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Things to do in Mexico

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Mexico’s warm climate, spectacular nature and long coastline make it ideal for outdoor living, especially water sports.

  • Surfing – Baja California, Vallarta, Oaxaca
  • Sea Kayaking – Baja California
  • Snorkelling – Baja California, Cancun, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, etc.
  • Diving – Baja California, Cancun, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas etc. and diving in the cenote caves of the Yucatán Peninsula.
  • Whale Watching – Baja California, Guerrero Negro, Mazunte, Zipolite
  • White Water Rafting – Veracruz
  • Visit to a volcano – Mexico, Toluca etc.
  • Take a ride on the Copper Canyon Railway
  • Enjoy the beautiful coastline and beaches of Oaxaca – Huatulco, Mazunte, Zipolite, Puerto Angel, Puerto Escondido, etc.
  • Take a horseback ride in the Barrancas of Chihuahua
  • Visit the archaeological sites – Chichen Itza, Tulum, Coba, Monte Alban, Calakmul, Palenque, etc.
  • Volunteering – Chiapas or in Xalapa, Veracruz with Travel to teach.
  • Visit the ecological parks – Riviera Maya
  • Trekking and cave painting observation in Baja California – Guerrero Negro
  • Mazunte Sea Turtle Museum

How To Travel To Mexico

By plane From the United States and Canada Hundreds of daily flights connect Mexico with cities and towns across North America. These include traditional airlines such as Air Canada, Aeromexico, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, etc., as well as low-cost carriers such as JetBlue, Spirit, WestJet, Virgin America and Southwest Airlines....

How To Travel Around Mexico

It is more convenient to travel to Mexico by bus, car or plane. Passenger transport by train is almost non-existent. Except for the Chihuahua del Pacifico train line, which leaves each morning at both ends of the line, one from Los Mochis on the Pacific coast, opposite Baja California,...

Visa & Passport Requirements for Mexico

According to the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores), some foreign nationals who intend to stay in Mexico for less than 180 days for tourism purposes or 30 days for business purposes can fill out a tourist card for $22 at the border or when landing...

Destinations in Mexico

Regions in Mexico Baja California (Baja California, Baja California South)The western peninsula bordering the US state of California...Northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas).This includes the vast deserts and mountains of the border states; the "unknown Mexico" mostly ignored by tourists.The Bajío (Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, San Luis...

Weather & Climate in Mexico

Mexico uses the metric system for all measurements. For all weather reports, the temperature is in Celsius (°C). The temperature of the desert regions in the northwest of the country and the temperate zones in the northeast vary, but it must be taken into account that a large part of...

Accommodation & Hotels in Mexico

A number of hotel chains are represented throughout Mexico, including Palace Resorts, Le Blanc Spa Resort, Best Western, Holiday Inn, CityExpress, Fiesta Inn, Fairmont, Hilton, Ritz, Camino Real, Starwood (Sheraton, W, Westin, Four Points) and many others. Prices have risen considerably in recent years, although most are still cheap...

Things To See in Mexico

Mexico has 32 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than anywhere else in the Americas. Most of them belong to the cultural category and relate either to the pre-Columbian civilisations of the region or to the first cities founded by the Spanish conquistadores and missionaries. Much of Mexico is mountainous,...

Food & Drinks in Mexico

Food in Mexico Mexican cuisine is best described as a collection of different regional cuisines rather than a standard list of dishes for the entire country. Due to climate, geography and ethnic differences, we can divide Mexican cuisine into four broad categories, depending on the region: North - Meat dishes, mainly...

Money & Shopping in Mexico

Currency in Mexico The currency of Mexico is the peso (MXN), which is divided into 100 centavos. Coins are issued in 5, 10 (steel), 20, 50 centavo (brass; the new 50 centavo coins issued from 2011 are steel and smaller) and in 1, 2, 5 (steel ring, brass core), 10, 20,...

Festivals & Holidays in Mexico

Holidays 1 January: New Year's Day6 January: Magi Day, celebrating the arrival of the Magi who see the baby Jesus and bring him gifts (this is not an official holiday).2 February: Candelaria Day ("Day of the Candle"), celebrated in many places in the country (not an official holiday)5 February: Constitution...

Internet & Communications in Mexico

You can make calls from public telephones using prepaid Tarjetas Ladatel phone cards, which you can buy on magazine shelves. The cards can be purchased in denominations of 30, 50 or 100 pesos. The rate for calls to the United States is about US$0.50 per minute. Be careful, these...

Language & Phrasebook in Mexico

There are almost 70 indigenous languages in Mexico, many of which are still in use. However, Spanish is the de facto national language. Spanish is used by almost the entire population and all public communication (signs, documents, media, etc.) is in Spanish. Bilingual signs in Spanish and English may...

Traditions & Customs in Mexico

Mexicans have a somewhat relaxed sense of time, so be patient. It is common to be 15 minutes late. When someone, even a complete stranger, sneezes, you always say "¡salud! ("to your wishes" or, more literally, "to your health"): otherwise it is considered rude. In rural areas, especially in central...

Culture Of Mexico

Mexican culture reflects the complexity of the country's history through the mixture of indigenous cultures and Spanish culture transmitted during the 300 years of Spanish colonisation of Mexico. Exogenous cultural elements were incorporated into Mexican culture over time. The Porfirian era (el Porfiriato), in the last quarter of the nineteenth...

History Of Mexico

Pre-Columbian Among the first complex civilisations in Mexico is the Olmec culture, which flourished on the Gulf Coast around 1500 BC. The Olmec culture spread throughout Mexico in the formative cultures of Chiapas, Oaxaca and the Mexico Valley. In central Mexico, the heyday of the classical period saw the rise of...

Stay Safe & Healthy in Mexico

Stay Safe in Mexico WARNINGAffected regions : Baja California Norte, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero, Michoacán, Nuevo Leon, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas.Most of those killed in drug-related violence since 2006 have been members of transnational criminal organizations. The Mexican government is making significant efforts to protect visitors to major tourist destinations. Recreational...

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