Mexico Guide
Acapulco and the Pacific beaches
Boca de Tomatlán
If you're after peace and quiet, your best option is to continue along the highway for another 4km past Mismaloya until you reach the once-sleepy village of Boca de Tomatlán, which has become a departure point for the lanchas that shuttle passengers to and from the southern beaches. Still, it remains picturesque, with a small but beautiful beach in a protected cove dotted with fishing boats and surrounded by densely forested hills. The local speciality, cooked to perfection by the beachside enramadas (huts), is pescado de bara: a fish impaled on a stick and slow-cooked over a barbecue. The Río Horcones, with its thickly forested banks, empties into the sea beside the beach, so there's a choice of fresh or salt water for swimming.