A region of Sinaloa
The port city of Mazatlán, its beaches and the islands off its shore, and the towns of the southern Sinaloa coast and the Sierra Madre foothills inland: Concordia, Copala, El Quelite, El Rosario and the estuaries down to Teacapán.
1 Pueblo Mágico · 28 places to visit
Pueblos Mágicos in Mazatlán and southern Sinaloa
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Places to visit in Mazatlán and southern Sinaloa 28
28 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Landmarks and museums · 12 Beaches · 5 Villages · 5 Islands · 2 Cities · 1 Nature reserves · 1 Towns · 1 Viewpoints · 1
Landmarks and museums
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Catedral Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción · Landmark · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's twin-towered cathedral, built over four decades and finished in 1899, with a gilded interior and a Cavaillé-Coll organ from Paris. -
Centro Histórico de Mazatlán · Landmark · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's old town: 180 blocks of 19th-century merchant houses, plazas, a cathedral, an iron market and a theatre, protected as a heritage zone since 2001. -
El Clavadista · Landmark · Sinaloa
The cliff divers' rock on Mazatlán's seafront, where local divers leap about 14 m into shallow surf, timing each jump to an incoming wave. -
Gran Acuario Mazatlán · Landmark · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's big aquarium of the Sea of Cortez, opened in 2023 in Parque Central, with sharks, rays, sea lions and penguins in a Tatiana Bilbao building. -
Malecón de Mazatlán · Landmark · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's seafront promenade, about 21 km of walkway and bike lane from the old town to the hotel zone, lined with monuments and sunset views. -
Mercado Pino Suárez · Landmark · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's iron-and-steel central market of 1899 in the historic center, full of produce, seafood, crafts and cheap breakfast counters. -
Museo Nacional de la Ballena · Landmark · Sinaloa
Mexico's national whale museum, opened in 2024 in the Observatorio 1873 park on Cerro del Vigía, with whale skeletons and winter whale-watching trips. -
Observatorio 1873 · Landmark · Sinaloa
A 19th-century lookout and weather observatory on Cerro del Vigía, now a park with an award-winning funicular, gardens, a museum and sea views. -
Plazuela Machado · Landmark · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's oldest square, laid out in 1837 by a silver and pearl merchant, with an 1881 iron kiosk and terrace restaurants all around. -
Teatro Ángela Peralta · Landmark · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's 19th-century theatre, wrecked by a hurricane in 1975 and reopened in 1992: an 841-seat hall that is the city's main stage today. -
Vinata Los Osuna · Landmark · Sinaloa
A working agave distillery in the hills by La Noria, north-east of Mazatlán, with guided tours of the old process and a tasting at the end. -
Zona Dorada · Landmark · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's Golden Zone, the hotel strip along Avenida Camarón Sábalo, with calm Playa Gaviotas, restaurants, bars and boats to Isla de Venados.
Beaches
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Isla de la Piedra · Beach · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's long palm-backed beach across the harbor mouth, a few minutes by water taxi, with calm water, palapa seafood restaurants and horse rides. -
Playa Brujas · Beach · Sinaloa
A surf beach at Mazatlán's northern tip, by the rocks of Punta Cerritos, with tide pools, low-tide caves, a witch legend and quieter sand than the hotel zone. -
Playa Cerritos · Beach · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's long northern beach from the marina to Punta Cerritos, with firm sand for walking, steady surf, parasailing and nesting sea turtles. -
Playa Norte · Beach · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's fishermen's beach on the malecón by the old center, where pangas land the catch, families buy fresh fish and the Fishermen's Monument stands. -
Playa Olas Altas · Beach · Sinaloa
Mazatlán's historic town beach below the old centre: a 550 m bay of surf, sunsets and old seafront hotels where the city's beach tourism began.
Villages
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Copala · Village · Sinaloa
A 16th-century silver-mining village in the Sierra Madre above Concordia, with a stone church on a hill, cobbled lanes and its famous banana pie. -
El Quelite · Village · Sinaloa
A cobblestoned Pueblo Señorial north of Mazatlán, known for its fresh cheese, home-style Sinaloan cooking and the Mesón de los Laureanos. -
La Noria · Village · Sinaloa
An old village in the foothills north-east of Mazatlán, known for its leather workshops, handmade huaraches and Sunday food market. -
Malpica · Village · Sinaloa
A small craft village on the road from Villa Unión to Concordia, known for handmade mosaic tiles, home-baked pan dulce and a living Way of the Cross. -
Mesillas · Village · Sinaloa
The furniture-making village of Concordia, a few kilometers from the town, with about 40 workshops and 25 showrooms of handmade wooden furniture.
Islands
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Isla de Pájaros · Island · Sinaloa
The northernmost of Mazatlán's three islands, a protected seabird colony with the main brown pelican nesting site in the bay, seen from boats only. -
Isla de Venados · Island · Sinaloa
The middle and largest of Mazatlán's three protected islands, a short boat ride off the Zona Dorada, with a calm beach for swimming, snorkeling and kayaking.
Cities
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Mazatlán · City · Sinaloa
Sinaloa's big Pacific port: a restored 19th-century old town, a seafront promenade of some 20 km, beaches, shrimp and one of Mexico's oldest carnivals.
Nature reserves
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Estero del Yugo · Nature reserve · Sinaloa
A small coastal lagoon and dry-forest reserve in Cerritos, north Mazatlán, looked after by the CIAD research center and known as the city's bird sanctuary.
Towns
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Concordia · Town · Sinaloa
A colonial mining town on the road from Mazatlán to Durango, with a carved baroque church, handmade furniture and a giant chair on its plaza.
Viewpoints
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El Faro de Mazatlán · Viewpoint · Sinaloa
The lighthouse on top of 157 m Cerro del Crestón: a stepped climb of about 30 minutes to a glass lookout over the port, the city and the islands.
Top tours in Mazatlán and southern Sinaloa
El Rosario
Old Town Mazatlan Segway Tour
From US$72
El Rosario
Mazatlan City Sightseeing Tour with Shopping Time and Lunch
From US$40
El Rosario
Mazatlan Sightseeing and Beach Activities All Inclusive
From US$76
El Rosario
Mazatlan Sightseeing and Golden Zone
From US$30
El Rosario
Barrio Bites tour
From US$88
Centro Histórico de Mazatlán
Mercado walking food tour
From US$88
Mazatlán
Mazatlan Smart Bike Tour
From US$40
Mazatlán
Ultimate Mazatlán Shore Excursion City Tequila and Beach Time
From US$63
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Getting around Mazatlán and southern Sinaloa
Fly into Mazatlán (MZT).
Cities to start from: Mazatlán
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): Isla de Pájaros, Isla de Venados.
When to visit Mazatlán and southern Sinaloa
Most of Mazatlán and southern Sinaloa is at its best in January, March, November, and December.
Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: El Rosario