Acapulco Historical and Cultural Tour: Including the Municipal Market, Mask Museum, and Cliff Divers
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26 Ratings
Acapulco
Embark on a historical and cultural tour of Acapulco, exploring the Municipal Market, Mask Museum, and Cliff Divers. Discover the city's rich history and immerse yourself in its vibrant culture. Don't miss the chance to visit the witchcraft sector of the market and the famous Los Flamingos Hotel. Admissions and lunch included.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Museo Historico de Acapulco Fuerte de San Diego - The only historical museum in Acapulco, focusing in the colonial epoc of the history of Mexico.
- Mercado Central - A fantastic place will make you understand better the life of the local people.
- Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Soledad - Built in the middle of the last century with a rare byzantine or moorish style of achitecture, the most important church in Acapulco…
- Centro Cultural La Casa de los Vientos - One of the rare works of Diego Rivera made out of Venetian Mosaic and depicting Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, the most important prehispanic God
- La Quebrada - If you come to Acapulco you ought to see the High Cliff Divers. The most important Acapulcan espectacle
- Playas Caleta y Caletilla - We stop at “La Cabaña de Caleta” for a Mexican lunch in a beautiful setting in front of the beach.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water along the tour
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Very Small Group, less density & more quality.
Do not miss the opportunity of Visit Acapulco Municipal Market and its witchcraft sector!
Make a wonderful journey through the history & culture of this beautiful city, discover in only a few hours why the history of Mexico is the history of Acapulco and unveil the historical significance of Acapulco. A thorough visit in company of your own guide will take you back in time to the battles in between the British & Dutch pirates and the Spanish Empire.
Enjoy the Mask Museum and the Museum of the 7 different regions of Guerrero State afterwards head to admire the fascinating Diego Rivera Mural (on of his last works). Then head to la Quebrada Cliff to marvel at the Divers Show.
finally make a visit to the famous Los Flamingos Hotel, the Hollywood Gang Hideaway.
Give us the opportunity of being your guides and we guarantee your tour with us will be a referral of your visit to Acapulco
Admissions & Lunch included ONLY if option selected
Location
Museo Historico de Acapulco Fuerte de San Diego
Calle Hornitos, Colonia Centro
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(26 Ratings)
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Dan-counselor
Mar 8, 2020
Wonderful introduction to Acapulco! - Rudy is a kind, authentic and passionate man, and a terrific guide! You will see parts of Acapulco you never would have seen elsewhere, and you can tell he loves and is proud of his home!
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Nancyneal1
Feb 3, 2020
Great day in Acapulco - Our guide, Mario, was amazing. We had a full day of seeing all of Acapulco, with a trip thrown in to a silver store for me. He was full of knowledge, not only of Acapulco, but of Mexican and world history. We went from one end to the other, seeing the new, the old and the historic...even the cliff divers. Mario was an exceptional host to us, always taking care of the details. The market was fascinating to drive through. We both feel very privileged to have spent the day on this tour and recommend it anyone looking for a great day in Acapulco.
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Eduncan962
Jan 9, 2020
Cultural 6-Hour Historical & Divers Tour - This was the second tour I took with Rudy and his crew. I took the City Tour two days earlier. Everyone was very friendly and very knowledgeable. Also, everyone was very relaxed and laid back, which I prefer. Everyone was bi-lingual but since I was practicing my Spanish, they accommodated me by speaking as much in Spanish as I wanted. The tour of the market was especially interesting. Alfonso bought small amounts of exotic fruit for us to sample and expertly showed us around. The insights of all the guides regarding the market were invaluable. It would have been impossible to navigate the immense, sprawling market without knowledgeable guides. We took a bonus side trip to visit the Flamingo Hotel, an old haunt of Hollywood stars like John Wayne and Johnny Weissmuller, because one of our number had missed out on going there for some reason on an earlier tour. It was a lovely detour with marvelous vistas.
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John_w
Jan 2, 2020
Awesome Tour of Acapulco - This tour would be awesome for anyone that doesn't know much about Acapulco. We did this tour through "Tour by Van" (Rudy Fregoso), who was so great to work with. Due to unforeseen circumstances we were able to change our tour to a day later as Rudy wanted to be "part of the solution," we certainly appreciated that! Our tour guide was Santiago who was very knowledgeable about everywhere he took us. He was a fantastic guide that showed us all over the city, the Fort of Acapulco, the Cliff divers, along with a delicious lunch at a local restaurant where the food was awesome.
This is a tour you don't want to miss out on! Tour by Van (Rudy Fregoso) and guide Santiago are the best.
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Roam490367
Jun 22, 2019
Acapulco - My wife and I enjoyed this tour. Pickup was punctual and it was slightly customized to fit our needs.
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Valdurr2
May 11, 2019
Acapulco historical tour with cliff divers and municipal market. - We enjoyed the informative tour with Rudy of Tours by Van and his assistant Jesus. Guided through the Mercado Central we tasted local fare and appreciated the variety of fruit and vegetables available.Jesus took us through the Museo Historico de Acapulco showing us the significance of the location in the Spanish Empire
and escorted us through Los Flamingos Hotel, a significant location for the Hollywood actors, spanning several decades of the 20th century. Rudy was a compendium of knowledge about the history of the area and provided informative commentary during our tour.
We thank both Rudy and Jesus for job well done and highly recommend the service of Tours by Van and Rudy .
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Desiree
May 11, 2019
A Fabulous Cultural and Historical Day with Rudy and Jesus - Rudy,the owner of Tours by Van, and Jesus,his assistant,were punctual in picking us up at our hotel. Throughout the day they were friendly, polite and attentive to our well-being. Rudy is very articulate in the English language. He has a vast knowledge of Acapulco history so was fabulous at answering our many questions. Jesus always made sure that we were safe during our wonderful walk through the Mercado Central de Acapulco. He accompanied us on our tour of the Acapulco Historical Museum at Fort San Diego as well as at Los Flamingos Hotel.
We appreciated our drives outside the tourist routes and the sensory and tasting experience at the Central Market. As very seasoned and world travelers, we particularly loved the fact that we were immersed in the local culture. Thank you Rudy and Jesus for a day well spent. As lifelong learners, we learned a lot.
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Cindy_l
Dec 16, 2021
Enjoyed it, guide was... - Enjoyed it, guide was very knowledgeable. Lunch was good, cliff divers were impressive to watch.............................
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Johndax
Jul 23, 2019
Great tour - Really good tour from nice guys Rudy and Poncho. Acapulco is a bit rubbish apart from the Bay but the lads did a good job of showing us the best bits at a nice pace. Good information about the place and even though we were taken to the Jewellery store for a tour it really wasn’t a problem buying some silver as it was a pretty good price without it being too much of a hard sell.
Well done lads
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Sam_t
Jun 29, 2021
So So - Was just ok
Could skip next time
They make it hard to exit review
They shouldn’t ask me to write more because it won’t be nice
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