What's new is the small classy hotels owned by Germans and Italians with restaurants where the beer mugs come iced. Fresh fish, excellent Italian cuisine, and great views of the cove. You can rise at dawn and venture out in a panga, a small fishing boat, in search of them. Teotitl n is a day trip from the beautiful colonial city of Oaxaca. Although handmade rugs are sold in Oaxaca, venture out to Teotitl n to see weavers spinning wool in their living rooms.
Prices are better here, too.
A small mountain town high in the Sierra Madre with a tropical climate where pine trees grow next to banana trees. The town features a beautiful national park with stone pathways and a rushing river you can get close to just a few blocks from downtown. Uruap n is also a center for lacquer painted crafts. Because since your parents and mine visited there, there have been some positive changes. A whole new Acapulco has popped up with grand hotels that are interesting to walk through and have lunch at-even if you don't stay there.