Send Flowers to Mazatlán, Mexico

Mazatlán has two personalities. The Centro Histórico, around Plazuela Machado and the Ángela Peralta theatre, is a restored quarter of nineteenth-century houses where many American and Canadian retirees have bought homes. Further north, along one of the longest seafront promenades in Mexico, the Zona Dorada, the Marina and Cerritos are lined with hotels and condominium towers popular with winter visitors.

Between the two live the Mazatlecos themselves, in neighbourhoods where birthdays, quinceañeras and Mother's Day on 10 May are major family events. Carnival, held in the days before Lent, is among the biggest in Mexico. To send flowers to Mazatlán, give the building name and unit for a condo, or the colonia and postal code for a house, plus a phone number. Order before 11:00 am local time for same-day delivery, Monday to Saturday; later orders arrive the following day, and not on Sundays. Sinaloa is one hour behind Mexico City. Winters are pleasantly warm and dry, and summers are hot, humid and rainy.

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