BEACHES

• Playa Principal o Municipal: Located in one of the borders of Zihuatanejo, it has calm waters. It is skirted by "El Pase del Pescador" where the local fishermen maintain their boats and fishing equipment.
  
  
• Playa La Ropa: It is only 5 minutes driving of the town. It is the most beautiful beach in the area. It has restaurants, hotels and facilities for aquatic sports.
  
  
• Playa Las Gatas: Its name is due to cat sharks accustomed to swim in this beach. Mysterious cut stones in a row are situated in front of the beach, and serves as a breakwater.
  
  
• Playa Linda: There is a market of crafts and a rock jetty from which you will be able to go to Ixtapa Island.
  
  
• Playa Cuachalalate: Ideal to swim and to relax. It is the most popular place in the island. There is a location for equipment rental, classes and diving trips.
  
  
• Playa Varadero: Located at the other side of the island, it is the perfect place to see the sunsets.

ENTERTAINMENTS

• DIVING: The coastal area of Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa, is ideal to practice this sport. There are 36 places considered as first category to submerge and to know the submarine world.
  
  
• GOLF AND TENNIS: In Ixtapa, exist two golf courses of 18 holes, tennis courts and clubs in different hotels.
  
  
• SURFING: You will practice this sport in the beaches because they have appropriated swell.
  
  
• AQUATIC SKI: So much in Playa La Ropa as Playa del Palmar is possible to find people who offer this service, besides the parachute and " banana".
  
  
• FISHING: An important fleet of crafts exists in this destination whose owners offer equipment rental and a guide for fishing. The favorite species are the marlin, fish veils, golden and tuna.
  
  
• NIGHT LIFE: By the nights, Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo present an attractive offer from the Mexican nights in the hotels and discotheques, to bars that have enjoyable shows.