Things to do in Mexico

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Each family answers a different question. Most trips use two of them.

Archaeology Archaeological sites More than a hundred and ninety open to the public, from Teotihuacán to the Puuc Route. 31 experiences → Water Reef and cenotes The world’s second reef and the planet’s largest aquifer, under the same peninsula. 3 experiences → The table Markets and mezcal Cuisine on the UNESCO list since 2010. It starts in the fonda aisle. 8 experiences → Fiestas Fiestas and tradition Fixed dates that repeat every year, from Día de Muertos to 5 May in Puebla. 5 experiences → Nature Nature and wildlife Grey whales, monarch butterflies, whale sharks. Each with a window measured in weeks. 8 experiences →

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Fiestas Cinco de Mayo in Puebla Parade and re-enactment at the forts where the 1862 battle happened. 5 May Puebla Free → Fiestas Day of the Dead at Pátzcuaro A whole night of candles in the lakeside cemeteries. Book six months ahead. 1-2 Nov Michoacán Free → Fiestas Guelaguetza Delegations from all eight regions of Oaxaca, the two Mondays after the 16th. July Oaxaca From $25 → Fiestas Fiestas Guadalupanas Millions of pilgrims at the Basilica. Concheros dancers and mañanitas at midnight. 12 Dec Mexico City Free → Archaeology Teotihuacán as it opens Pyramids of the Sun and Moon along the Avenue of the Dead. Nine o’clock or nothing. Year round State of Mexico $6 → Archaeology Equinox at Chichén Itzá The serpent of light descends El Castillo. Twice a year, and the busiest day. Mar and Sep Yucatán $35 → Archaeology The Puuc Route in a day Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil and Labná from Mérida. Far less visited than Chichén. Nov-Mar Yucatán $30 → Archaeology Monte Albán The Zapotec capital on a hand-levelled mountain, half an hour from Oaxaca. Year round Oaxaca $5 → Water Dive the Mesoamerican reef Coral walls and thirty-metre visibility from December to April. Dec-Apr Cozumel From $80 → Water Swim a cenote before midday Fresh water at twenty-five degrees in limestone caves. No sunscreen. Year round Yucatán $8 – $20 → Water Swim with whale sharks Regulated trips with a strict cap, from Holbox. The largest fish in the sea. Jun-Sep Holbox From $130 → The table Eat in the fonda aisle Three courses for the price of a coffee elsewhere, where the workers eat. Year round Nationwide $4 – $7 → The table Single-village mezcal Palenques in the Oaxaca valleys, where it is made by hand, agave by agave. Year round Oaxaca From $15 → The table Chiles en nogada in season August and September only, and only in Puebla are they made as they should be. Aug-Sep Puebla $14 – $25 → Nature Monarch butterflies Millions winter in the fir forests of Michoacán. A UNESCO reserve. Nov-Mar Michoacán $12 → Nature Grey whales in Baja Breeding lagoons at El Vizcaíno. They come to the boat of their own accord. Jan-Mar Baja California Sur From $60 → Nature Hierve el Agua Petrified carbonate waterfalls above the central valleys of Oaxaca. Year round Oaxaca $4 → Archaeology Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque: the Tepeyahualco arcade Sixty-eight sixteenth-century arches on the Hidalgo–State of Mexico border. How to get there, what to expect, and why there is no ticket office. Year round Hidalgo Free → Archaeology Calakmul: capital of the Kaan dynasty, deep in Campeche Tikal's great rival, a 45-metre pyramid and more stelae than any other Maya city. Access, 2025 fees, the real heat, and how to plan the day. Year round Campeche $20–25 → Archaeology Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: the silver route, stretch by stretch Roughly 1,400 kilometres and dozens of listed sites, not one monument. Which stretches earn the drive, which are empty motorway, and what it costs. Year round Central and northern Mexico — → Archaeology Caves of Yagul and Mitla: what you actually visit The UNESCO listing is a set of rock shelters that are all but closed. What you walk is Yagul and Mitla: 2025 prices, opening hours and the road out of Oaxaca. Year round Oaxaca MX$90–100 → Archaeology UNAM University City: how to visit the campus A 1952 World Heritage campus built on lava: O'Gorman's Central Library, the Olympic Stadium, the Espacio Escultórico and MUAC. Route, transport and 2025 prices. Year round Mexico City Free → Archaeology Chichén Itzá: what to see, prices and when to arrive What you actually see at Chichén Itzá, what the ticket cost in 2025, why the eight o'clock gate matters and what the equinox is really like. Year round Yucatán MX$650–700 → Archaeology The Cholula pyramid: the hand-made hill The largest pyramid on earth by volume sits under a grassy hill with a church on top. What you see, what the tunnels cost in 2025, and when to climb. Year round Puebla MX$95 → The table Cochinita pibil: where to eat it and when What cochinita pibil is, why the oven version never matches the pit version, what a taco cost in 2025, and why it has all gone by two o'clock. Year round Yucatán MX$25 → Fiestas El Grito on 15 September: what it is and where to see it On the night of 15 September the whole country shouts at once. What happens in the Zócalo, what you may carry in, and why a state capital is better. Year round Mexico City Free → Nature El Pinacate and the Gran Desierto de Altar: how to visit Maar craters, lava fields and North America's largest active dune desert, in Sonora. How to get in, what it costs and why this is a winter-only trip. Year round Sonora MX$60–100 → Archaeology El Tajín: the pyramid of niches and the voladores The great Classic Veracruz city near Papantla: 365 niches, seventeen ball courts and the voladores at the gate. Prices, weather and how to get there. Year round Veracruz MX$95 → Archaeology Campeche: the walled town on the Gulf Walls, eight bastions and a centre painted in ochre and blue. What to see in Campeche, what it costs, when the heat bites and why nobody swims here. Year round Campeche MX$20–90 → Archaeology Franciscan Missions of the Sierra Gorda: the five façades Five eighteenth-century churches in the Querétaro sierra, carved by Pame stonemasons. What to look at, how far you drive and when to go. Year round Querétaro Free → The table Fruit with chilli: the corner cart Mango, jícama and cucumber with lime, salt and chilli powder. What goes in the cup, what it cost in 2025, when mango is good and how not to get ill. Year round Nationwide MX$25–45 → Archaeology Guanajuato's alleys: how to walk them, what they cost Why the city is a vertical maze, how the night-time callejoneadas work, 2025 prices, the funicular to El Pípila and the truth about the Callejón del Beso. Year round The Bajío Free → Archaeology Guanajuato's mines: which ones to visit, what they cost What the Veta Madre was, which mine mouths you can descend today, 2025 prices, the La Valenciana church, and what a show mine is not. Year round The Bajío MX$50–120 → Archaeology Historic centre of Morelia: what to see and how Michoacán's pink-stone capital: the cathedral, a 253-arch aqueduct, convent sweets, 2025 prices and an honest answer on safety. Year round Michoacán Free → Archaeology Historic centre of Zacatecas: what to see, what it costs The highland mining city: a baroque cathedral, the cable car to La Bufa, the El Edén mine, callejoneadas with mezcal, 2025 prices and the chill of 2,440 metres. Year round Northern highlands MX$120–160 → Archaeology Querétaro's monuments zone: what to see and how Querétaro's World Heritage centre: the 74-arch aqueduct, the 1810 conspiracy, the hill where Maximilian fell, and 2025 prices in an easy city. Year round The Bajío Free → Archaeology Hospicio Cabañas: Orozco's murals in Guadalajara The World Heritage neoclassical hospice and Orozco's Man of Fire: what it is, how to visit, what it cost in 2025 and why you look at it lying down. Year round Guadalajara Free → Nature Islands of the Gulf of California: how to visit The «world's aquarium»: Espíritu Santo, sea lions, whale sharks and blue whales. How to visit from La Paz and Loreto, 2025 prices and the uncomfortable part. Year round Baja California $75–120 → Archaeology Luis Barragán House: how to get the visit The World Heritage house-studio in Tacubaya: why entry is by booking only, how to get one, what it cost in 2025 and what else of Barragán can be seen. Year round Mexico City MX$400–500 → Archaeology Historic centre and Xochimilco: the double visit The capital's UNESCO property is double: the Historic Centre and the canals of Xochimilco. What to see in each half, trajinera rates and 2025 prices. Year round Mexico City — → Archaeology Monasteries of Popocatépetl: the 16th-century route The World Heritage monasteries on the volcano's slopes: open chapels, the route through Morelos and Puebla, 2025 prices and the post-earthquake state. Year round Morelos and Puebla Free → Archaeology Palenque: Pakal's city in the Chiapas forest What Palenque is, Pakal's tomb, the 2025 fees, the real humidity, how to actually get there from Villahermosa or San Cristóbal, and the mistakes that spoil the day. Year round Chiapas $10–12 → Archaeology Paquimé, Casas Grandes: adobe and desert in Chihuahua How to visit Paquimé: what the adobe city really looks like, the museum, Mata Ortiz pottery, what it cost in 2025, and the honest logistics of the north. Year round Chihuahua MX$100 → Archaeology Puebla's historic centre: talavera, chapels and markets What to see in central Puebla: the Capilla del Rosario, the cathedral, real talavera and the markets. What it cost in 2025 and how to plan the day from Mexico City. Year round Puebla Free → Nature Revillagigedo: giant mantas a full day's sailing away The Revillagigedo archipelago is liveaboard-only: a 24–30 hour crossing, eight-day trips, 2025 prices and the diving level it genuinely demands. Year round Mexican Pacific $3,500 → Archaeology San Miguel de Allende and Atotonilco: town and sanctuary The Bajío's UNESCO pairing: the protective town and the painted sanctuary of Atotonilco. What to see, what it cost in 2025, and the part almost nobody mentions. Year round Guanajuato US$15 → Nature Sian Ka'an: the reserve where the sky is born How Sian Ka'an is really visited: the two entrances, floating down the Maya canal, 2025 prices, and the honest truth about the boat-tour quality lottery. Year round Quintana Roo $100–150 → The table Tacos al pastor: the trompo, the pineapple and the night What the trompo is, why pastor is night food, what a taco cost in 2025 and how to pick the right corner in Mexico City. Year round Mexico City MX$15–30 → Nature Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: the cactus forest How to visit the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán valley: the botanical garden, the Zapotitlán salt pans, what it cost in 2025, and the honest logistics of the desert. Year round Puebla and Oaxaca MX$75–150 → The table Tequila and the agave landscape: blue fields and ovens Jalisco's UNESCO agave landscape: what you see, how to visit from Guadalajara, what it cost in 2025 and what to expect of the town at the weekend. Year round Jalisco MX$300–600 → Archaeology Tlacotalpan: the painted town on the Papaloapan Candy-coloured arcades, son jarocho and a river that explains everything. What to do in Tlacotalpan, 2025 costs, and why La Candelaria changes it all. Year round Veracruz MX$25, → Archaeology The Franciscan ensemble of Tlaxcala: the convent and its ceiling Tlaxcala's Franciscan convent, with its mudéjar timber ceiling, joined the UNESCO list in 2021. What to see, 2025 costs, and how to build the day from Puebla. Year round Tlaxcala Free → The table The tlayuda: Oaxaca's big dinner What a real tlayuda is, what goes on it — asiento, quesillo, tasajo — where to eat one in Oaxaca, what it cost in 2025 and why it is a night dish. Year round Oaxaca MX$70–130 → Archaeology Uxmal: the capital of the Puuc style, minus the crowds What to see at Uxmal, the Pyramid of the Magician, the real 2025 ticket price, the heat on the plazas, and how to plan the day from Mérida or Santa Elena. Year round Yucatán MX$500 → Archaeology Xochicalco: the fortified acropolis of Morelos How to visit Xochicalco: the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, the observatory cave, what it cost in 2025, and why you are almost always alone there. Year round Morelos MX$100 →

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