Bus, Phoenix/ Tucson, through Nogales to Mazatlan
Updated Bus Fare Prices, March 2015
#Bus Tucson Mazatlan
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Tufesa Bus runs bus routes from Phoenix, Tucson, and various
California cities to Guadalajara through Mazatlan. |
Bus Through Mazatlan
Tufesa Bus runs bus routes south from Tucson and Phoenix AZ through Nogales Mexico to Mazatlan, Tepic, (San Blas surfing) and to Guadalajara.
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From Mazatlan, Primera Plus Bus runs to Guadalajra and to Mexico City, Norte Station. Tufesa also runs to Guadalajara.
Plan your departure time well on your trip south from Phoenix and Tucson to Mazatlan on
Tufesa Bus. (link) Leave in the early afternoon (2:00 PM Tucson) and you will arrive in Mazatlan early in the morning. The Tufesa station in Mazatlan is open all night, however, and taxis are always at the station to meet the buses.
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Tucson (link)
Tucson to Mazatlan Ticket Price $109. USD, 1678 Pesos
Trip duration 16 hours
Executive Buses $140 USD 2155 Pesos
The buses leave from Tucson Tufesa Station at 5550 South 12th Street . Order online or buy at the station. The best seats for the trip south from Tucson are between one and twenty, left side of the bus for an afternoon trip to avoid the sun. The front and middle of the bus will make for comfortable sleeping.
Guadalajara
Once you reach Mazatlan you could continue on to
Guadalajara (link) from Mazatlan with Tufesa Bus or you could switch to
Primera Plus, (link)(Flecha Amarilla) and reach Mexico City. Primera Plus service is a step above at around 15 cents per mile. Primera Plus reaches only as far north as Mazatlan from Mexico City. The Primeara Plus buses serve Mexico DF
(See Mexico City Bus Terminals) (link)
Primera Plus Bus Ticket Price, Mazatlan to Mexico City 1197 Pesos
Tufesa Bus service from the USA goes as far south as
Guadalajara (link)
A small café in the Mazatlan Tufesa Bus station offers hot meals and a snack.
You can take a taxi from the Tufesa station to the Primera Plus terminal not too distant and located on the same street for 50 Pesos.
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Mazatlan beaches look out on islands Venado, Chivo, and Pajaro. |
Mazatlan Bus Options
Reach Mazatlan by Bus from the US on
Tufesa, (link) Tap, Elite, Omnibus, and other lines that serve Mazatlan with first class service from the north. Tufesa is a cross-borer bus while the others originate in Nogales and Tijuana
Tufesa Bus serves Mazatlan with cross-border buses from Phoenix and Tucson through Nogales. (Many other US locations including Las Vegas)
Primera Pus serves Mazatlan from Mexico City and Guadalajara.
Mazatlan Sightseeing
Once in
Mazatlan (link) you can taxi to the city and beaches.
If you arrive in the early morning, check out breakfast at Panchos, a favorite of the locals and the tourists who come each year from Canada and the US.
The seating at Pancho’s is on an elevated patio right on the beach, not fifty yards from the waves.
Pancho’s is situated in one of the many small malls along the beach with a view out on small islands offshore, Venado, Chivo, and Pajaro. The malls are interspersed within mid and high-rise hotels with plenty of good shops nearby.
A walkway stretches the length of Mazatlan's beaches. Mazatlan offers some good recreation with about three miles of beach-side walkway along the arc of coastline where many small parks are accented by sculpture.
Mazatlan’s Centro Historico is a walkable several blocks around a zocalo. Sightseeing in the historic Center will reveal some great colonial architecture.
Mazatlan has its tourist season from December to April. During those months, Canadian, American, and European tourists come to enjoy the beaches and nightlife, casino gambling, shopping, restaurants, and Sunday bullfights. Cruise ships also visit from the US. In 2014 Mazatlan expects three cruise ships each week during the winter months. Spring Breakers also arrive in Mazatlan, February, March April.
For an overview of Mazatlan, a cab driver will tour you around the city for two hundred peso per hour. A good choice would be Armando Milan, a friendly and helpful person who knows the city well. He is knowledgeable, helpful, safe at the wheel, courteous, and flexible. He can get you the local info on restaurants, gambling casinos, theater, bullfights, beaches, surfing, good views from the Mirador, and the old city.
Armando is a 20 year resident of the city and has a family of four grown children. His Cell: 044-669-155-6308, Home, 9 40-1908. He can pick you up at the airport if you are flying in. The airport also offers a bus shuttle to the bus station.
Tufesa bus will reach
Guadalajara. (link) From Guadalajara you can reach Morelia for the
Monarch Butterfly Migration.
(link)
Flights to Mazatlan
You can reach Mazatlan by air on many National and International flights.
Mazatlan's Aeropuerto Internacional General Rafael Buelna (MZT) 30 minutes outside of the City of Mazatlan. ($300 Peso cab ride to the City of Mazatlan)
Mazatlan is served from Houston, Tucson, Chicago, and LA as well as Mexico City and many other hubs. Mazatlan is served by International flights, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, Frontier, Northwest Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, US Airways, and WestJet
Mazatlan by Bus
Reach Mazatlan by Bus from the US on
Tufesa,(link)Tap, Elite, Omnibus, and other lines that serve Mazatlan with first class service from the north. Primera Pus serves Mazatlan from Mexico City and Guadalajara. Tufesa Bus serves Mazatlan with cross-border buses from Phoenix and Tucson through Nogales.
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