Mexico Guide

National Palace

This important building is the seat of the federal executive and it located in the sole city center. The great city square called Palaza de la Constitución stretches in front of this building. Even though this building host some important offices, visitors are allowed to go through some...

Palenque

Palenque are ruins of a Maya site in Chiapas, Mexico which date back to the 3th century. This site lived the most glorious era between 500 and 700 AD.  Today, Palenque enjoys the status of a National Park. The nearest village is Santo Domingo de Palenque. On an area of about 2.2 square km...

Great Temple

Templo Mayor or Great Temple was a stone pyramid built in the 14th century. It has two Aztec temples dedicated to two gods; god of war Huitzilopochitl and to god of rain and agriculture Tlaloc. After the arrival of European conquistadors the Tenochtitlan (as it was called) was completely lost....

Museum of Anthropology

Basilica de Ocotlan

This is one of the places of apparition of the Virgin Mary in Mexico here she appeared miraculously to an indian inside a tree of Ocote (pine tree) it is to be said that the image of the Virgin Mary adored in this sanctuary has done miracles since it was find in the forest. The church is built...

Merida's Central Square

Central Plaza of this historical city.

All city buses and buses coming from surrounding cities have their stopping point one to two blocks off of the sqaure.

Ruta del Café

Ruta del Café is sort of an ecotourism project which includes coffe plantations in Chiapas region. These plantations are over 100 years old. Due to the large amounts of rain in this region coffee grows perfectly and visitors are availabel to walk to plantations and even rent rooms there....

Palma Sola

Palma Sola is an archeological site located in Acapulco. It consists of Indian cave drawings that are positioned on 18 granite rocks of different sizes. The drawings describe the life and the area in the period between 800 BC and 700 AD. These drawings spread on the territory of 3.8 hectares....

El Zócalo

El Zócalo – old town square is a traditional and central square of the city. For many years El Zócalo has been an important part of the city´s life. This part of the town has a little bit slower rhythm of life. There is a little park where people come to walk and relax...

Fort San Diego

Fort San Diego was built in order to protect the port and the ships with the cargo which were coming here. It was built between 1615 and 1617 but due to the earthquake that happened in 1776 the fort was rebuilt several years later. Today, it is the most important historical site in Acapulco. It...