Mexico has many famous beach resorts like Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, Ixtapa, Los Cabos, Vera Cruz etc., etc. But if you are looking for a less discovered, less commercial, less international, more tranquil place, then you could take a look at Zihuatanejo. Zihuatanejo is located in Guerrero close to Ixtapa, but far enough to maintain its own identity of a tranquil Mexican town at the Pacific Ocean. This is not the place if you are looking for a vibrant nightlife. But if you instead are looking for tranquility and tropical beaches in a Mexican setting at affordable prices then Zihuatanejo could definitely be a place of interest.
Anne Wallace Allen is writing in El Universal about Tranquil Days In Zihuatanejo:
“After many decades of tourism, Zihuatanejo has also retained its identity as a Mexican town. Weekday mornings, the sidewalks are alive with children in school uniforms heading to class. You can hear the musical notes of the traveling knife-sharpener´s whistle as he wheels his sharpening contraption through the streets. Small girls sell fresh, traditional pastries from spotless stainless-steel pails. Fishermen still pull their boats onto the town´s main beach to sell their catch. On a recent late afternoon, swimmers and strollers on a downtown beach stopped what they were doing to watch as dolphins moved through the bay, beyond the surf.
On Sunday night, the town offers traditional entertainment such as music or dancing at the Zócalo, a large beachside plaza. As in many Mexican towns, vendors sell affordable, excellent traditional food at these events, and small children play as their parents chat with neighbors. Visitors and locals mix easily in this setting.”