Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero: 18 Places to Visit

18 places with their own page in the municipality of Acapulco de Juárez, in the state of Guerrero.

Map of Acapulco de Juárez

Acapulco · City
Mexico's original beach resort: a deep Pacific bay, the old galleon port and cliff divers, the Costera and Diamante, rebuilding after Otis and John.

Puerto Marqués · Village
A round bay just south of Acapulco with calm, clear water, beach seafood restaurants and a village where some of Mesoamerica's oldest pottery was found.
Barra Vieja · Village
Rural beach village past Acapulco airport, between open surf and the Laguna de Tres Palos, known as the birthplace of pescado a la talla.
Pie de la Cuesta · Village
A quiet sandbar village northwest of Acapulco between the open Pacific and the Laguna de Coyuca, famous for its sunsets and for surf too strong to swim in.
Dos Arroyos · Village
Rural Acapulco village on the old road to Chilpancingo, with two hot-spring bathing spots, La Escondida and Castillos.

Playa Majahua · Beach
A 150-metre cove on the south side of Puerto Marqués bay, with gentle surf and a row of seafood restaurants.
Playas Caleta y Caletilla · Beach
Twin sheltered beaches at the tip of old Acapulco, calm enough for small children, lined with seafood palapas and the boats out to La Roqueta.
Playa Revolcadero · Beach
Long open-ocean beach in Acapulco Diamante where the port's surfing began, with grey sand, big summer swells, horse rides and wide sunsets.
Playa Condesa · Beach
The lively heart of the Costera's Golden Zone: 650 m of sand facing the rocky Farallón del Obispo, with water sports by day and beach bars by night.
Playa Icacos · Beach
Acapulco Bay's longest beach, about 2 km of sand along the Costera below the Guitarrón hill, with gentler water and banana boats and parasailing.
Playa Pichilingue · Beach
A small calm-water beach on the north shore of Puerto Marqués bay, below the Pichilingue hotels; reached by boat or off the Escénica.

Isla La Roqueta · Island
Wooded island a ten-minute boat ride off Caleta, with a calm beach, snorkelling, a trail up to the lighthouse and the sunken Virgen de los Mares on the way.

Palma Sola · Archaeological site
Eighteen granite boulders carved with people, faces and calendar counts on the slopes of El Veladero above Acapulco Bay; free entry, run by INAH.

Laguna de Tres Palos · Lagoon
Acapulco's largest lagoon, behind Barra Vieja: boat rides through mangrove channels, herons, and a location for the first Tarzan films.

Parque Nacional El Veladero · Nature reserve
The hills ringing Acapulco Bay, a national park since 1980, with tropical forest, lookouts and the Palma Sola petroglyphs.

Capilla Ecuménica de la Paz · Landmark
A 1971 hilltop chapel open to all faiths in Las Brisas, under a 42 m white cross seen across Acapulco Bay, with one of the widest views of the bay.
Fuerte de San Diego (Museo Histórico de Acapulco) · Landmark
The five-pointed Spanish fort that guarded the Manila galleons, rebuilt in 1778-1783 and now an INAH museum of Acapulco's history above the bay.
La Quebrada · Landmark
The 45 m cliff in old Acapulco where divers have timed their plunges to the incoming waves since 1934, with shows from early afternoon into the night.