Natural features
Baja California whale watching
Baja California Sur
Grey whales migrate to the lagoons of Baja California to give birth from January to April.
Travel tips in Mexico
Tours and activities
Cenotes of the Yucatán
Tulum, Quintana Roo
The Yucatán Peninsula has thousands of cenotes, natural sinkholes filled with clear fresh water, sacred to the Maya.
Historic sites
Centro Histórico and Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico City, Ciudad de México
The historic heart of Mexico City, built over the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, with the vast Zócalo square, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Templo May…
Historic sites
Chichén Itzá
Chichén-Itzá, Yucatán
A great Maya city in Yucatán, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, with the stepped pyramid of El Castillo, where at the equinoxes the shadow o…
Tours and activities
Copper Canyon Railway (El Chepe)
Chihuahua
A spectacular train ride through the Copper Canyon, a system of canyons larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon, home of the Rarámuri people.
Natural features
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Ocampo, Michoacán de Ocampo
Each winter, millions of monarch butterflies migrate up to 4,000 km from Canada and the USA to fir forests in Michoacán, covering the trees in orange…
Attractions
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Polanco, Ciudad de México
One of the world's great museums, with the Aztec Sun Stone, Olmec heads, Maya treasures and a recreated tomb of King Pakal, in a building with a vast…
Historic sites
Oaxaca City and Monte Albán
Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca
Oaxaca is a colonial city famous for its food, including seven moles, mezcal and markets.
Historic sites
Palenque
Palenque, Chiapas
A Maya city set in rainforest in Chiapas, with the Temple of the Inscriptions, where King Pakal's tomb was found, and the Palace with its tower.
Natural features
Punta Cometa, Mazunte
Santa María Tonameca, Oaxaca
A rocky headland at the western end of Mazunte beach, on the Oaxaca coast, and the southernmost point of Oaxaca.
Historic sites
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán, Estado de México
A huge ancient city near Mexico City, once one of the largest in the world, with the Avenue of the Dead, the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of th…
Attractions
Centro Mexicano de la Tortuga, Mazunte
Santa María Tonameca, Oaxaca
Mexico's national sea turtle centre, in a village that was once a turtle-hunting town until hunting was banned in 1990.
Places to stay
El Panchán, Palenque
Palenque, Chiapas
A cluster of jungle cabañas, campsites and restaurants on the road between Palenque town and the Maya ruins, inside the rainforest at the edge of the…
Attractions
Frida Kahlo Museum (Casa Azul), Mexico City
Coyoacán, Ciudad de México
The blue house in Coyoacán where the artist Frida Kahlo was born and lived with Diego Rivera, with her paintings, studio, clothes and garden.
Historic sites
Guanajuato
Guanajuato
A colourful colonial silver-mining town in a ravine, with streets running through tunnels, plazas and the Callejón del Beso.
Attractions
La Quebrada cliff divers, Acapulco
Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero
Since the 1930s, Acapulco's clavadistas have dived from ledges up to 35 m high on the cliffs of La Quebrada into a narrow rocky channel, timing their…
Natural features
La Ventanilla lagoon, Oaxaca
Santa María Tonameca, Oaxaca
A community-run ecotourism project a few kilometres from Mazunte, where local guides paddle you in canoes through a mangrove lagoon to see crocodiles…
Historic sites
San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas
A colonial highland town with colourful houses, churches and markets, a centre of indigenous Maya culture.
Historic sites
Tulum ruins
Tulum, Quintana Roo
A walled Maya port city on cliffs above the Caribbean Sea, with El Castillo standing over a turquoise cove.
Tours and activities
Whale sharks and Isla Mujeres
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo
A small island off Cancún, with Playa Norte's calm turquoise water and an underwater sculpture museum (MUSA).
Natural features
Isla La Roqueta, Acapulco
Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero
A small, wooded island just off Acapulco's peninsula, with a calm, clear beach for swimming and snorkelling, a lighthouse walk and seafood restaurants.
Natural features
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
A Pacific resort with a seafront Malecón promenade lined with sculptures, a cobbled old town, and beaches backed by jungle mountains.
Historic sites
Tequila
Tequila, Jalisco
The town that gave its name to the drink, surrounded by blue agave fields, a UNESCO World Heritage landscape.