Guerrero

The state

Get to know Guerrero

Guerrero lies in southern Mexico, between the ranges of the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Pacific. The coast was, from the 1950s onward, the country's first major beach destination, with Acapulco, and the mountains hold Taxco, one of Mexico’s best-known colonial towns.

Acapulco spreads around a wide bay, with the Costera, the seaside avenue, and the Fort of San Diego, which protected the port from the galleons that came from the Philippines. At La Quebrada, the divers leap from cliffs of about 35 meters into the narrow sea, in shows throughout the afternoon and night.

Taxco, in the mountains on the road to Mexico City, has steep streets of white houses with red roofs, the church of Santa Prisca, with a pink-stone baroque façade, and hundreds of silver shops and workshops—silverwork is the town’s craft. The cable car takes you to a viewpoint above the town.

Farther up the coast, Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo combine a planned resort and a fishing village around a bay. At the table, green pozole, traditionally served on Thursdays, and pescado a la talla, grilled with chili seasoning.