SURROUNDING AREAS, TOURING AND
NOTABLE PLACES
Touring Taxco?s
Surrounding Areas - Departing
from the magical town of
Taxco, take Highway 95 south for 33 km
(20 mi) until you reach
the city of Iguala, which is where generals
Vicente Guerrero and Agustin
de Iturbide signed the famous Plan de Iguala (Iguala
Plan) in the final stage of the War
of Independence, which proclaimed guarantees of independence,
religion and unity. The city
is also the
birthplace of the Mexican flag.
Follow the same highway 138 km
(85 mi) south until you
arrive at state capital Chilpancingo, where
you can visit the Templo de la Asuncion. There
insurgent General Jose
Maria Morelos read a famous
document known as
Sentimientos de la Nacion (Sentiments
of the Nation).
During your stay, you also
can visit the Chilpancingo
Regional Museum, which offers a broad overview of the
city?s history, from the pre-Hispanic era to the 20th century. The last stop on
the route is Acapulco, one of Mexico?s most
important beach destinations. In Acapulco, which draws thousands of national and
foreign tourists, you can enjoy the
sunny weather and a magnificent view of the
bay.
