Guerrero · Mexico
Where to stay in Zihuatanejo
Zihuatanejo is a city in Guerrero, Mexico, home to about 71,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Zihuatanejo.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- ZIH11 km · Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport
- Currency
- MXNpeso
- Time zone
- America/Mexico City
- Language
- Nahuatl, Spanish, Yucatec Maya
About
About Zihuatanejo
Zihuatanejo, also known as Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, is the fourth largest city in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It was known by 18th-century English mariners as Chequetan and/or Seguataneo.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Zihuatanejo
See
Zihuatanejo is a self-grown little resort on the Bahía Zihuatanejo. The feel of the place is very relaxed and Mexican, and it is very unlike its sister resort of Ixtapa, a planned resort to attract the gringo dollar. Expect to find backpackers and other individual travelers along with Mexican holidaymakers. The latter are also among the more relaxed, as the Mexico City jet-set fresas of course intermingle with the estadounidenses in Ixtapa. The main attraction of Zihuatanejo is the sheltered Bahía Zihuatanejo with safe swimming.
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Zihuatanejo
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay |
|---|
| Barceló Ixtapa - All Inclusive hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Zihuatanejo
5 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Azul Ixtapa All Inclusive Beach Resort & Convention Center | 10.3 km | |
| Azul Ixtapa Grand Resort Spa & Convention Center | 10.1 km | |
| Hotel Suites Ixtapa Plaza y centro comercial | 5.7 km | |
| OYO Hotel Casa Ada OYO Rooms | 0.8 km | |
| OYO Hotel Posada Lys OYO Rooms | 0.7 km |
All 6 hotels in Zihuatanejo, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Zihuatanejo
Zihuatanejo has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 37 °C; September is the wettest, with about 286 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Zihuatanejo: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport (ZIH), about 11 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting around
Most of the transportation is done on foot. There are plenty of taxis to take you out to the airport or the bus station. At the muelle, dockside, there are lanchas, open boats, to various points along the coast, most notably the Playa Las Gatas across the bay. Getting to the flashy sister resort of Ixtapa can be done easily by bus.
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ZIH · Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Zihuatanejo
Eat
If you've never tried pozole, you've never been to Zihua! Pozole is a regional favorite, and in Zihua you'll find it being served up anytime, anywhere, but especially on Thursdays, everywhere.
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Questions
Zihuatanejo: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Zihuatanejo?
Zihuatanejo has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 37 °C; September is the wettest, with about 286 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Zihuatanejo?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport (ZIH), about 11 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Zihuatanejo?
peso (MXN).
Nearby
Destinations near Zihuatanejo
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.