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Every destination in Mexico
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City
Mexico City
Mexico City
World-class museums, walkable neighbourhoods and the best food scene on the continent. The metro costs a few pesos.
Mar-May · Oct-Nov
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Beach
Riviera Maya
Quintana Roo
The second-largest coral reef on earth, cenotes inland and white-sand beaches.
Dec-Apr
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City
Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Seven moles, village mezcal and enormous markets. Monte Albán is half an hour away.
Jul · late Oct
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Ruins
Yucatán
Yucatán
Mérida as a base, around 6,000 cenotes on the peninsula and Chichén Itzá ninety minutes away.
Nov-Mar
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City
Puebla
Puebla
Talavera, azulejo façades and mole poblano, two hours from the capital by bus.
Year round
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Town
Guanajuato
Guanajuato
Alleyways, tunnels and silver mines. In October the whole city becomes a festival.
Oct-May
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Town
Pátzcuaro
Michoacán
The heart of Día de Muertos: candles all night in the cemeteries around the lake.
1-2 November
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Beach
Isla Holbox
Quintana Roo
No cars, white sand and whale sharks from June to September. You arrive by boat.
Dec-Apr
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Ruins
Teotihuacán
State of Mexico
Pyramids of the Sun and Moon along the Avenue of the Dead. Arrive at nine, when it opens.
Year round
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Ruins
Chichén Itzá
Yucatán
El Castillo, the ball court and the sacred cenote. At the equinox, the serpent of light.
Nov-Mar
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Ruins
Cholula
Puebla
The widest pyramid on earth, with a church on top and Popocatépetl behind.
Oct-May
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Ruins
Monte Albán
Oaxaca
The Zapotec capital on a mountain levelled by hand, half an hour from the city.
Year round
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Town
San Miguel de Allende
Guanajuato
Ochre walls, cobble and bells. The best-known pueblo mágico, and deservedly so.
Oct-May
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Town
Izamal
Yucatán
An entire town painted yellow, with a 16th-century convent at its centre.
Nov-Mar
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Town
Bacalar
Quintana Roo
The lagoon of seven colours, in fresh water. A small town, barely built up.
Nov-Apr
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Beach
Puerto Morelos
Quintana Roo
A fishing town with the reef five hundred metres off the shore.
Dec-Apr
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Beach
Mahahual
Quintana Roo
The south of the Costa Maya, still quiet and with no hotel towers.
Dec-Apr
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Ruins
Tulum
Quintana Roo
The only Maya city built on a cliff above the Caribbean. Arrive at eight.
Dec-Apr
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Every destination has its own page — the places, when to go, how to get there and where to sleep — with Riviera Maya as the model. Each page lives at /areas/ plus the destination name.