Tuxtla Gutierrez, capital of the Mexican state of Chiapas. Attractions include the Chiapas Regional Museum, trips to nearby Sumidero Canyon, the Fausto Mirando Botanical Gardens and the Parque de la Marimba.
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Xochicalco ruins are located south-west of Cuernavaca, Morelos and date from about 650 AD. The site has an observatory, several ball courts and a number of structures, some excavated and restored and others still only earth-covered mounds. There is also a small museum displaying regional artifacts. Continue reading Xochicalco In March of this year (2011), the newly built Soumaya Museum, housing the most extensive and impressive private collection of art in all of Latin America, was opened to the public.
Exterior of the Museo Soumaya, Mexico City The collection is owned by the Carlos Slim Foundation. Its founder, Mexican billionaire and Continue reading The Soumaya Museum Plaza Carso Mexico City, one of the world’s largest, is located in Mexico’s central high valley surrounded by mountain ranges and lying in the shadow of the Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl volcanoes. This is the commercial, administrative and cultural heart of the Mexican nation, built on the site of the ancient Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. Continue reading Mexico City Overview Oaxacan center for the production of colorful, hand-woven, woolen rugs. Teotitlan del Valle is most known for its beautiful Continue reading Teotitlan del Valle Santo Domingo Cultural Center and Regional Museum is located on Calle Alcalá, Oaxaca City, Mexico, in what used to be the Convent of Santo Domingo. Continue reading Ex-Convent of Santo Domingo Merida, the White City of the Yucatan, is the capital of the state of Yucatan and a major Colonial commercial center of the peninsula. Continue reading Merida The Historic Center of Mexico City is located on what originally was the site of the great Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. It is a fascinating area to walk and within its confines can be found the Latin American Tower, Mexico’s Palace of Fine Arta (Bellas Artes), the Plaza de la Constitución or Zócalo, Mexico’s main square, the National Palace (Palacio Nacional), the Metropolitan Cathedral, and the museum and archaeological site of the Templo Mayor, one of the most important of the Aztec temples. Continue reading Historic Center, Mexico City Xochimilco and its floating gardens, located at the southern edge of Mexico City, offers one of the city’s most magical outings with its criss-crossing of canals and chinampas, matted and root-bound floating islands on which horticultural products have been and still are raised. Continue reading Xochimilco Floating Gardens Tabasco activities and attractions include the Carlos Pellicer Regional Museum of Anthropology, Villahermosa, La Venta and Comacalco Archaeological sites, a number of excellent museums in Villahermosa and the Aguaselva and Centla Biosphere reserves Continue reading Tabasco Activities and Attractions Durango is one of the northern states of Mexico, its main cities being Victoria de Durango, its capital, Gomez Palacios and Lerdo. Continue reading Durango, Mexico What today is the city of Campeche, Mexico, capital of the Mexican state of the same name and situated on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, was founded as the Puerto de San Francisco de Campeche in the year 1540 by the Spanish conquerors who came to these shores under the command of Francisco de Montejo y León. Continue reading Historical Campeche |
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