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Silver city day tour

Pick-up time from the main lobby-hotel Acapulco area "A" at 6:00 a.m.
Pick-up time from the Mayan Palace and Acapulco Princess at 7:00 a.m

Trip lasts 3 hrs with 30 min. breakfast in the middle of the trip
Lunch included in Taxco, except drinks and tips.
We will come back in Acapulco around 20:00-21:00 the same day

Taxco is a hidden city in the folds of a high mountain of the Sierra Madre range of the state of Guerrero. It's a charming town of vast, old, magic Mexico, and one of the oldest mining center in Latin America, still in production.

Taxco word is a phonetic adaptation of its original name -Nahuatl- ,"Tlachco" means a place for playing ball, because the sound "tl" was difficult for the Spaniards to pronounce. But Taxco is very different from the old Indian city of Tlachco, the Pre-Hispanic mining center.Taxco is exclusively from Spanish origin and was found in 1529 by the Spaniards, at the foot of Atachi Mountain, 1,800 meters above sea level, has a dry temperate clime all year round.

We will visit the splendid Santa Prisca church from baroque style, who was constructed in 1758 by don Jose de la Borda a benefactor of the epoch. Actually, the Santa Prisca church is a masterpiece of the mexican viceregal architectural art.

We will have time for a walking sight seeing tour of Taxco picturesque cobblestone streets.
free time for shopping, have dinner or visiting on your own
Leaving time approx.16:30 to 17 hrs.

 

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