phone signal, and paragliding from the Las Brisas lookout.
Top tours in Michoacán coast
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Getting around Michoacán coast
Fly into Colima (CLQ) and Uruapan (UPN).
Cities to start from: Lázaro Cárdenas
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.
When to visit Michoacán coast
Most of Michoacán coast is at its best in January, February, March, and April.
Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: Comala, Zihuatanejo, Cotija