Troncones Beach
The
Troncones Beach community is located about 1/2 an hours' drive to the
north of Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo. off from Federal Highway 200 which runs
northward along the Pacific Coast. The turnoff is well marked near kilometer
30 of the highway. A paved road leads down to this lazy,
beachside community.
There is a mini-bus service between the highway and the beach community itself and Troncones now has its' own taxi service.
The small village proper is nestled at the beach end of the access road. It is a tiny settlement with a few stores, several beachfront restaurants, local billiard parlors, a church and a school. An unpaved road stretches from the southern end of Troncones Beach all the way to Manzanillo Bay and connects into the next access road from the highway serving the small fishing community of Majahua to the north.
Stretched
out along those miles of open beach is what is now a large selection
of bed and breakfasts, private residences, dining facilities and small
inns and boutique hotels. Many of these businesses and homes have been
constructed by expatriates as vacation and winter homes or businesses
that allow them to enjoy the peace and solitude of the Pacific Mexican
coast year round.
Activities in Troncones include body- and boogie-boarding, surfing, birdwatching, jungle canopy and cave tours, fishing, snorkeling, kayaking, mountain biking and hiking. Watch the whales pass by offshore while laying in a hammock preparing to contemplate a perfect, tropical sunset.
Some of the local dining spots such as the
El Burro Borracho, the Inn at Manzanillo Bay and the Sol Kitchen at
Hacienda Eden, and Present Moment Retreat sometimes offer music in a variety of styles as 
well
as shows featuring typical Mexican dancers, art expositions and other
special events. You can also enjoy the beachfront pool while partaking
of food and drink at the Tropic of Cancer.
Recently the Harry Lindlan Memorial Library was opened next to the small, local school. Read the article about its development in the February, 2001/2002 issue of Another Day in Paradise Magazine.
The Library is most days to residents and visitors, and for use in school activities. It contains over 1,000 books in both Spanish and English as well as an assortment of games, videos and VCR and several computers. In the spring of 2003, Barbara Lindlan came up with a new novel idea, to hold a Troncones “Parade of Homes” tour of some of the community's most outstanding homes as a fund-raiser for library resources. A report of the 2003 tour can be found in the March 2003 issue of Another Day in Paradise magazine.
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