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Acapulco is also Mexico's largest beach and balneario resort city. [6] Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero is the municipal seat of the municipality of Acapulco, Guerrero . The city is one of Mexico's oldest beach resorts, coming into prominence in the 1940s through the 1960s as a getaway for Hollywood stars and millionaires. [ 7 ]
View of El Calvario Beach on the Costa Grande. Costa Grande of Guerrero is a sociopolitical region located in the Mexican state of Guerrero, along the Pacific Coast. It makes up 325 km (202 mi) of Guerrero's approximately 500 km (311 mi) coastline, extending from the Michoacán border to the Acapulco area, wedged between the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Pacific Ocean.
Barra Vieja Beach. The Barra Vieja Beach is a beach on the Mexican Pacific coast, located in the Acapulco de Juárez municipality, within the state of Guerrero. It is one of the main tourist attractions of the port due to its cuisine (including the famous Pescado a la talla) and for its beautiful sunsets. The beach extends for several ...
Puerto Marqués is a bay located on the Pacific Coast in the Mexican State of Guerrero. Approximately 10 kilometers (6.5 miles) south of the city of Acapulco, it is the second closest Pacific port to Mexico City, approximately three hundred kilometres southwest, just north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It has two main beaches for tourists and ...
The La Quebrada Cliff Divers are a group of professional high divers, based in Acapulco, Mexico. They perform daily shows for the public, which involve diving 30 or 41 meters (98 or 135 feet) from the cliffs of La Quebrada into the sea below. The depth of water in the "Gulch" can vary from 4.8 to 5.8 meters (16 to 19 feet) depending on the ...
Tourists have barely started trickling back into the Mexican resort of Acapulco after deadly storm damage last year, but the gangland killings on the beaches have already returned. Late Friday ...
Pie de la Cuesta, Guerrero. / 16.900°N 99.983°W / 16.900; -99.983. Pie de la Cuesta is a small beach resort town in the Mexican state of Guerrero, approximately 5 miles north-west of Acapulco, and it is the location of Pie de la Cuesta Air Force Base, a military base of the Mexican Air Force .
La Quebrada. La Quebrada (Spanish for "gulch" or "ravine") is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Acapulco, Mexico. Divers entertain tourists by jumping off either of two ledges on the cliff, one that is 40 feet (12 m) high and the top one which is 80 feet (24 m) high. The divers must calculate the right moment to jump to catch an ...