Acapulco Historic Tours,
Pacific Coast Beach Resort, Fort San Diego
Acapulco Historic Tours could be a highlight of an Acapulco Pacific
Coast  Resort Vacation or a cruise ship visit.  
Fort San Diego is  in the Center of Acapulco at the cruise ship
terminal.
Acapulco has many historic places to visit while on vacation.  
Foremost would be Fort San Diego, a 1615 era fort built on the hill in
the center of Acapulco overlooking the harbor.
Fuerte de San Diego is open every day but Monday from 9:30 am to
6:30 pm.
Acapulco's sheltered harbor was once the center of New
Spain's trade with the Philippines and in turn much of Asia.   
Rich cargoes went both ways and were a lure to pirates.  Fort
San Diego is now a museum housing pre-Hispanic artifacts
and relics of the two hundred years that Spanish galleons sailed
from Acapulco to the Philippines and back.  
The museum at
Fort San Diego
displays the
trade goods that
came back from
Asia and the
silver that left
New Spain, as
Mexico was then
called.  
The kitchen of
Fort San Diego
has been
restored and the
chapel
refurbished  to
give a sense of
the life for the
inhabitants of the
fort during the
16th and 17th
century.
Several types of pirates
preyed on Spanish
shipping near Acapulco.
This was a time when
England and Spain were
at war.  At times pirates
were commissioned by the
warring parties to attack
shipping and confiscate
vessels and armaments.
Sir Francis Drake and
William Cavendish were
the most notable of the
Pacific Coast pirates who
sailed the waters of
Acapulco.
Acapulco Historic Tours include
Fort San Diego overlooking the
harbor in the Center of Acapulco.
Acapulco Historic Tours, Fort
San Diego overlooking the
harbor of Acapulco.
Acapulco Historic Tours, Fort San Diego
includes a museum
Acapulco Historic Tours in the Pacific Coast
Beach Resort Include Fort San Diego, in the
Center of Acapulco.  Fort San Diego offers
great views of the harbor  just across from the
cruise ship terminal.
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Views of the Acapulco hotels along the bay
from Fort San Diego
Acapulco Historic museums include Fort
San Diego where rooms display items
fused in the 1700s at the fort overlooking
the harbor of Acapulco.
Acapulco's Fort San Diego museum
displays Asian trade good items of the
1700s.
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  • Reach Acapulco from USA, Mexico City, Europe, and Canada
  • Air
International flights serve General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (IATA: ACA, ICAO: MMAA)
Through Mexico City. From the USA, Atlanta Hartsfield  (ATL) offers direct flights.  Many other cities
offer indirect flights.  From Canada direct flight are offered from Toronto and Montreal.
National direct flights serve from Mexico City, Monterrey, Toluca, and Tijuana, Mexico.
  • .Buses
Long distance first class buses run along coast road Route 200 and from major cities on the new toll
roads that connect all the coastal resorts. From  Mazatlan, buses run south to Manzanillo, Puerto
Valarta and Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo and then to Acapulco and  Puerto Escondido,  
First Class buses Estrella Blanca connect to Acapulco from Mexico City.  
Estrella Blanca  serves first class Futura Buses from Puerto Escondido in 8 hours.
Estrella de Oro first class Buses serve Acapulco from Mexico City Central Sur and Tapo Terminals.  
Estrella de Oro      The websites don't function well enough to book tickets.  The buses rarely fill except at
Christmas and Easter
Service to Acapulco on Estrella Blanca Futura Bus daily out of Guadalajara and Morelia.  Futura Bus
  • Auto:  
Route 200, the coast road runs through Acapulco.   High speed roads connect from Mexico City
  • RV and Tent Camping,
For RVers and Long Distance Bike Travelers Pie de la Cuesta, just north of the city on Route 200 offers
camping on a five mile barrier beach area where you find beach resort campgrounds for tents and RVs.  
Local buses run every 10-20 minutes from the one main street to the city of Acapulco.
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When To Go To Acapulco:   
Acapulco makes an ideal beach resort vacation year round.  
  • High Season
There  may be two seasons when the resort is most crowded.  Christmas and Easter are traditional travel holidays for
Mexican families and the proximity of Mexico City to Acapulco ( 240 miles  ) means that the beach resorts could be
crowded on these two holiday weeks.  Mid July into the end of August can also be times of travel for Mexico City
vacationers.
December through April is high season in Acapulco.   
  • Weather
The weather in Acapulco is humid and warmest June through September.  July and August bring rain showers, high
humidity, and 90 degree days.
Year round temperatures average 85f days, 75f nights.  Showers could come in any month but will be of short duration.  
Hurricane season runs August to December.  
  • Spring Break
Spring break might be in your planning.  Acapulco allows 18 year olds to drink alcohol and the resorts have offered all
inclusive packages including performance groups that attract US Spring breakers, usually in late February and all of
March.  
  • Ideal
November through May are ideal months for a beach vacation
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