
San Juan del Río, Querétaro
San Juan del Río Mexico Stone Bridge and Opal Jewelers
San Juan del Río is a colonial city in the south of Querétaro that most travellers pass on the highway without stopping....
Tlayacapan, Morelos
Tlayacapan Mexico Monastery Potters and Chinelos Dancers
Tlayacapan is a small town in the northeast of Morelos, about an hour and a half south of Mexico City. Stone-paved stree...
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara Mexico Mariachi Tequila Birria and Orozco Murals
Guadalajara is the capital of Jalisco and the cultural heart of western Mexico, a city of about 1.4 million people at th...
Tlacotalpan, Veracruz
Tlacotalpan Mexico Son Jarocho and Colorful Colonnades
Tlacotalpan is a small river port in southern Veracruz where pastel colonnaded houses line quiet streets beside the Papa...
Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco
Lagos de Moreno Mexico Baroque Churches and Old Haciendas
Lagos de Moreno is a colonial city in Los Altos de Jalisco, a region of ranches and rolling farmland on the edge of the...
Yelapa, Jalisco
Yelapa Mexico Car Free Cove Beaches and Waterfall Trail
Yelapa is a small beach village in the southernmost cove of Bahía de Banderas, in the municipality of Cabo Corrientes in...
Calvillo, Aguascalientes
Calvillo Mexico Guava Sweets Domed Churches and Haciendas
Calvillo is a small town in the southwest corner of Aguascalientes, about an hour from the state capital. It is called t...
Río Lagartos, Yucatán
Río Lagartos Mexico Flamingo Boat Tours and Las Coloradas
Río Lagartos is a small fishing town on the northern coast of Yucatán, set beside a lagoon that is home to tens of thous...
Celestún, Yucatán
Celestún Mexico Pink Flamingos and Mangrove Canoe Routes
Celestún is a small fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in the far west of Yucatán, and it is surrounded by a protected w...
Cancún, Quintana Roo
Cancún Mexico Isla Mujeres Maya Ruins and Yucatán Flavors
Cancún combines long Caribbean beaches with easy access to islands, reefs and Maya ruins.
Bacalar, Quintana Roo
Bacalar Mexico Lagoon of Seven Colors and Cenote Hopping
Bacalar is a quiet lakeside town in southern Quintana Roo, built around a long, shallow lagoon with some of the clearest...
Cholula, Puebla
Cholula Mexico Great Pyramid and Talavera Domes
Cholula is a university town on the plain just west of Puebla, and it layers more than two thousand years of history int...
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo
Isla Mujeres Mexico Whale Sharks and Playa Norte
Isla Mujeres means Island of Women in Spanish, and this small island sits about 13 kilometres off the Yucatan coast, clo...
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Puerto Vallarta Mexico Malecón Los Arcos and Whale Season
Puerto Vallarta is a resort city on Banderas Bay in Jalisco, where jungle-covered mountains meet the Pacific. It grew fr...
Chetumal, Quintana Roo
Chetumal Mexico Bayfront Malecon Maya Ruins and Seafood
Chetumal is the capital of Quintana Roo, a bayfront city on the southern edge of the Yucatan Peninsula beside the Belize...
Cuernavaca, Morelos
Cuernavaca Mexico City of Eternal Spring Gardens and Palaces
Cuernavaca is the capital of Morelos, a green and gently warm city about an hour and a half south of Mexico City. For ce...
San Sebastián del Oeste, Jalisco
San Sebastián del Oeste Mexico Mine Trails and Raicilla
San Sebastián del Oeste sits high in the Sierra Madre Occidental of western Jalisco, a former silver and gold mining tow...
Costalegre, Jalisco
Costalegre Mexico Jalisco Beaches and Barra de Navidad
Costalegre is the long, quiet stretch of Pacific coast in Jalisco between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, about 330 kilo...
Holbox, Quintana Roo
Holbox Mexico Whale Sharks Flamingo Lagoons and Beaches
Holbox is a long, narrow island off the north coast of Quintana Roo, where the Caribbean Sea meets the Gulf of Mexico. I...
Isla Contoy, Quintana Roo
Isla Contoy Mexico Bird Colonies and Reef Snorkeling
Isla Contoy is a small, uninhabited island off the northeast tip of the Yucatán Peninsula, set aside as a national park...
Mahahual, Quintana Roo
Mahahual Mexico Costa Maya Reef Snorkeling and Beaches
Mahahual is a small Caribbean village on the Costa Maya, in the far south of Quintana Roo. It combines a pedestrian seaf...
Mascota, Jalisco
Mascota Mexico Hot Springs Raicilla and an Unfinished Church
Mascota is a quiet colonial town in the mountains of central Jalisco, surrounded by pine-covered hills and just a few ho...
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida Mexico Paseo de Montejo Mansions and Maya Ruins
Mérida is the capital of Yucatán and the cultural heart of the peninsula. Colonial streets, grand mansions, lively plaza...
Sierra Norte, Oaxaca