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beach, is great for diving, swimming, sailing, snorkeling, and windsurfing. |
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Zona Dorda Acapulco Travel Information
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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. |
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| 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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Marques and Revolcadero |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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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
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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. | |
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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. |
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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. | |
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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.
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