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Acapulco is a city that gives you many choices when it comes to beaches. During the day most of the focus in Acapulco is on the beach. The theme in Acapulco seems to be Party All Night and Play on the Beach All Day. The whole bay is lined with beaches, we will cover a few of them; you can check them all, time permitting, when you visit. Many of the beachfront restaurants will put umbrellas, chairs and tables in the sand so you can enjoy your food or drink right at waters edge.

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Playa Diamante and Playa Revolcadero, south of town near the airport are areas of major development. Four of Acapulco’s golf courses are located in this area, along with some serious resorts. Water sports of all kinds, waverunners, ultra light airplanes and horseback riding are available here. This long stretch of beach is open to high waves, so be careful if you are not an expert swimmer. Because of the waves this is a great area for surfers as well as beachcombing and collecting a few shells.

Playa Puerto Marques is part a fairly large bay that is a favorite with locals. The entire beach is lined with tin roofed restaurants serving up fresh seafood, cold beer and tropical drinks at prices that are usually below those of Acapulco proper. The calm waters are great for swimming and water sports, when there is room. This beach is busy every day and is very, very crowded on weekends.

Playa Icacos is a calm beach, toward the southern end of the bay, lined with high-rise hotels and condominiums. This beach has all of the local watersports available directly from shore. This area also is the home of the giant CiCi water park and very close to much many of the discos.

Playa Condesa, in the heart of “Zona Dorado” or “The Golden Zone” is one of the most popular of the city beaches, with many beachfront restaurants and a lot of activity. Playa Condesa is also where much of the “pre” nightlife originates, and is very close to many of the better restaurants and shopping centers so that you have a choice of other things to do should you become bored with the beach scene. Playa Condesa is also the home of the giant bungee jumping attraction, Paradise Bungy, which always draws crowds of onlookers, along the sidewalk and adjoining restaurant. The crowds are there to watch the brave jumpers, which sometimes get dipped in the giant swimming pool, far below the jumping platform that is situated 165 feet in the air.

Playa Caleta and Playa Caletilla are two small beaches, located away from most of the tourist traffic. These small beaches combine calm waters, great atmosphere and many beach front restaurants that serve some incredible seafood at reasonable prices. Many of the beachfront restaurants are shaded by giant trees which add a different feel to beach going. In between the two beaches is the Mundo Marino aquarium and fun center. These are both great family beaches which get very crowded on the weekends.

There are many more beaches in Acapulco, to the north the Pacific beaches of Pie de la Cuesta (see side trips) and the protected beaches of the Coyuca Lagoon, offer more diversion. Rest assured that you will find a beach in or near Acapulco that will suit your desire to get out in the sun and enjoy "la playa".

Water Sports
Water sports are a way of life in Acapulco. The bay is alive with waverunners, parasailing, peddle boats, banana rides and even a beachfront water park. Sailboards and small sail boats are readily available as well as numerous glass bottom boats that pull right up on the beach to pick up their passengers. You usually do not have to go very far to partake in your favorite water sport, almost everything is offered directly from the beaches. Most of the scuba and snorkeling operations are located along the docks near the zócalo. The beaches of Acapulco are always busy and weekends can even get hectic, just remember to be careful and look in all directions before going for a swim or leaving the beach on a wave runner.

Sportfishing
Sportfishing in Acapulco is as good as it is in most other Mexican resorts. Acapulco is just not promoted as a sportfishing resort anymore. In the not so distant past sportfishing was heavily promoted here and the good news is that - the fish are still here. So, if a day on the water and the sound of a reel going off is your thing, go for it. You will most likely not be disappointed. Look for the sportfishing fleet on the docks near the zócalo and near the marina.

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Puerto Marques and Revolcadero

Las Brisas, overlooking the eastern end of the bay, is probably the most exclusive of all, its individual villas offering private swimming pools and pink jeeps to every occupant. Puerto Marques (buses marked "Puerto Marques") is the first of the playas, a sheltered, deeply indented cove with restaurants and beach chairs right down to the water's edge.

Playas Caleta and Caletilla

Very small - the two are divided only by a rocky outcrop and breakwater - they tend to be crowded with Mexicans (the foreign tourists who once flocked here have since decamped east), but the water is almost always calm and, by Acapulco's standards, the beach is clean.

Pie de la Cuesta

Even if it weren't for the massive backbreaking waves that dump on the beach, there are said to be sharks offshore - but as good a place as you can imagine to come and watch the sun sink into the Pacific or to ride horseback along the shore.

Akumal

Akumal means “place of the turtles” and it is still one of their favorite places for laying their eggs. However what makes Akumal such a charming and fascinating destination for tourists from around the world is its spectacular protected bay area of transparent waters and the sweet water currents that flow through its caves and subterranean rivers.

Cancun

Though you're free to go anywhere, and signposted public walkways lead down to the sea at regular intervals, some of the hotels do their best to make you feel like a trespasser, and staff will certainly move you off the beach furniture if you're not a guest.

Conzumel

Nachi Cocom, south of Chankanaab, even has a swimming pool, a good restaurant, and watersports equipment rental. A little farther south you'll come to Playa San Francisco and, south of it, Playa Palancar. Other beach clubs include Paradise Cafe, on the southern tip of the island across from Punta Sur nature park, and Playa Bonita, Chen R?o, and Punta Morena, on the eastern side.

Isla Mujeres

First there's the beach, then there's the sea. And when you've tired of those, you can rent a bike, moped or even golf cart to carry you around the island to more sea, more beaches, a coral reef and the tiny Maya temple that the conquistadors chanced upon, full of female figures, which gave the place its name.

Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo

Zihuatanejo has the old-fashioned charm of traditional Mexican culture. Fishing continues to be a way of life for a large number of families, and the increasing popularity of the area as a sportfishing destination has given new impetus to their livelihood. .

Acapulco

Acapulco even though there are hundreds of thousands of people here throughout the year - the town itself has a population approaching one and a half million and even out of season (busiest months are Dec-Feb) most of the big hotels remain nearly full - it rarely seems oppressively crowded.

Playa Condesa or Playa Icacos

Centro Acapulco, where the beach is far less crowded and considerably cleaner. Here, too, it's easy enough to slip in to use the hotel showers, swimming pools and bars - there's no way they're going to spot an imposter in these thousand-bed monsters.

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