Like most Mexican towns, the plaza is the go to place for chilling out, partaking in some people watching, and enjoying the colonial architecture. Plaza Machado is no different!

Lovely place, surrounded by gorgeous buildings and good restaurants. A lot of history involved and very pretty panoramas.

Restaurants around are delicious and also the people are very welcoming and attentive we felt like we were at home here. Many police officers around. So I felt kind of safe.

We stopped by here as part of our tour of the city. It's pretty, and has an interesting history, but certainly not a 'must see.

It's pretty, but the restaurants around it are all pretty generic sit-down options - spanning from European food, Mexican, and other random types (ala Brownie Mania). We walked through the plaza many times during our stay, but never ate at any of these restaurants. Stray...More

Loved exploring this old part of Mazatlan which is undergoing rebirth. Some very good restaurants, Opera house recently redone and is beautiful.

Always something going on here..live music, photo shoots, local vendors and if nothing else some great resturants

Though they were reconstructing the streets it is such a cool and quaint place. A lot of people don't go to this little piece of history in Mazatlan. There are neat things to do and there are some great restaurants there. Go and visit- I...More

Beautiful Historic downtown location. Great restaurants and night life. Arts and crafts at night. A Must See attraction in Mazatlan!

I live coming down to see the old town side of Mazatlan. Great restaurants, shops and galleries. It's a fun day!