Xtapa - Zihuantanejo
Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa,
Troncones and Barra de Potosí
are
sister destinations located in the State of
Guerrero,
Mexico on the
Pacific Coast in the area known as the Mexican Rivera or Costa Grande. They are
serviced by the same International Airport and situated easy access by car, taxi
or local bus . These unique sister destinations share many complimentary
facilities giving the visitor two
Destinations
for the price of one. Ixtapa - Zihuatanejo is PARADISE.
Ixtapa is a modern world-class resort that was created from the ground-up beginning in 1968 by Fonatur (National Tourism Development Fund, a federal bureau that is in charge of developing and urbanizing new tourist destinations).
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Today, it has all-modern constructions, vast and well kept gardens and a large residential area that is located away from the hotel zone. Its bay is wide and it is one of the places to admire a spectacular sunset. |
Ixtapa has many high-rise hotels of four and five stars; most hotels are of well known international and national chains. The hotels strip is about 2 miles long and the Ixtapa beach is called El Palmar. Here, you can partake on all the water sports, including surfing.
Zihuatanejo
is a small town, which nowadays still
conserves
the typical physiognomy and the friendly atmosphere of the old fishing village
with that True Mexican Flavor.
Many of the downtown streets are still cobblestones paved and the remodeled ones, with an imitation of these stones. Most of the constructions have that tropical-coastal look (even some of the new ones to help preserve the old town appearance).
