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Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún
The 591-sq-km Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún is home to a huge variety of animals and birdlife, including a large flamingo colony. You can see flamingos (via boat tours) year-round in Celestún, but theyre usually out in full force from November to mid-March Morning is the best
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Quinta Sauza
The Secret Garden –invoking Sauza estate retains the refined air of a Spanish sherry bodega. The colonial-style grounds are adorned with Italianate fountains, tumbling plants and even a chapel. Indeed, ‘tequila factory’ are the last words that spring to mind as you recline in the s
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Kinich
Part of Dzibanché but well removed from the main site, Kinich-Ná consists of one building. But what a building: the megalithic Acrópolis held at least five temples on three levels, and a couple of dead VIPs with offerings. The site’s name derives from the frieze of the Maya sun god
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Museo de Arte Prehispánico Carlos Pellicer
Behind the Dominican church, this archaeology museum has a small but interesting collection of pieces from around the country, donated by Tabascan poet Carlos Pellicer Cámara. The objects on display, a mix of human and animal figures, are lively and vibrant. The stone fragments dep
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Mineral Springs
At Hierve El Agua, 13km southeast of Mitla, bubbling mineral springs run into bathing pools with a dramatic cliff-top location and expansive panoramas. Hierve El Agua means ‘the Water Boils,’ but the mineral-laden water is actually cool to cold. Water dribbling over the cliff edge
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Colegio de San Nicolás
Morelos studied here, one block west of the plaza. While not another Morelos museum, it has become a foundation for the Universidad Michoacana. Upstairs, the Sala de Melchor Ocampo is a memorial to another Mexican hero, a reformer-governor of Michoacán. Preserved inside is Ocampo’s
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Centro Ecológico Akumal
To learn more about the area’s ecology, check out this centers small museum on the east side of the road at the town’s entrance, where there are several exhibits on reef and turtle ecology. And for those aged over 21, it offers a four-week volunteer program focused on protection, c
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Biblioteca Pública
As well as housing one of the largest collections of books and magazines in English in Latin America, this excellent public library functions as a cultural center. Its financial enterprises (Atención San Miguel newspaper, tours and an onsite cafe) provide for childrens scholarships
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Museo de Sitio
Near the ruins, a museum houses three rooms full of Spanish-language displays, which place the local archaeological finds in a broader historical context. A recent find on display is a stone carved with a glyph of the name of the town in the late pre-Hispanic era: Xihuacan.
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Edificio J
Arrowhead-shaped Building J, constructed about 100 BC and riddled with tunnels and staircases (unfortunately you can’t go inside), stands at an angle of 45 degrees to the other Gran Plaza structures and was an observatory. Astronomical observation enabled the ancients to track the
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Teatro Hinojosa
Construction of this remarkable and very beautiful building is said to have taken place over two decades, thanks to the organization of a local Don Higinio Escobedo Zauza who got things rolling in 1867. Then, Don José María Hinojos organised generous locals who volunteered their ti
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Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
The large Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán, one block south of the main plaza, was built in the late 16th century by the Dominican order. Its adjoining convent is now the Centro Cultural , home to an exposition of the wood and lino prints of talented Chiapa-born Franco Lázaro Góme
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Mina La Prieta
This mine was the basis of Parral’s economy for centuries after it opened in 1629, producing mainly silver but also gold, copper, zinc and lead. Today, it’s one of the world’s oldest mines still in operation. You can drop down 87m in an original elevator to the second of its 25 lev
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Centro Ecoturístico Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo lies 34km northeast of Tapachula, amid coffee plantations. The village’s gorgeous three-story wooden 1920s casa grande has been restored. It belonged to the German immigrants who formerly owned the coffee plantation here, but it’s now the Centro Ecoturístico Santo Dom
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Torre Latinoamericana
The Torre Latinoamericana was Latin America’s tallest building when constructed in 1956 and thanks to the deep-seated pylons that anchor the building, it has withstood several major earthquakes. Views from the 44th-floor observation deck and the 41st-floor lounge bar are spectacula
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La Quemada Ruins
La Quemada was inhabited between about AD 300 and 1200, and it is estimated to have peaked between 500 and 900 with as many as 3000 inhabitants. From around 400 it was part of a regional trade network linked to Teotihuacán, but fortifications suggest that La Quemada later tried to
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Tenam Puente Maya ruins
These Maya ruins feature three ball courts, a 20m tiered pyramid and other structures rising from a terraced, wooded hillside. Like Chinkultic Tenam Puente was one of a set of fringe Classic Maya settlements in this part of Chiapas that (unlike more famed lowland sites such as Pale
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Playa La Ropa
The gorgeous broad expanse of Playa La Ropa (Clothes Beach), named for a Spanish galleon that was wrecked and had its cargo of silks washed ashore. Bordered by palm trees and seafood restaurants, La Ropa is great for swimming, parasailing and waterskiing; you can also rent sailboar
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Cerro del Borrego
This forested hill park looms lusciously over Parque Alameda and offers brilliant views if you get to the top very early before the mist rolls in. However, avoid it in the evening. The entrance is easy to miss. Walk westbound on Avenida Poniente 3 until it bottoms out, and take a l
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Las Palmitas
This jigsaw puzzle of rainbow-painted houses on a hillside makes up Mexico’s largest mural. It took 14 months to paint, employing ex-gang members and bringing a community spirit to a once-sketchy neighbourhood. The effect is striking and best viewed from the pedestran bridge over R
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