Zihuatanejo

Playa Troncones 25 minutes north of the twin resorts of Zihuatanejo & Ixtapa and the Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa International Airport. It looks like Ixtapa but without the crowds. Troncones offers many miles of beautiful, unspoiled, golden sand beaches. Stroll, the virgin clean beaches and go barefoot in the surf where flocks of pelicans skim the crests of the waves and endangered sea turtles lay their eggs in the warm sand. Troncones is "the real Mexico"

Isla Ixtapa - Catch a boat to the island which is totally separate from the Ixtapa tourist trap, which has just a few combo restaurant/snorkeling rental businesses. The snorkeling is good and the seafood served to you on the beach has probably only been out of the water for a couple hours by the time you eat it. Very beautiful scenery all around.