A private ride through Mazatlán aboard a pulmonía, the city's own open-air taxi, with the route built around what you want to see.
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.
This private tour rides through Mazatlán aboard a pulmonía, the open-sided, golf-cart-style taxi unique to the city since the 1960s. With no fixed script, your driver adjusts the stops around what you want to see — historic Centro streets, the oceanfront Malecón, local history, or simply time on the beach if you're visiting by cruise.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Pickup included from the cruise port or your Mazatlán hotel.
Mazatlán's own open-air taxi, a local icon found nowhere else in Mexico.
No fixed script — the route adjusts around history, beach time, or local flavors, whatever you want more of.
A real stretch of Mazatlán's 13-mile oceanfront boardwalk, open-air the whole way.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
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. This private tour rides through Mazatlán aboard a pulmonía, the open-sided, golf-cart-style taxi unique to the city since the 1960s. With no fixed script, your driver adjusts the stops around what you want to see — historic Centro streets, the oceanfront Malecón, local history, or simply time on the beach if you're visiting by cruise.
The pulmonía is a Mazatlán invention with a datable birthday. According to local accounts, Miguel Ramírez Urquijo, nicknamed El Chícharo, put the first one on the street on 20 December 1965, building a fiberglass body onto old three-wheeled carts. By the 1980s the standard design had shifted to a Volkswagen Beetle chassis, which was steadier and easier to maintain.
The name is a joke that stuck. Rival conventional taxi drivers reportedly warned passengers that riding in an open-sided vehicle would give them pneumonia, and locals turned the insult into the vehicle's name. Because there are no doors or windows, the ride doubles as natural air conditioning in a hot, humid port.
Along the Malecón you are riding beside what local sources describe as one of the longest seafront promenades in Mexico, usually put at around 21 km, though the exact figure depends on where each source starts and stops counting.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.