Nestled at the edge of The West Sierra Mountain formation, Acapulco is South of the Tropic of Cancer and has a very stable warm weather. The country side is abundantly covered by green foliage and Nature has nice preserved areas, a joy to the eye and the spirit. Acapulco is famous for a light and yellowish color of the sand on the beach. People call it the Gold Coast. Contrast with the emerald green of the Ocean has enchanted people who always come back. Acapulco was the main gateway to the Pacific Ocean during the Colonial stage of Mexico and goes back to the 16th and 17th Centuries from where expeditions left and found the Route to the Philippines and India.
Already in the 1940's it started pushing and building to get a slice of the Tourist demand from North America. In the Fifties and Sixties the Jet Set and major Hollywood stars bought huge villas enhancing Acapulco's name Worldwide.