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Parque Chankanaab
The price of admission here includes access to a sea lion show, a nice beach and pool, a botanical garden with 400 tropical plant species, a limestone lagoon inhabited by turtles, a crocodile exhibit and a pre-Hispanic tour. Other activities, including snorkeling, diving, snuba and
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Playa Larga
About 12km south of Zihuatanejo, just before the airport, Playa Larga has big surf, beachfront restaurants and horseback riding. This is where Andy Dufresne and Red met up again after their lost years in Shawshank Prison together. To reach Playa Larga, take a ‘Coacoyul’ combi from
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Casa de los Azulejos
Past the pedestrian corridor Gante stands the amazing Casa de los Azulejos. Dating from 1596, it was built for the Condes (Counts) del Valle de Orizaba. Most of the tiles that adorn the outside walls were produced in China and shipped to Mexico on the Manila naos (Spanish galleons)
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Cantona
Given its isolation, a good distance from any town of significance, the vast and incredibly well-preserved Mesoamerican city of Cantona is virtually unknown to travelers. With 24 ball courts discovered, this is now believed to have been the biggest single urban center in Mesoameric
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Papalote Museo del Niño
Your children won’t want to leave this innovative, hands-on museum. Here kids can put together a radio program, channel their inner mad scientist, join an archaeological dig and try out all kinds of technological gadgets and games. Little ones also get a kick out of the planetarium
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Parque Madero
The park’s Museo Regional de Chiapas , an imposing modern building, has a sampling of lesser archaeological pieces from Chiapas’ many sites, and a slightly more interesting history section, running from the Spanish conquest to the revolution, all in Spanish only.Parque Madero also
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Turtle Conservation Center
The Tamaulipas state environmental authority has a turtle conservation center 1km north of the main beach at La Pesca. The center in La Pesca has a little museum with photos and replicas of the Gulf’s turtles. Employees at the conservation center will explain the protection efforts
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Museo Zacatecano
Zacatecas former mint (Mexicos second-biggest in the 19th century) now houses the wonderful Museo Zacatecano. Spread over a number of rooms, this contemporary museum exhibits a weird mix of all things zacatecano . Unfortunately, the first few salas are text-heavy information boards
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Museo de Arte del Estado
Orizaba’s wonderful Museo de Arte del Estado is housed in a gorgeously restored colonial building dating from 1776. The museum is divided into rooms that include Mexico’s second-most-important permanent Diego Rivera collection with 33 of his original works. There are also contempor
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Parque Alameda
About 1km west of the center, Parque Alameda is either a very large plaza or a very small park, depending on your expectations. What it doesn’t lack is activity. Aside from the obligatory statues of dead heroes, you’ll find an outdoor gym, a bandstand, food carts, shoe-shiners and
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Jardín de la Marimba
To take your paseo (stroll) with the locals, stop by this leafy plaza in the evening. It’s located eight blocks west of Plaza Cívica, and the whole city seems to turn out here for the free nightly marimba concerts (6pm to 9pm), especially at weekends. Couples of all ages dance arou
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Centro Cultural de Real de Catorce
Opposite the churchs facade, the Centro Cultural de Real de Catorce, the old mint, made coins for 14 months (1,489,405 pesos-worth to be exact) in the mid-1860s. This classic monument has been exquisitely restored over the last few years. It now houses a cultural center-cum-gallery
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Bahía El Órgano
Just east of Bahía Maguey, this beautiful 250m beach has calm waters good for snorkeling, and no crowds because theres no vehicle access and no comedores (restaurants). You can come by boat, or walk to the beach during dry weather by a 1km path through the forest. The path starts a
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Jardín Botánico Dr. Alfredo Barrera Marín
One of the largest botanical garden in Mexico, this 65-hectare reserve has about 2km of trails and sections dedicated to epiphytes (orchids and bromeliads), palms, ferns, succulents (cacti and their relatives) and plants used in traditional Maya medicine. The garden also holds a la
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Centro Cultural San Pablo
Housed in the recently restored Ex-Convento de San Pablo (a 16th-century Dominican monastery), the impressive San Pablo center stages concerts, films, exhibitions, classes, presentations and conferences, with an emphasis on promoting and preserving Oaxacan culture, especially its i
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Casa Museo Dr Belisario Domínguez
Just south of the main plaza is the Casa Museo Dr Belisario Domínguez, the family home of Comitán’s biggest hero and the site of his medical practice. It provides (in Spanish) fascinating insights into the state of medicine and the life of the professional classes in early-20th-cen
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Museo de Sitio de Cantona
A modern, well-organized on-site museum displaying 598 pre-Hispanic objects from the inhabitants of Cantona, with a large showcase of volcanic obsidian, including a 2000-year-old obsidian dagger used for human sacrifice. The focus is on how the people of the region once lived, real
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San Miguelito
Cancúns newest archaeological site opened in 2012 and contains more than a dozen restored Maya structures inhabited between 1200 and 1550, prior to the arrival of the conquistadors. A path from the Museo Maya leads to remains of houses, a palace with 17 columns and the sites talles
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Plaza
Impressive arcades frame three sides of the plaza, and a beefy tree called La Pochota buckles the sidewalk with its centuries-old roots. Venerated by the indigenous people who founded the town, it’s the oldest ceiba tree along the Río Grijalva. But the focal point of the plaza is L
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Plaza Grande
One of the nicest plazas in Mexico, huge laurel trees shade the park’s benches and wide sidewalks. It was the religious and social center of ancient T’ho; under the Spanish it was the Plaza de Armas, the parade ground, laid out by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger). Theres a crafts
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