Monte Alban

The Monte Alban ruins and on-site museum lie 5 miles from Oaxaca city, perched on a mountaintop high above the surrounding valleys, commanding spectacular views on all sides.

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4 Mexico Beaches rate in the Top 25 of the World per Tripadvisor

Tulum, Mexico

Tripadvisor’s Traveler’s Choice awards results are in for the Top 25 Beaches in the World for 2011, and guess what? Mexico’s fabulous beaches have been rated by Tripadvisor travelers as best in the world a total of 4 different times!

Rated way up there at No. 5 are the spectacular white-sanded beaches of Tulum, Mexico

Michoacan, Mexico

Overview of Michoacan state, Mexico. Popular destinations include Morelia, Patzcuaro and Uruapan. Attractions include the monarch butterfly sanctuaries and the native textile, copper, straw, clay, leather and wood crafts produced by the small villages of the region.

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Surfing Guerrero

Guerrero Pacific coast surf spots include Playas Bonfil and Revolcadero in Acapulco, and Las Escolleras, Playa Linda, Manzanillo Bay (Troncones) and La Saladita (among others) in the Ixtapa Zihuatanejo area.

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Tuxtla Gutierrez

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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Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Tehuantepec is known for the beautiful, stately and strong, local women of Zapotec extraction and for its elaborate hand-embroidered traditional dresses, ceramics, gold jewelry.

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Guanajuato State

Although the state of Guanajuato is home to the agro-industrial cities of Leon, Irapuato, Salamanca and Celaya, this Mexican state is more known for the colonial towns and historical centers of Guanajuato, San Miguel del Allende and Dolores Hidalgo.

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Sinaloa, Mexico

Overview of the State of Sinaloa on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Major destinations include Mazatlan, Los Mochis, Topolobampo, El Fuerte

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Barra de Navidad

Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico is a favorite spot for laid-back travelers and is particularly beloved by snowbirds looking to migrate from the north for longer periods during the cold winter months. It offers a small-town Mexico atmosphere with few pretensions.

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Xochicalco

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.

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Zempoala, Veracruz

This important archaeological site, also known as Cempoala, is located at the meeting place of several rivers on the flat coastal plain of the gulf in the state of Veracruz.

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39th Cervantino Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico

The 39th Cervantes Festival (Festival Cervantino)takes place from October 12 through 29, 2011, in Guanajuato, Mexico. The theme: “Los Dones de la Naturaleza.” (The Gifts of Nature.)

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