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Mazatlán
City in Sinaloa, Mexico

Mazatlán

Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.

Plan a trip to Mazatlán→From Culiacán

The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipio, known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located on the Pacific coast across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.

Get in

Getting to Mazatlán

  1. 01
    General Rafael Buelna International Airport
  2. 02
    Central de Autobuses de Mazatlán

    Río Pánuco & José Angel Espinoza Ferrusquilla.

  3. 03
    Terminal Marítima Mazatlán
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Lighthouse of Mazatlan
  2. 02
    Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

    This lovely building was finished in 1899 and is being gently restored to its original beauty, although to a visitor it is already beautiful to behold.

  3. 03
    Cliff

    These daredevils do something similar as in Acapulco, but it is lower and more shallow.

  4. 04
    Gran Acuario Mazatlán
  5. 05
    Plaza Machado

    The jewel of the restored Centro Histórico.

  6. 06
    Teatro Ángela Peralta
Do

Things to do

The miles of beach have plenty to keep most people occupied. Jet skiing, waterskiing, and parascending are all available, but always haggle on price.

Eat

Where to eat

Coconuts - Try it with lime, salt, chili powder, various hot sauces. There's a restaurant to suit everyone's taste and budget. Mazatlecos are keen on seafood, especially prawns (camarones) and steak.

  1. 01
    Mariscos Chon

    Carnaval 1508,.

  2. 02
    Mi Platillo Express

    Gral.

  3. 03
    Tacos Borrachos Emlio
  4. 04
    Tacos Y Tortas Ahogadas El Mono

    Av.

  5. 05
    Tortas La República

    Miguel Alemán 906-A,.

How locals move

Getting around Mazatlán the local way

  • Get inBaja Ferries runs a ferry between Mazatlan and the Pichilinque docks in La Paz, Baja California Sur.
  • Get inThe Mexican Navy operates an every-other-Friday ferry between Mazatlan and Islas Marias, a former offshore penal colony that has been turned into a tourist destination with a Pueblo Magico, a UNESCO Biosphere Reservation, nature watching and sky watching opportunities and an eerie prison tour.
  • Go nextLa Paz via ferry or airplane – a tranquil yet hip city on the Baja California peninsula with some stunning beaches Copper Canyon – a stunning system of canyons through the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range Durango – the drive there on highway 40D is one of the most spectacular in Mexico, and the highway itself is an engineering marvel through the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain mountains that traverses 68 tunnels and 115 bridges (including the famous Baluarte Bridge).

From Wikivoyage: Mazatlan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.