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Often described as one of the longest oceanfront boardwalks in the world (published lengths range from about 8.5 km to 21 km), running from Olas Altas north to the Golden Zone along Mazatlán's Pacific coastline, lined with restaurants, bars, and the city's traditional open-air pulmonía taxis.
Private Tours
A private city tour of Mazatlán aboard a traditional pulmonía — the city's iconic open-air taxi — with stops shaped around your own pace, from the historic streets of Centro to the Malecón's ocean views.
Private Tours
A private, full-day van tour of Mazatlán's coastal region with a bilingual local driver — choose your own itinerary from the city's historic sites, architectural landmarks, seaside cliffs, lighthouses, and restaurants along its 13-mile beachfront boardwalk.
Visitor guide
The Malecon of Mazatlan is the long oceanfront boardwalk that runs along the Pacific coast of the city of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Made up of several linked promenades, it connects the historic Olas Altas district with the hotel zone to the north and is the city's main seafront walk.
Sources disagree on how long the Malecon is. Wikipedia gives roughly 8.5 km (5.3 miles) and says it is considered one of the longest in the world, though it notes that claim is unsourced; some tourism descriptions give about 21 km, so the figure depends on where the measurement begins and ends. It is best described as a chain of named segments rather than one single walkway.
From south to north, Wikipedia lists the Calzada Joel Montes Camarena, which links the lighthouse hill to the rest of the city, then the Paseo del Centenario, built to mark the centennial of Mexican independence. Next come the Paseo Olas Altas and the Paseo Claussen, and the longest section, the Avenida del Mar, runs along the Puerto Viejo bay and makes up just over half of the boardwalk.
Paseo Olas Altas is the oldest section. It began in the 1830s as a dike against flooding, and Wikipedia says it was the first part of the city to receive street lighting. Its name means high waves, a reference to the Pacific swells that break against the seawall.
Paseo Claussen was built for the 1910 centennial and is named for George Claussen, who led the Mazatlan Works Agency. The Malecon therefore reflects several periods of the city's growth, from a 19th-century port protecting itself from the sea to a modern waterfront promenade.
Along the walkway the city has installed monuments and sculptures, and the broad seawall gives uninterrupted views of the Pacific and the sunsets. Restaurants and bars line parts of the route, particularly toward Olas Altas and the northern hotel district. The route also looks up toward Cerro del Creston, the hill that carries Mazatlan's lighthouse, at its southern end.
The Malecon sits next to Mazatlan's Centro Historico, which was named a Heritage of the Nation on 12 March 2001, so it is easy to pair a seafront stroll with the plazas, theater and cathedral of the old town.
The boardwalk is flat and open, which suits walking, jogging and cycling, and it is busiest in the late afternoon and evening when the heat eases. Because the full route is long, many visitors walk a portion of it. A private guided visit lets travelers be picked up at one point and dropped at another without retracing steps.
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