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El Centro

Manzanillo, Mexico
Ranked #17 of 25 attractions in Manzanillo
3.5 of 5 stars 19 Reviews
Type: Neighbourhoods
Activities: Shopping
Description: Spanish for "the center" and refers to the center of town.
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Anaheim, California
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2012

The downtown Manzanillo (about 20 min. drive from Las Hadas) is a great and safe place to check out. If you have younger kids the main plaza always has some kind of activity for them and their parents to participate. More

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Kingston, Ontario
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 March 2012

strictly shopping in very small stores for the most part and only a couple of resaurants that we found. Don't waste your time More

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villa de alvarez, colima
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 March 2012

El Centro De Manzanillo Has Many Places To Go Eat, Shop, Dance, Etc. Fun Place To Hang Out Before 10 p.m. More

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Ontario, Canada
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95 reviews 95 reviews
Reviews in 26 cities Reviews in 26 cities
58 helpful votes 58 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 March 2012

Every time we go to Manzanillo, we go downtown Centro a couple of times. They have fixed up their waterfront and have a huge blue Marlin, quite a few statues, etc there. They have banos which is good. There is a good cruise ship down there. There is the Centro Historical and the Newer Centro. There are numerous stores of... More

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26 reviews 26 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
26 helpful votes 26 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 January 2012
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Do yourself a favor and visit the market around 8:30 in the moring. The market is about 4 or 5 blocks away from the main square. You can buy enough shrimp and dorado to feed 6 for less than 200 pesos. We picked up a 1/2 kilo of shrimp (about 2 large fist fulls) some scallops and nice chunk of... More

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Florida
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 January 2012

The Manzanillo city center "Centro" it's nice to visit during the later part of the day when it's not so hot, there are restaurants, a lot of souvenir shops, it's nice to stroll around and take in the scenery. More

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Winnipeg, Canada
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 January 2012

dirty!!! nothing really there for travellers to do other than market and see harbour. More

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West Kelowna, Canada
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4 reviews 4 reviews
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 December 2011

For 6 pesos or .60 cents you can ride the bus into town, just flag one down and enjoy about a 45 minute ride. Had no idea that Manzanillo was a high port zone for ships ( cargo) very interesting. More

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Calgary
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
27 helpful votes 27 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 November 2011
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You are greeted downtown by the statue of a large sailfish. Within a few blocks of this you will see stores that offer the typical "tourist" stuff. A few blocks more and you get in to the areas where the locals shop. Some unique treasures to be found in a lot of those stores. Also some pretty neat cliff-side homes... More

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Madrid, Spain
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133 helpful votes 133 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 April 2011
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Mexico's busiest port, home to the Mexican Navy's Pacific naval fleet, and yet downtown Manzanillo (El Centro) has the pleasant atmosphere of a small seaside town and provides a relaxing and interesting way to spend a day that is authentically Mexican. Tourists from the hotel area can take a 6-peso bus ride on an El Centro-marked bus from the "Commercial"... More

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