At the beginning of the 20th century, Acapulco remains one of the best kept treasure of the Pacific ocean. far from being a trendy touristic destination, Acapulco is described as a charming land, with its white sand beaches, its luxurious vegetation and its mansions overlooking the bay.
It’s in the daybreak of the 50s that the town will its apogee with the opening of great establishments where Hollywood people look forward to go.
There’s for example, the El Mirador hotel and its La Perla bar ont the De La Quebrada coast, handled by the “The King of Swing” Teddy Stauffer. Thanks to his well-filled address book, this musician chased from the Nazi Germany, has arrived by hasard to Acapulco with Errol Flynn, had everyone in Hollywood coming on his PERCHOIR. Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra et Sammy Davis Jr, among others, will find there a royal peace.
There’s also the Casablanca hotel, known for its ENDIABLE parties and its unlikely turtles races in the pool. By the way, Orson Welles will shoot “The Lady from Shanghai” with Rita Hayworth in 1947. From the 40s until the 80s, anybody who’s looking for fun and excitement goes to Acapulco.
Here, we live freely with our lovers and our excesses thanks to an entre-soi jalousement cultivé.
Brilliantly documented by the photographer Slim Aarons. The romantics come there for honeymoons to copy Jackie and John F. Kennedy, where the party people dance until the end of the night in clubs that became iconic.
(source Vanity fair)