Acapulco de Juarez (or just Acapulco) is a city and major sea port located in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay, a beautiful stretch of Pacific Coast, on the Pacific Ocean. It's a port of call for shipping and cruising lines running between Panama and San Francisco, California. As of the 2005 census, the population of the urbanized area was 616,394. The climate is tropical, with warm to hot temperatures year-round. Precipitation is heavily concentrated in summer, while winter is mostly dry and sunny.

Acapulco has long been a popular resort for tourists taking long holiday weekends and cruises from the United States, the Mexican interior and countries in South America. In the past three decades, air fares have become increasingly affordable as international airlines added flights and infrastructure to support the increasing air travel.

Acapulco's best known island, Roqueta, is a great attraction which is typically reached by glass-bottomed motor boats enabling a clear view of the sea bottom. As in Cancún, water sports such as water skiing, para-sailing, scuba diving, deep sea fishing, sailing and snorkeling excursions are available in many price ranges amongst the picturesque coastal waters.

Beginning in the 1990s the government invested more than US$1 billion in an effort to upgrade Acapulco's infrastructure. Sewage systems have been improved and tons of trash have been hauled off the beaches. The water has once again been pronounced safe for swimming.

Since 1934 the La Quebrada Cliff Divers have performed their impressive jumps into the shallow water and dangerous tides that form in the bottom part of La Quebrada. The Acapulco cliff divers were featured regularly on the weekend sports program ABC's Wide World of Sports in the United States during the 1970s.