Sombrerete, Zacatecas
Sombrerete Mexico Silver Town Churches and Sierra de Órganos
Sombrerete is a colonial silver town in the northwest corner of Zacatecas, founded in 1555 and later one of the richest...
Teotihuacan, State of Mexico
Teotihuacan Mexico Pyramids of the Sun and Moon
Teotihuacan is the largest ancient city of the Americas and one of the grandest archaeological sites in Mexico. It lies...
Tepoztlán, Morelos
Tepoztlán Mexico Pyramid Hikes Mole Verde and Market Streets
Tepoztlán is a small town in the Mexican state of Morelos, set in a valley beneath towering cliffs and about an hour sou...
Tequisquiapan, Querétaro
Tequisquiapan Mexico Thermal Spas Wine and Cheese Route
Tequisquiapan is a colonial town in southern Querétaro that Mexico City and Querétaro residents have long used for weeke...
Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán
Tzintzuntzan Mexico Yácatas Pyramids and Lake Pátzcuaro
Tzintzuntzan, a Purépecha name meaning place of the hummingbirds, sits on the northeast shore of Lake Pátzcuaro in Micho...
Xochimilco, Mexico City
Xochimilco Mexico Trajinera Rides and Island of the Dolls
Xochimilco is the part of Mexico City where the old lake system survives as a web of canals and farm plots. Painted boat...
Yaxchilán, Chiapas
Yaxchilan Mexico Riverboat to a Maya City and Bonampak
Yaxchilán is a Maya city on a bend of the Usumacinta River in the Lacandon Jungle of Chiapas, and no road reaches its ga...
Coyoacán, Mexico City
Coyoacan Mexico Frida Kahlo Museum and Plaza Hidalgo
Coyoacán is the corner of Mexico City where cobbled lanes, leafy plazas and old churches survive among the capital's tow...
Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Dolores Hidalgo Mexico Cradle of Mexican Independence
Dolores Hidalgo is a quiet colonial town in the state of Guanajuato that holds an outsized place in Mexican history. On...Ad
Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo
Huasca de Ocampo Mexico Basalt Prisms and Haciendas
Huasca de Ocampo is a small town in the forested Sierra de Pachuca in Hidalgo, about 90 minutes by car north of Mexico C...
Islas Marietas, Nayarit
Islas Marietas Mexico Playa del Amor and Blue Footed Boobies
Islas Marietas are a small group of uninhabited volcanic islands in Banderas Bay, about eight kilometres southwest of Pu...
Metepec, State of Mexico
Metepec Mexico Tree of Life Pottery and Craft Markets
Metepec lies just east of the state capital Toluca, at about 2,635 metres above sea level, and it is the place in the St...
Mineral de Pozos, Guanajuato
Mineral de Pozos Mexico Ghost Town and Lavender Fields
Mineral de Pozos is one of the most atmospheric places in Guanajuato, a former silver mining boom town that was reduced...
Mitla, Oaxaca
Mitla Mexico Zapotec Mosaics Mezcal and Weaving Villages
Mitla is where Oaxaca's Zapotec past meets everyday village life. Ancient palaces covered in precise stone mosaics sit b...
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo
Playa del Carmen Mexico Fifth Avenue Cenotes and Cozumel
Playa del Carmen is a walkable beach town on the Riviera Maya with easy access to Cozumel, cenotes and Maya ruins.
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas
San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico Maya Textile Markets
San Cristóbal de las Casas sits in a cool highland valley in Chiapas, where red tile roofs, cobblestone streets and wrou...
Tlalpujahua, Michoacán
Tlalpujahua Mexico Christmas Ornaments and Gold Mine History
Tlalpujahua is a small mountain town in the northeast corner of Michoacán, a former gold-mining center that now lives on...
Huasteca Potosina, San Luis Potosí
Huasteca Potosina Mexico Las Pozas Gardens and Tamul Falls
Huasteca Potosina fills the eastern edge of San Luis Potosí with limestone mountains, turquoise rivers, tall waterfalls...Ad
Paricutín, Michoacán
Paricutín Mexico Volcano Hike and the Buried Church
On 20 February 1943 a farmer named Dionisio Pulido watched the ground split open in his cornfield in western Michoacán....
Puebla
Puebla Mexico Mole Poblano Talavera and Cholula Pyramid
Puebla is a colonial city in a valley ringed by volcanoes, about 110 kilometres southeast of Mexico City. Its historic c...
Punta de Mita, Nayarit
Punta de Mita Mexico Surf Whale Season and Islas Marietas
Punta de Mita sits on the far northern tip of Banderas Bay in the Mexican state of Nayarit, a green peninsula wrapped by...
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo
Sian Kaan Mexico Muyil Ruins and Lagoon Canals
Sian Ka'an is one of the largest protected areas in Mexico, a vast stretch of tropical forest, mangrove swamp, lagoons a...
Xochicalco, Morelos
Xochicalco Mexico Feathered Serpent Temple and Observatory
Xochicalco is a fortified hilltop city in western Morelos, abandoned more than a thousand years ago but still strikingly...
San Blas, Nayarit