Mexico in Depth 15 days

Our Mexican adventure starts in the huge metropolis of Mexico City and nearby Teotihuacan, once Mexico's largest ancient city and home to the huge Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. Our next stop is the Spanish-built city of Oaxaca, where we can explore lively markets or relax in one of the many cafes, before visiting Monte Alban, the ancient capital of the Zapotecs. San Cristobal is a charming town with a lively, bohemian atmosphere and is home to many indigenous Indian communities. Further on is Palenque, with its magnificent jungle ruins and pristine waterfalls. We cross the Rio Usumacinta into the Yucatan Peninsula and continue on to Merida, where we visit the Mayan sites of Uxmal and Chichen Itza. Our journey comes to an end at the lively holiday city of Cancun.

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  Mexico

  

  Mexico

  

  Quench your thirst with soda pop, Mexican style

  

  Join the art pilgrims at La Casa Azul, the Blue House of Frida Kahlo

  

  Revel in Mexican pride over chiles en nogada in Puebla

  

  Clap your hands at the pyramid temple of Kukulcan, Chichen Itza

  

  Get Astronomical at the pyramid of the magician at Uxmal

  

  Indigenous medicine in the Chiapas villages and museums of San Cristobal

  

  The end of the world at the Regional Anthropology Museum in Merida

  

  Explore outwards from the heaving heart of Mexico City

  

  Rotunda of illustrious persons, Panteón Civil de Dolores Mexico City

  

  The art markets and house of Leon Trotsky, Coyoacan, Mexico City

  

  Meet the locals by the water fountain of Chiapa de Corzo

  

  Make your own pan de muerto, the Bread of the Dead

  

  Roast meat tacos, Oaxaca street stalls

  

  Decipher the hieroglyphic inscriptions of Palenque

  

  Flight across the mad metropolitan sprawl of Mexico City

  

  Lose the game and be put to death – play ball at Monte Alban, Oaxaca

  

  Relax on Playa del Carmen, beyond the resort bustle of Cancun

  

  Sunrise over the sea at Tulum Ruins

  

  See everything under the sun and moon at the ruins of Teotihuacan

  

  Spring equinox at Chichen Itza

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