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Address: Costera Miguel Alemán 4834, Acapulco
This exciting cultural center is home to an archaeological museum featuring artifacts found in the state of Guerrero. An art gallery displays dramatic Ixcateopan works, including paintings and sculptures. The center also has rooms for art instruction and music lessons.
Category: Attractions - Acapulco Attractions & Activities
Address: Calle Morelos, Acapulco
A few doors down from the Fuerte de San Diego you'll find this delightful museum displaying ceremonial masks. Over 500 of them, most from the surrounding state of Guerrero, peer down from walls or gaze majestically from stands, representing the full gamut of native ceremonial craft for dances and dramas that are still played out today.
Category: Attractions - Acapulco Attractions & Activities
Address: Costera Miguel Alemán, Acapulco 39850
Swim with the dolphins, or just watch them cavort with the seals. If you prefer to get in the water for a diiferent kind of fun, try the wave pool, come slipping down the water slide or ride a toboggan. Whatever you choose, this excursion is fun (and cool!) for the entire family.
El Fuerte de San Diego / Museo Historico de Acapulco
Category: Attractions - Acapulco Attractions & Activities
Address: Off Costera Miguel Alemán, Several blocks from Zócalo, Acapulco 39300
In the early 17th century, "New Spain" was an important region for the Spanish. Acapulco was an integral part of trade routes with the Philippine Islands, which were also part of the Spanish empire. In 1616, the fort was built to protect against pirate attacks. An earthquake in 1776 destroyed the original structure, but the current pentagonal...
Category: Attractions - Acapulco Attractions & Activities
Address: La someta de quebrada in the center, Acapulco 39300
Acapulco's most famous attraction began in 1934, when brave young boys would wow tourists by diving over 100 feet off the steep cliffs into a narrow canal 12 feet wide by 21 feet deep. Today the performers wait for a wave and then dive 130 feet into the surf. The show may be viewed from an observation deck, or if you enjoy dinner at the Plaza Las...
Category: Attractions - Acapulco Attractions & Activities
Address: Playa Caleta, Islote de Caleta Caletilla, Zona tradicional, Acapulco
This family fun park boasts an aquarium with indoor and outdoor marine-life exhibits, including a sea lion show. The complex is also home to a water park with swimming pools and water slides. Scuba lessons, snorkeling equipment, kayak, inner tube and jet ski rentals are available.
Category: Attractions - Acapulco Attractions & Activities
Address: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Av Constituyentes, West of Costera, Acapulco 39350
This is the open-air market where Acapulquenos shop for daily necessities. Fresh meat and vegetables, clothes, candles, baskets, flowers and leather sandals are available inside this maze of stalls. Be sure to arrive early to avoid the crowds. Also, many vendors close shop at 1pm, despite the official closing time of 7pm.
Category: Attractions - Acapulco Attractions & Activities
Address: Veladero National Park, Acapulco
If you're determined to find an authentic, truly off-the-beaten path excursion, take a taxi out to the Veladero National Park which encompasses 7805 acres in the mountain range that surrounds Acapulco Bay. Once there, you can hike up through the dense, tropical vegetation to view a variety of petroglyphs thought to be the work of Acapulco's first...
Category: Attractions - Acapulco Attractions & Activities
Address: Costera Miguel Alemán, Acapulco
Built in 1981, this park is named for a luxury hotel that used to be located here. Now the 52 acres are home to a life-sized model of a Spanish galleon built for climbing on, a replica of the space shuttle Columbia, a roller skating rink, bumper boats and go-carts. While the kids are playing, Mom and Dad will enjoy strolling through the aviary and...
Category: Attractions - Acapulco Attractions & Activities
Address: Plaza Alvarez, Acapulco
Located opposite the fishing harbor, Old Acapulco's center is this pleasant public plaza. Local women gossip as their children play under the trees, and old men meet here for games of dominoes. Food and craft vendors and shoe shine men sell their wares in the shady courtyard. Acapulco's most modern church, Nuestra Senora de la Soledad, is located...
