Mazatlán, Mexico
The Pearl of the Pacific
Mazatlán is far more than a Mexican resort town, as it is known nationally and internationally. The city has a long history of visual and performance arts, with colour, music and joy around every corner. Centro Histórico, or Old Mazatlán, is filled with 19th-century architecture, including the performance hall Teatro Ángela Peralta and the towering Immaculate Conception basilica. The modern district of Zona Dorada is known for nightlife, hotels and restaurants. Visitors and residents are drawn to walking the beautiful Centro Histórico day or night.
Mazatlán has a rich array of resources and opportunities for every interest. This ocean city is a wonderful place to vacation, live or run a business. Mazatlán continues to develop and evolve and draw people to its shores, and presents as an excellent long-term investment in the real estate market.
The following words written by Billy Sullivan (Resident of Mazatlán).
"Mazatlán, the lovely name of our city rolls off the tongue like the music that is everywhere. Mazatlán—land of the deer, is the city we chose after exploring much of Mexico. I am truly proud to live in a town so lovely it begs you to walk its entrancing streets day and night. Mazatlán’s splendor, its gracious people and the impeccable weather merge to make this the city we dreamed we'd live in.
Salt water flows through my veins and swimming in these warm Pacific waters is icing on the cake. The high tides flood my awareness each day and walking to the Malecon to witness the sunset is a pleasure I hate to miss. It’s a simple pleasure to watch the sun’s fiery orb slip below the crimson and pink horizon.
I bask in the loveliness of Calle Angel Florez. My footsteps quicken to match the musical beat as I amble through Plazuela Machado in the evenings. Each time I pass the Angela Peralta Theater, I stop to check for new performances on the schedule.
I find myself grinning as I explore the Parque Central, the row of palm trees that guards the lakeshore and watching people who simply enjoy being alive as they stroll in the cool of evening. The distant bells of the cathedral, the cooing of morning-doves and a rooster crowing down the street all mingle to perform the morning’s symphony.
I consider it a great privilege to live in one of the loveliest cities in Mexico. Mazatlán is not a high kicking, glossy, place like Cancun with bright red toenails, but a low-slung city, of crumbling old buildings side-by-side with modern high-rise towers. Fishing boats on the beach, shrimp boats in the harbor and the docks where the tuna fleet sits all combine to remind us that Mazatlán is a thriving city, even without the tourists.
I can enjoy a great meal of octopus, fish or shrimp cooked to make you moan with pleasure. The man pushing a cart will stop and shuck a fresh oyster that tastes so salty, so delicious you feel weak-kneed for a moment.
The old city is so filigreed and textured in the up-lights that leaves visitors awe-struck and the natives feel slightly aloof. In glimpses of Mazatlán’s gardens, I see sculpted topiaries, riots of bougainvillea, banyan trees with roots embedded in a masonry wall, a flowering vine that’s entwined on a wrought-iron gate.
It’s a joy to stroll the narrow streets of Mazatlán every day and it is impossible to stroll these streets and not discover an exquisite new gem on each outing."
