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Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
Sure, the name is a tough sell (yay, lets go to the Finance Secretariat Museum!), but its actually a very interesting place. The museum shows off works from its collection of more than 30,000 pieces of Mexican art, much of it contributed by painters and sculptors in lieu of paying
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Plaza Gertrudis Bocanegra
Pátzcuaro’s second plaza is named after a local heroine who was shot by firing squad in 1818 for her support of the independence movement. Her statue commands the center of the plaza. The local market on the west side of the plaza is where you can find everything from fruit, vegeta
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Parque Nacional Isla Contoy
Spectacular Isla Contoy is a bird-lover’s delight: an uninhabited national park and sanctuary that is an easy day trip from Cancún and from Isla Mujeres. About 800m at its widest point and more than 8.5km long, it has dense foliage that provides ideal shelter for more than 170 bird
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Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
If you saw the movie Frida, you’ll recognize this museum, designed by Frida Kahlo and Diego Riveras friend, architect and painter Juan O’Gorman. The artistic couple called this place home from 1934 to 1940 (Frida, Diego and OGorman each had their own separate house). Rivera’s abode
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Expoplaza
Half a kilometer southwest of Plaza de la Patria via Avenida Carranza, Expoplaza is a modern shopping and restaurant-bar strip. On the malls south side, the wide and soulless pedestrian promenade comes alive at night and during the annual Feria de San Marcos. At its west end, the m
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Parque Nacional Huatulco
The Parque Nacional Huatulco protects 119 sq km of land, sea and shoreline west of Santa Cruz Huatulco, including some of Huatulcos most important coral reefs, which in the past have suffered some damage from fishing and touristic activities. Few visitors enter the national park ex
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El Caracol
Called El Caracol (The Snail) by the Spaniards for its interior spiral staircase, this observatory , to the south of the Ossuary, is one of the most fascinating and important of all Chichén Itzá’s buildings (but, alas, you can’t enter it). Its circular design resembles some central
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Museo Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo
A 30-minute walk from town is the can’t-miss Museo Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo , in the gorgeous former Hacienda Nogueras. Hidalgo (1923−2000) was a designer, painter and illustrator, whose incredibly detailed work redefines indigenous and religious symbolism and has a captivating mag
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Reserva de la Biosfera Calakmul
Lying at the heart of the vast, untrammeled Reserva de la Biosfera Calakmul (which covers close to 15% of the state’s total territory), the ruins are surrounded by rainforest, with cedar, mahogany and rubber trees dotting a seemingly endless canopy of vegetation. While wandering am
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Estero San José
Although the Puerto Los Cabos development is taking a devastating toll upon the San José estuary - especially near the ocean - its still one of the towns most delightfully peaceful spots and a good place to squeeze in a little bird watching. It is, at least in name, a protected wil
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Acuario de Veracruz
One of Veracruz biggest attractions and allegedly the best of its kind in Latin America, this aquarium still falls a long way short of similar establishments in the rest of the world. Situated 2km south of the center in a small generic mall on the waterfront, its centerpiece is a l
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Estructura II
Climbing the enormous Estructura II, at the south side of the Gran Plaza, is a must. Each of this pyramid’s sides is 140m long, giving it a footprint of just under 2 hectares – the largest and tallest known Maya structure. After a good climb you’ll come to what appears to be the to
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El Panchán
Just off the road to the ruins, El Panchán is a legendary travelers’ hangout, set in a patch of dense rainforest. It’s the epicenter of Palenque’s alternative scene and home to a bohemian bunch of Mexican and foreign residents and wanderers. Once ranchland, the area has been refore
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Santuario de la Virgen de Ocotlán
One of Mexico’s most spectacular churches is an important pilgrimage site for those who believe the Virgin appeared here in 1541 – her image stands on the main altar in memory of the apparition. The classic Churrigueresque facade features white stucco ‘wedding cake’ decorations con
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Grupo de las Pinturas
The temple at Grupo de las Pinturas (Paintings Group) bears traces of glyphs and frescoes above its door and remnants of richly colored plaster inside. You approach the temple from the southeast. Leave by the trail at the northwest (opposite the temple steps) to see two stelae. The
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Cenotes Miguel Colorado
Cenotes Miguel Colorado has two large scenic cenotes (limestone sinkholes). The price of admission includes kayak rental and a couple of very high ziplines that go over one of cenotes. You can hike along hilly, rocky trails to each cenote, keeping an eye out for spider and howler m
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Pirámide de la Luna
The Pyramid of the Moon, at the north end of the Calzada de los Muertos, is smaller than the Pirámide del Sol, but more gracefully proportioned. Completed around AD 300, its summit is nearly the same height as Pirámide del Sol because it’s built on higher ground, and is worth scali
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Zoológico Miguel Álvarez del Toro (Zoomat)
Chiapas, with its huge range of natural environments, has the highest concentration of animal species in North America, including several varieties of big cat, 1200 butterfly species and more than 600 birds. About 180 of these species, many of them in danger of extinction, are foun
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Museo de Arte Virreinal
This charming, rather ragtag religious-art museum is housed in a wonderful old house. It hosts a small but well-displayed collection of art, which is labeled in English and Spanish. The most interesting exhibit describes restoration work on Santa Prisca, during which some fabulous
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Santuario de Guadalupe
A standard baroque structure on the outside dating from 1708 to 1716, this hushed sanctuary to Mexicos patron saint is a different story within. Get ready for a glistening profusion of pink, blue and gold, gold, gold! Indeed, there’s so much color inside, it feels a little like an
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