Guerrero Travel Guide
The church of Santa Prisca in Taxco, Guerrero. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Guerrero holds two of Mexico's classic destinations at opposite ends of the spectrum: Acapulco, the original jet-set resort, and Taxco, the hillside silver town of white houses and a baroque masterpiece church. Between them, Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo pair a planned resort with a working fishing town.
Taxco's Santa Prisca church is one of Mexico's great baroque buildings, and the town's silver workshops still sell directly. Acapulco's La Quebrada cliff divers remain the coast's signature spectacle.
Destinations in Guerrero
TaxcoThe white hillside silver town: Santa Prisca church, silver workshops and cable-car views.
La Quebrada cliff diversAcapulco's famous clavadistas diving from the cliffs since the 1930s.
Grutas de CacahuamilpaOne of the world's largest cave systems, an easy trip from Taxco.
ZihuatanejoThe working fishing town next to Ixtapa's resorts: beachfront restaurants and bay cruises.- IxtapaThe planned resort zone of high-rise hotels and golf, 6 km from Zihuatanejo.
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Top Cities & towns in Guerrero
Regional food
- Pozole: Guerrero is the home of Mexico's hominy stew, eaten on Thursdays
- Pescado a la talla in Zihuatanejo: fish grilled in adobo
- Taxco's jumiles (edible stink bugs) for the adventurous, in season
Getting there
Acapulco (ACA) and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo (ZIH) airports take domestic flights and some US/Canada charters. Taxco is about 3 hours by bus from Mexico City. The Autopista del Sol highway links Mexico City to Acapulco in about 4 hours.