Photo #3094 - Manzanillo, Mexico Manzanillo, with a population of 125,000+ triples as a vacation destination, a naval base, and the largest containerization port on the West coast of Mexico! This metropolitan city has it all; hotels, night clubs, restaurants, and great fishing. The two main resort areas are the twin bays to the north of the city; Bahia de Santiago and Bahia de Manzanillo. This is where you'll find the majority of tourists and places to stay. A fun city with lots of action and only 1 1/2 hrs from the volcanoe rimmed capital city Colima in the State of Colima! A little bit of everything for everyone! If you're headed further south, Zihuatanejo is 238 miles to the south on Mex. Hwy. 200 and Guadalajara is 190 miles to the East on the Guadalajara-Colima autopista( Hwys. 15-54-110). Enjoy traveling in Mexico and always; ' Expect the Unexpected in Adventure Travel!'. Mex. Hwy 200 traverses through the tropical deciduous forests and mountains of the Nayarit State capital of Tepic, past the palm tree lined zocalos of the tourist mecca of Puerto Vallarta on the Bay of Banderas in Jalisco State, southward hugging the Pacific ocean on its way past farmland, thorn forests and sprawling savannas to the resort city of Manzanillo in the State of Colima. It serves as the gateway to the "Costa Alegre" (Happy Coast) of southwestern, coastal Mexico!