A favorite selfie spot in Centro

Guasave is a mid-size city of 320,000 (2020) in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It offers limited sightseeing spots but the nearby bays and beaches of the upper Gulf of California provide abundant spots for aquatic sports and nature watching. The city is useful for a traveler because it has one of the largest bus stations in the regions with connections throughout northwest Mexico, along with hotels and restaurants.

Get in

The nearest city with commercial airline service is Los Mochis (LMM ^IATA).

By car

From Los Mochis, Guasave is 62 km southeast on federal highway MEX-15. The trip will take about 1 hour.

By bus

Direct buses to Guasave leave Los Mochis every few minutes throughout the day and typically cost about M$50 for the 1-hour trip. Many bus lines operate on this route. Tufesa has the most buses, but depending on the time of day, the next bus to leave might be Omnibus de Mexico, ACN, TAP or others.

Frequent buses are also available from Culiacan and Mazatlan.

• 1 Central Camionera Guasave (Bus station), Calle Jacarandas, Colonia del Bosque. Older, dated bus station. Served by first-class buses traveling between Los Mochis and Culiacan. Also used by several second-class regional bus lines serving just about any town or ejido in Sinaloa. The place can sometimes seem chaotic. 

See

• 1 Museo de Guasave, Av. Francisco Madero 2014, Centro, ☏ +52 687 872 0425. Tu-Su 10:00-19:00, closed M. Regional museum in a restored colonial-era mansion. Mixed types of exhibits including archaeology, history, art, technology, all rolled into one. On-site restaurant. 
• 2 Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Church of Our Lady of the Rosary), Antonio Norzagaray s/n, Centro. Colonial era church (the oldest in Guasave), icon in the city's Barrio Antiguo (Old Quarter). The church is usually open only for Sunday masses. 

Do

Guasave's baseball stadium seats 10,500

• 1 Kuroda Park, Calle Lázaro Cárdenas del Rio. Home field for the Algonderos professional baseball team. The team plays in the Liga Pacifica, which is the winter league in Mexico, playing from November until January. 

Connect

Cell reception is good in Guasave. As of 2023, it's mostly 4G. Most hotels and restaurants have WiFi.

Go next

• Mocorito
• Los Mochis
• Culiacan