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Acapulco

Drug violence in Acapulco ebbs and flows, and though a recent spate has edged down tourism, the line of new hotels and high-rises extending the city’s famous twinkling shoreline shows that its renaissance as a glitzy resort is on its way. Stay in an ocean-view suite, have a Margarita at sunset, and you’ll see why 1960s Hollywood once viewed Acapulco as the pearl of the Mexican Pacific.
 

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Essentials

01 Getting around is relatively painless. Many places are walkable, buses are cheap and taxis are plentiful.
02 Avoid the crowds in the centre and venture south for daytime swimming.
03 Stay sharp out on the town; don’t sport your flashiest jewellery.
04 Don’t miss the decadent charm of Old Acapulco’s 1950s and 1960s architecture.
05 Do watch the boats roll into the bay as night falls at Las Brisas hotel’s Sunset Bar.

Hotels

Dependable chain
Hotel L’Europe
Nieuwe Doelenstraat 2-14
+ 31 02 531 1777
leurope.nl

Premium
Banyan Tree Cabo Marques
Blvd. Cabo Marqués, Lote 1 Col. Punta Diamante
+ 52 744 434 0100
banyantree.com/en/

Premium
Las Brisas Beach Club
Playa Revolcadero
+ 52 744 435 2600
www.brisashotelonline.com/

Dependable chain
Fairmont Pierre Marqués
Playa Revolcadero, Colonia Granjas del Marques
+ 52 744 435 2600
fairmont.com/pierremarques

Independent and easy
Hotel Boca Chica
Punta Caletilla, Fraccionamiento las Playas
+ 49 30 884 940 040
designhotels.com/bocachica


Dining

Late drinks
Baby’O
Avenida Costera Miguel Aleman 22
+ 52 744 484 7474
babyo.com.mx

Dinner with friends
El Baikal
Avenida Escénica 22
+ 52 744 446 6845
reservaciones@baikal.com.mx

Dinner for two
Pampano
Carretera Escenica 33 Bis Playa Guitarron
+ 52 744 433 3058
zibu.com.mx

Big dinner with friends
Becco al Mare
14 Avenida Escénica
+ 52 744 446 7402
beccoalmare.com

Barbecue spot
Restaurant Beto Godoy
Carretera Acapulco-Pinotepa, km32
+ 52 744 444 6101
restaurantbetogodoy.com

Dinner with friends
Tres Marias Restaurante y Bar
Playa Pie de la Cuesta, km1.5
+ 52 744 460 0178

Dinner for two
Zibu
Avenida Escénica (no number)
+ 52 744 433 3058
zibu.com.mx

Sunset cocktail
Sunset Bar at Las Brisas
5255 Avenida Escénica
+ 52 744 469 6900
brisas.com.mx

Picnic spot
Playa Pie de la Cuesta

Lunch with friends
El Cano Diamante
Avenida Costera Miguel Aleman 75
+ 52 744 435 1500
hotelelcano.com.mx

Mid-morning coffee
Pierre's Café and Delicatessen
Fairmont Pierre Marqués Playa Revolcadero
+ 52 744 435 2600
fairmont.com/pierremarques

Leisurely breakfast
Los Flamingos Hotel
Avenida Adolfo López Mateos Between Caleta beach and La Quebrada
+ 52 744 482 0690
hotellosflamingos.com

Late drinks
The deck at Zuntra
Avenida Escénica inside of Marina Brisas Acapulco neighbourhood
+ 52 744 446 5601
zuntra.com.mx

Lunch on your own
La Cabaña de Caleta
Playa Caleta (east)
+ 52 744 469 8553
lacabanadecaleta.com

Fast breakfast
Any branch of 100% Natural
100natural.com.mx

Reading

Newsstand
International newspapers
Acapulco
sanborns.com


Shopping

Something for yourself
B & B Jewelry
Papagayo Park, Avenida Costera Miguel German

Something for yourself
La Europea
2908 Costera Miguel Alemán, Costa azul Acapulco, Guerrero
+ 52 744 484 8043

Something for someone you love
Emil Plaza
Bahia Costera Miguel Alemán

Something for the kids
Crafts from the central market
Mercado Central, Zona Tradicional

Lost luggage - where to buy shirts
La Isla Shopping Village
18 Boulevard de las Naciones

Something you can't get anywhere else
Puerto Marqués
Puerto Marqués

Two hour tour

01
Take a cruise along the bay
Playa Tlacopanocha, Playa Manzanillo

02
Zócalo and Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Church
Old Acapulco

03
Watch the cliff divers at La Quebrada
Plazoleta de la Quebrada Old Acapulco
744 483 11 55

04
Fuerte de San Diego
Barrio Capire, Acapulco De Juarez
01 744 482 3828


Basics

Basics
Pharmacy
acapulco
sanborns.com.mx


Transport

Taxis
Taxis are cheap and safe, but make sure to call ahead for one.


Limousine/car

taxi ranks


Fitness

Good running route
Go for a run
Fairmont Pierre Marqués

Good gym
Hotel gym
Old Acapulco

Alternative diversion

Acapulco Scuba
Paseo del Pescador 13 y 14 Centro
+ 52 744 482 9474

Fish R Usv
100 Costera Miguel Alemán
+ 52 744 482 8282
fish-r-us.com

Two-hour tour

01

Visit the historical museum at the Spanish fort Fuerte de San Diego
Calle Hornitos
Calle Morelos
+ 52 744 482 3828

02
Watch the cliff divers at La Quebrada.
Plazoleta de la Quebrada
Old Acapulco

03
Check out Zócalo, the main square, and Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Church, Old Acapulco


Limousine/car
Most hotels and fine restaurants have taxi ranks; if not, they will call a cab for you. If you are staying at a private home or villa, call the nearest hotel and they will send a taxi to wherever you are.


Transport
Taxis are cheap and safe, but make sure to call ahead for one.


Fitness

Good gym
Stick with the hotel gym, as there are not very many local ones.

Good running route
Head east from the Fairmont Pierre Marqués along the beach into the newly developed Diamante zone.

Alternative diversion
Embark on a fishing excursion on the Pacific.
Fish R Us
100 Costera Miguel Alemán
+ 52 744 482 8282
fish-r-us.com