A small cove with a golden sand beach, surrounded by lush vegetation, was put in the 1963 world’s sights when Hollywood gave it huge publicity by making it the set for The Night of the Iguana, John Houston’ s film adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ homonymous play. On Mismaloya beach the set of the Richard Burton’s starring film was installed, who at that time had started a notorious romance with actress Elizabeth Taylor. 20 kilometers away from Puerto Vallarta, 250-meters-fine-sand bea

For entering into Tequila’s agave landscape, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, you have to go to El Arenal in Jalisco. This town still preserves its old haciendas and tequila factories vestiges—some are still keeping their doors open to the public to learn how the process of making Mexico’s most representative distillate is.Agrotourism in El Arenal is continuous: bicycle rides are organized to contemplate the agaves from several overlooks and you are also able to pedal within the cultiva

The state of Hidalgo is also industrial. Ciudad Sahagún came up precisely thanks to this activity in the 1950s by President Miguel Alemán order. The intention was that it would become a replicative model in different places in Mexico. Ciudad Sahagún is in Hidalgo southeast and is part of the Tepeapulco municipality. To get there you can drive for an hour from Mexico City. Its a 45 minutes road trip from Pachuca, Hidalgo’s capital; one hour 15 minutes from Tlaxcala and one hour 40 minutes fr

With a semi-cold and humid climate, the 1,760 hectares Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla National Parkl, better known as “La Marquesa”, are in Mexico City’s Cuajimalpa de Morelos district and in State of Mexico’s Ocoyoacac, Huixquilucan and Lerma municipalities. La Marquesas nickname it’s related to the nobility who lived here after the Conquest. Dona Juana de Zúñiga—Hernán Cortés’ wife, then Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca—was granted authorization to erect a farm in the parks territory

El Salto, a city with a timber tradition and the municipal seat of Pueblo Nuevo, is located among the tall Durangue pines, an endemic species of the state, and in the depths of the Sierra Madre Occidental. To access El Salto, the easiest way is to leave from Victoria de Durango, taking the highway that leads to Mazatlán. A slightly winding road that leaves behind the semi-desert of the state capital and integrates capriciously into the pine forests, rises and makes you feel like you are hea

160 kilometers ( 62 miles ) from the city of Chihuahua, is located Valle de Zaragoza, a town whose beginnings date back to the viceregal era and which gets its name from being established on a valley on the banks of the Conchos River. The surname is a tribute to General Ignacio Zaragoza, as told by its inhabitants. With trees as old as its buildings, the region initially called Pilar de Conchos, has an iconic Alameda, of course, full of poplars that have witnessed the passage of time, its g

Legends of MexicoThere is a legend among the inhabitants of Macuspana, that at the top of the hill, there is an enchanted lake, if someone gets into it, they disappear. Another of the popular legends that are told is that the ancient Mayans populated this part of the area, in order to facilitate their passing during the pilgrimages they made in honor of the God Zamná. Connecting with the nature at MacuspanaThe hill is located in the intermediate plains of Tabasco, within Macuspa

The Underground World of TonaticoFascinating for being the most visited tourist attraction in Tonatico, the Grutas de la Estrella is a natural rock formation were you can find guided tours of its interior. Its name is due to the large star-shaped stone that is located on the top of the mountain. An amazing structure that took 500 thousand years to form and that today you have the opportunity to enter it. To be better appreciated, it has been equipped with purple and blue lights giving it a

The Santa Elena archaeological site is near San Pedro Mártir River, 95 kilometers away from Balacán southeast. This place is a precolumbian Mayan site. This archaeological settlement has monumental buildings identified by architectural features such as masonry walls, rafters, stairs, patios, stepped platforms and a ball court. In addition to four limestone rock stelae, in which front glyphs can be seen. As well as Pomoná, Moral Reforma, Palenque, Bonampak, Yaxchilan and Piedras Negras, Santa Ele

Dress on comfortable clothes and shoes to walk in the Moral-Reforma Archaeological Site, 2 kilometers from the Reforma waterfalls. It’s a classical period Mayan site belonging to the Usumacinta basin group of cities. The area’s importance is that it was occupied by various indigenous civilizations from 300 BC to 1000 AD. This site has five Mayan culture stelae, as well as four ancient altars and a ball court. The area was an 87-hectares-and-at-least 30-mounds river port. It has had several names

One of the attractions of Tonalá, Chiapas, is its archaeological remains and a good place to admire them is the Iglesia Vieja Archaeological Site which is located 30 minutes from the center of the city.It is one of the most important archaeological sites on the coast of Chiapas and its location, between the coast and the Sierra Madre Oriental, makes it a unique place in its kind.During your visit, you will find the foundations of what were once imposing pyramids, vestiges of strong stone walls,

Do not hesitate to visit the Izapa Archaeological Site, one of the most important in the state of Chiapas, as it was the link between the Olmec and Mayan cultures. Its economic activities consisted of trading obsidian and cocoa with other communities. Currently, it is divided into various groups, many of which are small plants surrounded by stepped bases or vestiges of small pyramids.

The biggest Mayan settlement in the south of Quintana Roo was Chacchoben, a region that is conformed with small villages that enjoyed its heyday in the year 300 b.C. When you visit the Archaeological zone of Chacchoben, you will be amazed by the Gran Basamento that is trapped in the jungle. We are talking about a staggered pyramid that used to work as a place for religious activities and public gatherings. One of the stairs allows the access to the basement where the Monumento 1 is located.

A tour through the Archaeological Museum of Caxitlán will allow you to understand the history of the region through a display of more than 200 pieces coming from the Pre-hispanic culture. Tombs and funerary offering stands out, as well as some pieces and historic objects closely linked to the city. The museum has 4 exhibition halls: Los chamanes room shows a general geographic scenery from the zone; at the Capacha hall you can learn about Colima and the north coast of Michoacan; in the Good

Just 20 minutes from the Magic Town of Zimapán and 5 from the hydroelectric dam, there’s an extraordinary valley called El Saucillo. You might think that this is an inhospitable place, but this is in fact an ecological zone that has survived thanks to the inhabitants of the region. They have created a cactus garden and a comunitary museum with archeological vestiges from the Otomi culture. They also offer tours for practising rappel in the walls of the canyon and an area for camping and wat

Located half a kilometer from Casas Grandes and five from Nuevo Casas Grandes, the archaeological site of Paquimé is a destination for excellence since it was considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO thanks to the impressive and labyrinthine architecture of its houses as well as the hydraulic system that its inhabitants developed despite living in a desert area. In its heyday, this settlement had constructions made of water, earth, and beam roofs that were innovative for their times. The

Tecozautla is surrounded by places where samples of rock art have been found and, so far, 26 sites with this type of expression are known. In Banzhá, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Tecozautla, on the rocky slopes of Cerro La Mesa, there is an excellent sample of the rock art of the nomadic peoples who inhabited the area. In a sheltered cavity, red and white lines were found with human figures, animals, and circles that can be interpreted as suns, as well as a snake with a thick, scaly bo

On a plateau-shaped elevation in the community of La Mesilla, 12 kilometers ( 7 miles ) from Tecozautla, is the Archaeological Site of El Pahñú, which belonged to the Xajay culture, the ancestor of the current Otomi people and which had its time of splendor between the years 450 and 950 of our era. According to the studies carried out in the place, the archaeological group would have been dedicated to venerating Otontecutli, the god of the old fire. The central square is escorted by a well-

One place you should explore in Xicotepec is El Centro Ceremonial Xochipila (The Xochipila Ceremonial Center), the only vestige of the towns pre-Hispanic city, is located on one side of the center between the streets of Porfirio Díaz and Santa Rita.It is a site that emanates mysticism by combining various natural elements, ravines with caves, abundant vegetation, rock formations, and the union of the streams that make the place a sacred site. It is dedicated to the Zapotec god Xochipilli, the go

To the east of the town of Teúl de González Ortega are the Cerro del Teúl and its Mesoamerican archaeological site, which covers some 150 hectares ( 370 acres ). A tour of the area shows you that the esplanade is 45 meters ( 148 feet) long by 22 meters (72 feet) wide and is made up of two main pyramids, the smaller one to the north and the larger one to the east; plus a grandstand that could have been used for public ceremonies commemorating some creation myths. It can be observed that