Mazatlan is one of most active cities of the sea of Cortés.

Its privileged location has positioned it as a natural tourist destiny and an entrance to the commerce in the national and international background. Also, the city is an excellent place for host conventions and congress. Mazatlan has a lot of experience in this area; it has participated in many events that occur every year. This situation makes it different from the others tourist destinies because Mazatlan has an intense and own urban and cultural life.

Some features of the destiny that has positioned it as the “Pearl of the Pacific” are 475 states of post-colonial and europeen architecture that constitute a colored and unique historic downtown between the ports of México; The old buildings are the memories of the cities of the XIX century. Some of the most important buildings are the “Inmaculada Concepción” cathedral, the Angela Peralta Theater and the “Machado” plaza. The last one is a beautiful small plaza that is very popular in Mazatlan because around it are placed different kinds of restaurants and coffee shops. In the other side, you can found the archeological museum where you can enjoy of a wide collection of pre-colonial antiques.

Next to the beautiful downtown architectures is the “Paseo Olas Altas”, a drive that is known as the beginning of the development of the tourist industry in the city. The drive offers the possibility of admire many constructions of the fifties and the most awesome sunsets.

Mazatlán is the city where different artist of Mexico has borne. In the music industry we can mention Pedro Infante, “Ferrusquilla”, Lola Beltrán y “El Recodo” the band that represents the essence of the music in Mazatlan. In the artistic environment, the city is where the sculptor Antonio López Sáenz, the director Enrique Patrón de Rueda and Antonio Hass grew up and develop their talents.

The history of Mazatlán is also link to international personalities. One of them is the opera singer Angela Peralta, she played an important role in the history of city that’s why the citizens named their biggest theater after her. Also this theater is the place where one of the best orchestras of the country, The “Sinaloa de la Artes”, and the contemporary dance company “Delfos” performs. So it, downtown is full of Mazatlan artist’s workshops; artist that has begun to export their works to the world.

In the other hand, the destiny is home of multiple monuments, some of the are the “Venadito” monument, “Mujer Mazatleca” monument, the Shield of Mazatlan monument, “El pescador” monument and “A la vida” monument.

Besides of the cultural life, Mazatlan offers everything that you expect: waves, sun and sand where you can rest or get ready for the action. In the beach you can find many activities in or outside the water like jet skis parachute and horse rides. There are several places where football and volleyball are played. Also you can find one the biggest aquarium of Latin America and the biggest in the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

We can say that you can do everything in Mazatlan. In Sport fishing the city is recognized in the world because of the variety of species are found in the Sea of Cortes, like the sailfish, goldfish and bassfish. Golf is another sport that you can enjoy in Mazatlan, there are first class challenging golf courses design by important personalities like Lee Treviño, Robert Trent Jones and David Fleming.

Also the city offers unforgettable trips to its neighbor areas where you can find natural treasures of the state like the magic and historical villages where it is like the time don’t pass, like Copala, Concordia, El Quelite, La Noria and El Rosario; this places conserve their natural beauty and brings to their visitors a magic environment.

Festivals and popular parties and other internationals events create the cultural life in Mazatlan all year long. Some of them are the Mazatlan Carnival, The “Sinaloa de las Artes” festival, The Cultural Festival of Mazatlan, The “Pacifico” marathon, The International Motorbike Week, The Big International Tennis Tournament and The Sport Fishing Classic Tournament “Marina El Cid”.

In the other hand, the cuisine of Sinaloa is very rich in many different ways; is the combination of many flavors from different cultural races that came from all over the world, as the Spanish, French, Chinese and Italians. They brought their ingredients and combine them with the Indian ones like squash, corn, chile, beans, and hunting and fishing products.

Besides the hospitality of the people, Mazatlan is one of the few destinies in Mexico that offers all the transportation available today, air, sea and land. In the case of the hotels, the destiny offers over 10,000 hotel rooms available from 153 different category hotels.

Base in its features, Mazatlan is a pride of Mexico where is sure you can spend a magnificent time. That’s why we invite you to consider Mazatlan for the place that can host your future event or convention. You will receive full attention and support from our staff for guarantee the success of your event and the satisfaction of all your attendees.