Interesting facts about Acapulco
- Acapulco is one of Mexico's oldest coastal tourist destinations, reaching prominence in the 1950s as the place where Hollywood stars and millionaires vacationed on the beach in an exotic locale.
- Acapulco is located in the Tropic of Cancer
- Acapulco's reputation is that of a high-energy party town, where one can have dinner at midnight, dance until dawn then relax in the daytime on the beach crowded with sexy bodies in bikinis.
- Acapulco is about 239 miles (385 kilometers) from Mexico City and 83 miles (133 kilometers) from Chilpancingo, the state capital of Guererro (the Mexican state of which Acapulco is its largest city).
- Despite its international fame, most of Acapulco’s visitors are from central Mexico, especially the affluent from Mexico City.
- Acapulco contians two main bays, Puerto Marques and the Bay of Santa Lucia (Acapulco Bay) and is surrounded by the Sierra Madre del Sur mountians.
- Acapulco's Bay measures 3 miles (5 km) east to west and about 2 miles (3 km) north to south.
- While much of the glitz and glamour that made Acapulco famous still remains, from the latter 20th century on, the city has also taken on other less-positive reputations. Some consider it a “passé” resort, eclipsed by the newer Cancún and Cabo San Lucas.
