Guerrero holds two of Mexico's older destinations and some of its most difficult territory.
Acapulco was the first Mexican resort, the place Hollywood flew to in the 1950s, and its bay is still one of the most dramatic settings for a city anywhere. It has been through a great deal since — decline, cartel violence, and Hurricane Otis in 2023, which hit the city as a category 5 with almost no warning. The cliff divers at La Quebrada still work.
Taxco is the opposite: a silver town poured down a mountainside, white houses and red roofs, the Santa Prisca church built by a single eighteenth-century mining fortune, and silversmiths in every third doorway. It is among the prettiest towns in Mexico.
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo pairs a planned resort with the fishing town it grew beside.
Be realistic about safety. Parts of Guerrero — particularly the interior, the Costa Grande road and Chilpancingo — carry the highest travel warnings any Mexican state receives, and have done for years. The destinations above are visited normally; overland travel between them, especially after dark, is where advice gets firm.
