There are also many buses ("micros" pronounced MEE-kros) which run continuously between El Centro and La Ropa and between Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa.

The smaller buses we call "micros." The price is $4.00 to $6.50 pesos depending on the distance (There are also several buslines with hourly runs to Petatlán (notable for its colonial turn-of-the-century architecture, its church, and its open-air gold market in front of the church).

Estrella de Oro - Paseo de Zihuatanejo, Lote No.34, Mz. No.10, Col. Zona Industrial, Zihuatanejo, Gro. Tel. 554-2175Autobuses Estrella Blanca - Paseo de Zihuatanejo s/n, Col. El Hujal, Zihuatanejo, Gro.
Tel. 554-3477, 554-3476, 554-3472, 554-3483, Fax. 554-3474

Autobuses Parhikuni - Bus destinations to Michoacan cities.

Autobuses ETN - Bus destinations to Queretaro, Jalisco, Colima, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, Cd. de Mexico, Estado de Mexico, Nuevo Leon.
Tel. 01 800 800 0386. (Mexico city and Guadalajara city offices)

Auto Transportes del Sur - Paseo de Zihuatanejo s/n, Col. El Hujal, Zihuatanejo, Gro.
Tel. 554-4999

Autobuses México-Toluca-Zinacantepec - Paseo de Zihuatanejo Oriente No. 47
Zihuatanejo, Gro. Tel. 554-3008