I've been to Mexico over 40 times. Acapulco is the absolute worst. The beach is like shards of glass; the city is enveloped in smog from thousands of VW bugs (taxis); air conditioning breaks down all the time in hotels; the city is a mess; and, without any question, the most dangerous city for tourists in all of Mexico. Drug dealers and scum accost tourist in the waters off the beach with sea-doo's and most markets are cooled by "mexican air". It's a grade-A #1 shit-hole from hell. I'll take isla mujers; cancun, playa del carmen, playa mujers and cozumel any day over Acapulco....Don't take a wife or a family there...it's awful.