Mazatlan, Mexico Port Reviews

We did the big bus tour and a little shopping. The weather was perfect and sightseeing, beautiful.

Visited: Dec 26, 2021

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Our excursion to an “exclusive” beach and use of mini speed boats was awesome. Don’t believe the 5mph maximum speed of these boats (as listed in the literature), we were flying. The only negative was a constant aggressive sales people trying to sell you junk at the beach

What a fantastic port! We ventured off and went to Stone Island (so easy to get to, 10 minute walk to the water taxi and 10 minute walk after the quick taxi ride). We hung out at Lety’s restaurant, enjoying good food and drink. The ocean was so nice! The locals were super friendly and hospitable. Would love to return here.

First time here…we did the hop on/off tour. They pick you up RIGHT off the ship. It’s $35 a person. About 5 stops, you can get on and off, any of the buses on the tour, and you charge it right to your sail/sign card, that was nice: and the whole tour was great!! We also loved this port. Yea it’s industrial when you arrive but they cart you to their actual port and it’s lovely: along with the whole city! A lot to see and do here!!! This was probably ste favorite stop of the 3.

Beaches and city area visits were cultural and worth while to see. It's a big city, so take the Pulmonia (air taxi) to get around. Must go to the local beach front restaurants near the Hacienda Hotel. Seafood dishes were fresh and delicious. Safe city and lots to do. Beaches and water were clean. Great port to go shopping and they have better prices. Really wish this port of call was longer, so we can experience more areas and some night life.

We walked around the shopping area adjacent to the pier, lots of tourist junk, and that's what we wanted to see. Bought a couple gifts for friends and family, a couple personal items, it was fun.

Did a Van City tour. Would not recommend. Drove 40 minutes to see a 10 minute horse show, then drove to see cliff divers (who requested payment to dive), then toured some of the city. Was not worth the time spent.

Mazatlan was pretty and we did take a city highlights excursion. Our tour guide, Jantzel, was awesome. The areas we drove to were lovely and Jantzel shared great information about the city.

We did our own tour and loved it - Went to Stone Island... spent the day. Pay 1/2 of what Carnival wanted for the same...

Top 10 of Mazatlan was great also, had plenty of time to do the excursion and shop afterwards also.