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OUR READERSMany thanks to the travelers who used the last edition and wrote to us with helpful hints, useful advice and interesting anecdotes: A Alan Forbes, Albert Ambrosio, Anna Abdelnoor, Antonie Vervenne B Barbara Swain C Carol Dyer, Casper Jensen, Celia Kawai D Daniel Druce, Danny Walden, David Hixson, Dorothy Melander-Dayton E Erwan Lamberoy, Esteban Balderrama, Ester de Koning, Evana Stanonik, Evelyne Berne F Fernando Garcia, Fernando Garcia Lopez, Fernando Romero, Freek De Smedt G Grant Murfett, Guillermo Moreno I Irving Levinson J Jacqueline Garcia, Jeff Jones, Jerry Peek, Jose Lassalle, Joseph Porter, Juliana Secchi K Kathy Bowman L Luigi Zeccardo M Manuela Arigoni, Marcos Arbesu, Marianne Eberhardt, Marissa Castro, Megan Norris P Patricia Kubala, Pedro Gamez, Peter Straus, Phil Gillette, Philip Brunelle R Rachel Van Ness, Ramon Antonijoan, Ricardo Abuauad, Ricardo Balderrama, Richard Tamkin, Roland Bourque, Romey Glenn, Ruben Lelivelt S Shane Malyon, Simon Barr, Stephan Hipp, Steve Anderson, Steve Douglas T Thomas Shearer V Veronica Ciambra, Virginia Ferguson-Sharp Y Yossi Margoninsky
AUTHOR THANKSJohn Noble Extra special thanks to Julien Pardinilla, Gina Machorro, Fausto Jasso, Alvin Starkman, los Velasco and Rebecca Bailey.
Kate ArmstrongMuchas gracias to enthusiastic travelers, and generous folks who share their passion of Mexico with me, especially Lori Jones in San Luis Potosí and Sally Wilson and Ernesto de la Vega in Queretaro. My love, as always, to Chris Nelson, this time for sharing the driving and watery adventures. A big thanks to Clifton Wilkinson for the fabulous opportunity, fellow authors and the in-house team.
Stuart ButlerFirst and foremost I must, once again, thank my wife, Heather, for putting up with my ex-tended periods away whilst working on this project and coping so admirably with two small children on her own. And, thank you to Jake and Grace for also putting up with their daddy disappearing off again. In Mexico thank you to the many hoteliers, other travelers, restaurant owners and random people on the bus who knowingly, or unknowingly, helped out.
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John HechtThanks to the countless number of good people in the Yucatán who helped make this wonderful journey so precious. Special grat-itude goes out to commissioning editor Cliff Wilkinson, LP co-author Lucas Vidgen, the book’s previous authors, Yurij Gabassi, Indira Gallegos and my wife, Lau, for looking after La Milanesa.
Anna KaminskiI would like to thank Cliff for entrusting me with these chapters, and my fellow scribes – John Noble, Josephine Quintero, Andy Sym-ington, John Hecht, Brendan Sainsbury, Lucas Vidgen, Phillip Tang, Tom Masters, Kate Armstrong and Stuart Butler – for their detailed and well-thought-out input when I was putting my chapters together. From past travels in Mexico, I’d like to thank E.C. Bell in San Miguel, Ricardo in Sayulita, Chey in Tijua-na, John and Christina in Nayarit, Enrique on the Copper Canyon train, Gustavo in Mexico City, Sophie and Pete in Guadalajara, Cristian in Palenque and many more who introduced me to the many facets of this remarkable country.
Tom MastersMany thanks to Rosemary Masters, who joined me for much of my research trip and was always great company, patient, uncom-plaining and unfazed, even when required to go zip-lining down a canyon at rather short notice. Thanks also to the hoteliers and res-taurateurs who were so generous with time and information, especially to Alberto & Fran-cia at the Hotel & Restaurant Jade in Cero-cahui, who were so kind to us when illness unexpectedly joined us on the road.
Josephine QuinteroI would like to thank all the helpful folk at the various tourist information offices, as well as Sally Harrison, who provided a valuable base in La Paz, as well as invaluable company. Thanks too to destination editor Cliff Wilkin-son and to all those involved in the title from the Lonely Planet offices, as well as to all my Mexican Quintero family, particularly Linda Sinclair who joined me on the road trip.
Brendan SainsburyThanks to all the untold bus drivers, taxi driv-ers, tourist info volunteers, tortilla-makers, mariachis and voladores who helped me
and/or answered copious questions during my research. Special thanks to Eusebio for his guiding skills on Volcán Paricutín and Flor-encio for showing me the wonders of Comala and Volcán de Fuego.
Andy SymingtonVarious random bus and taxi drivers provided invaluable company and information. Thanks are also owed for various helpful acts to Luis Gutiérrez, Eugenia Michel Gómez, Yazmin Casillas, Verónica Bello Damíán, Flor Anaya and Ginna Abud. It would be difficult to be away so much without the help of people like Eduardo Cuadrado Diago and José Eliseo Vázquez González; my family also offers constant support. Particular thanks go to Jorge Villarroel and José Vicente Revilla García for a great dossier on the Jalisco and Nayarit coasts.
Phillip TangGracias to the Mexicans who shared their knowledge. Merci to Géraldine Galvaing, Fiona Ross, Wendy Risteska, Alberto Ramírez Romero, Jocsan L Alfaro, and Armando Palma for DF; thanks to Monica Gomez in Pachuca; gracias Ernesto A Alanís for Valle de Bravo and Cuernavaca; salud Manuel Aveleyra García for DF and Cuernavaca. Thanks for virtual support from Lisa N’paisan, Vek Lewis, Jack Kennerley, Anna Glayzer, Waimei Lee, and Venus Vamp. In loving memory of Cecelia Cataño Carrillo.
Lucas VidgenThanks first and foremost to the Mexicans for making such an enjoyable country to travel and work in. Specifically, Andres and Sylvia were a huge help in San Cristobál and the Campeche section wouldn’t have been the same without Alonso Escobar and his compadre César. And as always, thanks to América, Sofía and Teresa for being there, and being there when I got back.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSClimate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updat-ed World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 163344.
Cover photograph: Folk art for sale in San Miguel de Allende; Macduff Everton/Corbis ©
Chichén Itzá illustration pp324–5 by Michael Weldon.
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THIS BOOKThis 15th edition of Lonely Planet’s Mexico guidebook was researched and written by John Noble, Kate Armstrong, Stuart Butler, John Hecht, Anna Kaminski, Tom Masters, Josephine Quintero, Brendan Sainsbury, Andy Symington, Phillip Tang and Lucas Vid-gen. The essay ‘The Mexican Kitchen’ was written by
Mauricio Velázquez de León. This guidebook was produced by the following:Destination Editor Clifton WilkinsonProduct Editors Vicky Smith, Bruce EvansSenior Cartographer Mark GriffithsBook Designer Wendy WrightAssisting Editors Andrew Bain, Michelle Bennett, Bridget Blair, Carly Hall, Victoria
Harrison, Kellie Langdon, Anne Mulvaney, Charlotte Orr, Ross Taylor, Jeanette WallAssisting Cartographers Corey Hutchison, David Kemp, Valentina KremenchutskayaCover Researcher Naomi ParkerThanks to Paul Harding, Elizabeth Jones, Kate Mathews, Jenna Myers, Kirsten Rawlings, Alison Ridgway, Angela Tinson
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Index
Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
AAcapulco 562-74, 564-5,
566, 570-1, 19accommodations 567-9activities 565-7drinking 569, 571-2emergencies 572entertainment 572events 567festivals & events 567food 569medical services 572nightlife 569, 571-2 shopping 572sights 562-5tourist information 572travel to/from 572-3travel within 573-4
accommodations 846-7, see also individual locations
language 865-6Aconchi 769activities 847, see also
individual activitiesAcuario Inbursa 24adventure parks
Areponápuchi 755Parque de Aventura
Barrancas del Cobre 756
adventure toursÁlamos 772Creel 758Durango 786
Aguascalientes 673, 675-8, 674
Aguascalientes state 673-678
air travel 860-1Ajijic 604-5Akumal 284-6Álamos 771-4
altitude sickness 850Amatenango del Valle 373Amatitán 601amusement parks
All Ritmo 259La Feria 91Yucatán Peninsula 274
Angahuan 635Angangueo 623Angel of Independence
84, 11animals 838-40anthropological museums
Museo de Antropología (Córdoba) 228
Museo de Antropología (Xalapa) 218
Museo de Antropología e História (Toluca) 196
Museo del Instituto Nacional de Antro-pología e Historia (Ensenada) 710
Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico City) 86-7
Museo Regional de Antropología (Villahermosa) 415
Museo Regional de Antropología e Historia (La Paz) 727
Museo Regional Huasteco Joaquín Meade 690
antojitos 830-1aquariums
Acuario de Veracruz 208Acuario Inbursa 24, 91Acuario Mazatlán 495Centro Mexicano de la
Tortuga 476archaeological museums
Gran Museo del Mundo Maya 301
Museo Arqueológico (Mazatlán) 493-5
Museo Arqueológico de Campeche 336-7
Museo Arqueológico de Comitán 400
Museo Arqueológico de la Costa Grande 550
Museo Arqueológico del Soconusco 409
Museo de Arte Prehispánico Carlos Pellicer 177-8
Museo de la Cultura Maya 298
Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca 426
Museo del Sitio 149Museo Maya de Cancún
255-8Santa Elena Museum 314
archaeological sites 48-53, 51
Alta Vista Petroglyphs 512-13
Atzompa 451-2Aztec Temples
(Malinalco) 201Balamkú 343Becán 344-5, 340Bonampak 390-1, 393-4,
393Cacaxtla 171-3Calakmul 343-4Cañada de la Virgen 672Cantona 174Chiapa de Corzo 356Chicanná 344Chichén Itzá 15, 322-8,
324-5, 362, 15, 48, 324, 325
Chinkultic 404Chula Zona Arqueológica
163-4Cobá Ruins 291-2Comalcalco 416Dzibanché 300Dzibilchaltún 318-19Edzná 339-42Ek’ Balam 331-2El Caracol 324, 327, 324,
324
El Cedral 280-1El Tajín 240-2, 241Grutas de Loltún 316Guiengola 488Hormiguero 346Iglesia Vieja 406Izapa 412-13Kabah 314-15Kinich-Kakmó 321Kinichná 300Kohunlich 300La Campana 609La Quemada 699 La Venta 416Labná 315-16Mitla 448-9Monte Albán 443-5Oxkintok 320La Venta 416Palenque 381-4, 382, 36-7Paquimé 784Parque Eco-Arqueológico
Copalita 482Plan de Ayutla 392-3Quiahuiztlán 244Río Bec 346Ruinas de Mayapán 316-17San Gervasio Ruins 281San Miguelito 258-9Sayil 315Sierra de San Francisco
719-20Soledad de Maciel 560-1Templo Mayor 67Tenam Puente 403Teotihuacán 146-50Tingambato 634-5Toniná 378-9Tula 144-6Tulum 286-8, 287, 288-9,
35, 50Tzintzuntzan 631Uxmal 310-13, 312, 26Xlapak 315Xochicalco 186Xochitécatl 171-3
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-B Xpuhil 345Yagul 447-8Yaxchilán 390-1, 396-7,
396Yohualichán 176Zempoala 216Zona Arqueológica
Cuicuilco 97Zona Arqueológica El
Rey 259architecture 649, 821-2area codes 855Areponápuchi 755-6Arizpe 769art 428art galleries, 27-8, see also
anthropological mu-seums, archaeological museums, cultural centers, museums
Arte de Oaxaca 428Casa Sebastián 781Casa-Taller Orozco 584Centro de la Imagen 80Centro de las Artes
Centenario 679Centro Fotográfico
Álvarez Bravo 428Escuela de Bellas Artes
663 Fototeca 208Galería de Arte
Contemporáneo 220Galeria López Quiroga
91-2Galería Quetzalli 428Instituto Cultural de
Cabañas 583Instituto de Artes Gráfi-
cas de Oaxaca 428La Mano Mágica 428Laboratorio de Arte
Alameda 79MUCA Roma 86Museo Casa del Risco 93Museo Casa Estudio
Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo 93
Museo de Aguascalientes 673
Museo de Arte (Mazatlán) 495
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil 93
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Aguascalientes) 675
Museo de Arte Contem-poráneo (Mérida) 304
Museo de Arte Contem-poráneo (Monterrey) 795
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca 428
Museo de Arte de Querétaro 639
Museo de Arte de Tlaxcala 168
Museo de Arte de Zapopan 584
Museo de Arte del Estado 233
Museo de Arte Moderno 87, 90, 197
Museo de Arte Popular 79
Museo de Arte Popular de Yucatán 304
Museo de Arte Virreinal 191
Museo de Bellas Artes 197
Museo de la Ciudad (Querétaro) 639
Museo de las Artes 583-4
Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños 428
Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato 652
Museo Dolores Olmedo 92
Museo José Guadalupe Posada 675
Museo Jumex 91Museo Nacional de
Arte 73Museo Nacional de la
Estampa 79Museo Nacional de San
Carlos 81Museo Pedro Coronel 693 Museo Soumaya Plaza
Carso 91Museo Tamayo 90Museo Universitario Arte
Contemporáneo 95Museo Universitario del
Chopo 81Oaxaca City 428Palacio Clavijero 613Palacio de Bellas
Artes 77Paseo Cimentación 81Pinacoteca Diego Rivera
219Pinacoteca Universitaria
Alfonso Michel 609Quinta Gameros 779
artesanías, see handicrafts, textiles
arts 821-9books 824, 827
contemporary 428, 823-4
internet resources 823, 826
street art 824ATMs 852Atotonilco Hot Springs 468Atzompa 451-2Aztecs 64-5, 808
religion 806
BBahía de Kino 768-70Bahía de Navidad 535-8Bahía San Agustín 484Bahías de Huatulco 480-6,
481Bahías de Punta Solimán
284Baja California 60, 700-42,
701accommodations 700climate 700highlights 701, 701history 702tours 700travel to/from 702, 772travel within 702
Balamkú 343ball courts 804Banámichi 769banks 852bargaining 23, 852Barra de la Cruz 487Barra de Navidad 537-8Barra de Nexpa 545Barra de Potosí 559-60Batopilas 761-5Baviácora 769beach resorts 25beaches 25
Acapulco 19, 563, 19Bahías de Huatulco
480-2Cancún 259-60Costalegre 534El Soconusco 406-9Isla Cozumel 281Isla Mujeres 267Ixtapa 549Jicacal 253La Paz 732Los Cabos Corridor 737Mahahual 294Manzanillo 538-9Mazatlán 495-6Mulegé 723Paamul 284
Península Pichilingue 732Playa del Carmen 275Playa Maruata 544-5Playa Ventura 574-5Puerto Ángel 470Puerto Escondido 456-7Puerto Vallarta 520Ribera Costa Azul 408-9San Blas 507Sayulita 515Tuxpan 237Veracruz City 210Xpu-Há 284Zihuatanejo 550-1
Becán 344-5, 340beer 834-5Bernal 645bicycle travel, see cyclingbiodiversity 838birds 839, see also
individual speciesbird-watching
Álamos 771, 773Barra de Potosí 559-60Calakmul 343-4Cañón La Trinidad 723El Feurte 751Guerrero Negro 717Isla Mujeres 267-8Laguna Manialtepec
467-8Parque Nacional Isla
Contoy 271Parque Nacional
Lagunas de Chacahua 468-9
Parque Nacional Sierra San Pedro Mártir 715
Reserva de la Biosfera El Triunfo 408
Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún 317
Río Lagartos 332Saltillo 790San Blas 509Xalapa 220
boat travel 772, 860, 861boat trips
Acapulco 567Barra de Navidad 537Barra de Potosí 560Bosque Secreto 751Los Cabos Corridor 737Mazunte 477Puerto Peñasco 766Puerto Vallarta 521Río Lagartos 332San Agustinillo 474
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boat trips continued San Blas 508-9Tlacotalpan 246
Boca de Pascuales 542-3Bolonchén de Rejón 342-3Bonampak 390-1, 393-4,
393books 802, 817, 818, 827,
839art 824, 827crafts 829food 831, 832, 834history 804, 809, 810Maya 814
border crossings 858-60USA 764-5
boxing 820breweries 24
Baja Brewing Co 736Cuauhtémoc MoctezumaHeineken Mexico Brewery
706La Santísima Flor de
Lúpulo 438brujos 250budget 21bullfighting 820
Mexico City 127bus travel 859, 861-2
language 862to/from Belize 858to/from Guatemala 858to/from Mexico 859to/from the USA 859within Mexico 861-2
business hours 852butterflies 18, 621-2, 18
Ccabaret 126cable cars
Teleférico (Taxco) 191-2Teleférico (Zacatecas)
695Teleférico de Orizaba
233Cabo Pulmo 17, 733-4, 17Cabo San Lucas 737-40,
738Cacaxtla 171-3Calakmul 343-4Caleta de Campos 545-6California graywhales 720callejoneada 653
calling codes 855Campeche 333-9, 334-5Campeche state 333-9Cancún 255-66, 258,
262, 37Cañón del Sumidero 357Cañón La Trinidad 723cantinas 835Cantona 174car travel 859, 862
insurance 860rental 863vehicle permits 859-60
Carnaval 30Carretera Fronteriza 390-1Carretera Transpeninsular
709cartels 544casas de cambio 852Casas Grandes 783-4Catemaco 250-2, 251cathedrals, see churches &
cathedralscaves
Cueva de Sebastián 760Grutas de Balankanché
322Grutas de Calcehtok
320Grutas de Loltún 316Grutas de San Cristóbal
376Parque Nacional Grutas
de Cacahuamilpa 195-6
Sótano de las Golondrinas 689
Sótano de las Huahuas 689
Xtacumbilxunaan 342-3celebrity chefs 832Celestún 317-33cell phones 20, 854-5cenotes 315, 340, 341
Cenote Azul 296Cenote Sagrado 15, 325,
326, 15, 325Cenotes de Cuzamá 320Cenote X’Kekén 330Cenote Zací 330Choo-Ha 292Cristalino Cenote 278Gran Cenote 290Ik Kil Parque
Eco-Arqueológico 322Multún-Ha 292Sacred Cenote 15, 325,
326, 15, 325Tamcach-Ha 292Valladolid region 341
Central Pacific Coast 59, 491-575, 492
accommodations 491climate 491food 491highlights 492, 492travel seasons 491
ceramics 829Cerocahui 752-3Cerro Pelón 622-3ceviche 560, 46Chacahua 468-9Chacala 512-14Chapala 602-4charreadas 596, 820Chepe railway 747-50Chetumal 297-300, 297Chiapa de Corzo 355-7Chiapas 58, 347-416, 348-9
accommodations 347climate 347highlights 348, 348-9history 350travel seasons 347
Chicanná 344Chichén Itzá 15, 322-8,
324-5, 326, 15, 48, 324, 325
Chicxulub 319Chihuahua 777-83, 778chikungunya 850children, travel with 54-6
Mexico City 67Riviera Mayo 274
chilies, 830, 44Chinkultic 404chocolate 835Cholula 163-6, 164Chupaderos 789churches & cathedrals
Augustinian Convent 201Basílica de Guadalupe
99-100Basílica de Nuestra
Señora de Guanajuato 648
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Salud 625
Basílica de Zapopan 584Basílica del Carmen 250Capilla de las Capuchi-
nas Sacramentarias 98Catedral (Aguascali-
entes) 673-5 Catedral (Colima) 607-8Catedral (Guadalajara)
581 Catedral (Oaxaca City)
423
Catedral (Mazatlán) 493Catedral (Morelia) 612Catedral (Puebla) 155Catedral (Querétaro)
640 Catedral (San Cristóbal)
363Catedral (San Luis
Potosí) 679 Catedral (Zacatecas)
694 Catedral de Guadalupe
709Catedral de la Inmacu-
lada Concepción 228Catedral de la Virgen de
Guadalupe 715Catedral de Nuestra
Señora de la Purísima Concepción 335
Catedral de Saltillo 790Catedral de San
Ildefonso 304Catedral de San José 145Catedral Metropolitana
(Mexico City) 71-3Catedral Metropolitana
(Xalapa) 219Ex-Convento de San
Francisco 631Ex-Convento Domínico
de la Natividad 177Iglesia de Jesús 304-5Iglesia de la Compañía
156Iglesia de Nuestra
Señora de la Asunción 238
Iglesia de San Pancho 623
Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol 635
Iglesia de Santo Domingo 400
Iglesia del Santo Madero 792
Iglesia San José 734Iglesia Santa Bárbara
720 La Capilla de la Paz 565Oratorio de San Felipe
Neri 663 Parroquia de la Purísima
Concepción 772Parroquia de Nuestra
Señora de Dolores 659
Parroquia de San José 220
Parroquia de San Juan Bautista 96
Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel 662, 7
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- DRecinto de la Catedral
183San Ignacio Mission
Church 760Santuario de Guadalupe
614Santuario de la Virgen de
Ocotlán 169Templo & Ex-Convento
de Santo Domingo de Guzmán 363
Templo de Guadalupe 519
Templo de la Concepción 664
Templo de la Purísima Concepción 685
Templo de la Salud 663 Templo de la Santísima
Trinidad 75Templo de la Virgen de la
Natividad 447Templo de San
Bernardino 330Templo de San Antonio
675 Templo de San Francisco
(Puebla) 157Templo de San Francisco
(Querétaro) 639Templo de San Francisco
(San Luis Potosí) 679Templo de San Fran-
cisco (San Miguel de Allende) 663
Templo de San José 681Templo de San Juan 375Templo de Santa Clara
640Templo de Santa Prisca
191Templo de Santa Rosa
de Viterbos 640Templo de Santo
Domingo (Oaxaca City) 423-6
Templo de Santo Do-mingo (Puebla) 155
Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán 356
Templo del Carmen 679 Templo del Encino 675 Templo Expiatorio 584Templo La Valenciana
650Templo y Convento de la
Santa Cruz 639Templo y Ex-Convento de
San Juan Bautist 454Templo y Ex-Convento
de San Pedro y San Pablo 454
Templo y Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo 454
cinema 826-7Ciudad Constitución 725-6Ciudad Guzmán 606-7Ciudad Hidalgo 414Ciudad Universitaria 93-5Ciudad Valles 689-691 Clavadistas 495cliff diving 563climate 20, 30-3, 20 see
also individual regionsclimate change 858Coatepec 224-6Cobá 290-2Cocóspera 769Coixtlahuaca 454-5colectivos 864Colima 607-10, 608Colima state 607-12colonial towns 26-7Comala 611combis 864Comitán 400-2, 401Concepción Bamba 489Concordia 496consulates 848-9cooking courses 44
Mérida 305Mexico City 102Oaxaca City 430-1Puerto Morelos 273San Miguel de Allende
665 Tepoztlán 178Tlaxcala 170
Copala 496Copper Canyon 60, 743,
747-64, 744, 748, 28accommodations 743climate 743food 743highlights 744, 744safe travel 746-7travel seasons 743travel to/from 747
Copper Canyon Railway 13, 747-50, 13
Córdoba 228-30Cortés, Hernán 810-11Cosalá 496Coscomatepec 232Costa Chica 574-5Costa Esmeralda 243-4Costa Maya 16, 266Costalegre 534courses, see cooking
courses, language courses
Creel 757-60, 758Cuajinicuilapa 575Cuarón, Alfonso 826-7Cuatro Ciénegas 793-4Cuauhtémoc 753, 811Cuautla 180-1Cuernavaca 182-90, 184Cuetzalan 174-6Cuevas, José Luis 823Cuilapan 449cultural centers
Casa Frisaac 98Centro Cultural (Todos
Santos) 740Centro Cultural Casa
Número 6 334Centro Cultural de
España 73Centro Cultural El
Carmen 363Centro Cultural Jesús
Reyes Heroles 97Centro Cultural San
Pablo 427-9Centro Cultural
Universitario Tlatelolco 99
Centro de Cultura Casa Lamm 86
Centro de Cultura Digital 85
Cuartel del Arte 151La Ciudadela 79Unidad Cultural Profesor
Jesús Castro Agúndez 727
culture 817-20currency 20customs regulations 848Cuyutlán 542cycling 861
Ixtapa 549Mexico City 100Oaxaca City 429Puerto Vallarta 522Real de Catorce 686 Tulum 288
Ddance
danzón 214Mexico City 124
dangers, see safetyDay of the Dead, see Día de
Muertosde Santa Anna, Antonio
López 813 dengue fever 850Día de la
Independencia 33
Día de Muertos 33, 819, 833, 31
Mexico City 102Pátzcuaro 626Uruapan 632
Díaz, Porfirio 814disabilities, travelers
with 856discount cards 848distilleries
Onilikan 495tequila 601, 766
diving & snorkeling 28, 285, 847, 340
Acapulco 566Akumal 285Bahías de Huatulco
482-3Banco Chinchorro 294Cabo Pulmo 17, 733-4, 17Cancún 260Isla Cozumel 281Isla Mujeres 267-8Ixtapa 549Laguna de la Media
Luna 691 Laz Paz 728Los Cabos Corridor 737Mahahual 294Manzanillo 539Mulegé 722Parque Marine Nacional
Bahía de Loreto 724Playa del Carmen 275Puerto Escondido 458Puerto Morelos 273Puerto Vallarta 521safety 847San Agustinillo 474San Carlos 770Sayulita 515Tulum 288Tuxpan 237Veracruz City 209-10Xcalak 295Zihuatanejo 551
Divisadero 757Dolores Hidalgo 658-61 Downs, Lila 825drinks 403, 833-5, see also
distilleriesmezcal 29, 118, 439, 834tequila 29, 602-3, 833-4
driving, see car traveldrug wars 802-3, 816, 854drugs 854Dunas de Yeso 794Durango 786-9, 787Dzibilchaltún 318-19
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Eeconomy 803, 815, 816ecotourism 843Ek’ Balam 331-2El Ángel 84, 11 El Árbol del Tule 446El Caracol 324, 327, 324,
324El Castillo 323, 325, 325,
325El Chiflón 402-3El Fuerte 749, 751-2El Rosario 622El Soconusco 406-9El Tajín 240-2, 241El Tule 446electricity 848Embarcadero Las Garzas
409embassies 848-9emergencies 855
language 868Ensenada 710-14, 712environmental issues 285,
842-4Espíritu Santo 18, 727, 18ethnicity 818etiquette 23events, see festivals &
eventsexchange rates 21Exekatlkalli 564
FFaro de Bucerías 544fauna 838Ferrocarril Chihuahua
Pacífico 13, 747-50, 13ferry travel 772Festival Alfonso Ortíz
Tirado 773Festival Internacional de
Cine en Monterrey 797festivals & events 30-3,
31, see also Día de Muertos, fiestas
Acapulco 567Aguascalientes 675-6 Chula 165Cuernavaca 185-6Cuetzalan 175Dolores Hidalgo 660 Ensenada 711Guanajuato 653 La Paz 729
Los Cabos Corridor 737Manzanillo 539-40Mazatlán 497-9Mazunte 477Mérida 305Mexico City 102-3Mexcaltitán 506Museo Nacional del
Virreinato 141Oaxaca City 431-2Puebla 158Puerto Escondido 460Puerto Vallarta 523Real de Catorce 686 San Blas 509San Luis Potosí 681 San Miguel de Allende
666-7 Taxco 193Tepoztlán 178Tijuana 703Tlaxcala 170Todos Santos 741Zacatecas 695
fiestas 833films 789, 802, 807, 815,
819, 821fincas 413-14fishing
Acapulco 566-7Chacala 513Ensenada 711Mazatlán 497Puerto Ángel 471Puerto Escondido 458-9Puerto Peñasco 766Puerto Vallarta 521San Agustinillo 474San Carlos 770Zihuatanejo 551
flag 808folk art 828-9food 14, 27, 42-7, 830-5,
849, see also individual locations
antojitos 830-1books 831, 832, 834cantinas 835ceviche 560, 46chilies 830, 44fish tacos 730glossary 874language 866-7mole 436, 831, 47Oaxacan desserts 42tortillas 831, 14vegans 833vegetarians 833
football, see fútbol
forests, see also national parks & reserves
Bosque Secreto 751Fortín de las Flores 230-1fortresses
Baluarte de Santiago 207
Castillo de Chapultepec 87
Fuerte de San Diego 564Fuerte Museo San José
del Alto 336Laguna Bacalar 296 San Juan de Ulúa 207
Frontera Corozal 395-6Fuentes, Carlos 827-8fútbol 819-20
Guadalajara 596Mexico City 127
Ggalleries, see art galleriesgardens, see parks &
gardensgay travelers 126, 531, 849
Guadalajara 595geography 836-8golf
Acapulco 565Barra de Navidad 537Mazatlán 497Puerto Vallarta 521San Francisco 514
Gran Juego de Pelota 323, 325, 325
Gran Desierto de Altar 767Green Angels 863Grupo de las Mil Columnas
324, 327, 324Grutas de Loltún 316Guadalajara 18, 577-600,
580, 586-7, 590, 593, 18, 26
accommodations 588-91courses 586drinking & nightlife
594-5emergencies 597entertainment 595-6festivals & events 587-8food 591-4internet access 597shopping 596sights 581-6tourist information 597-8tours 586-7travel to/from 598-9travel within 599-600
Guadalajara region 600-7, 600
Guanajuato 19, 648-58, 650-1, 19
Guanajuato state 648-73Guelaguetza 32, 432Guerrero Negro 717-18
HHacienda El Lencero 224handicrafts 14, 14
Amatenango del Valle 373
Bahía de Kino 768Chihuahua 782Creel 760Mérida 308Puebla 162Puerto Vallarta 532San Cristóbal de lasCasas 371Teotitlán del Valle 446-7
health 849-50Hidalgo, Miguel 659, 813 Hidalgo del Parral 784-5Hierve El Agua 449hiking 29, 28
Bahías de Huatulco 483Barranca de Metlac 230Batopilas 763Cerro Pelón 622Copper Canyon 29, 28Iztaccíhuatl 167Mazunte 477Nevado de Toluca 199Oaxaca City 429Real de Catorce 685-6 Reserva de la Biosfera
Sierra de la Laguna 734
Urique 754Volcán Tacaná 412Volcán Paricutín 17,
635, 17historic buildings
Casa de Cortés 96Casa de los Azulejos 74Ex-Convento de
Churubusco 97Ex-Hotel Zevallos 228La Jalisciense 98Na Bolom 359Palacio de Gobierno
582, 781Palacio Postal 73Teatro Degollado 582
history 804-16Aztecs 808books 804, 809, 810
Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
883IN
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- MClassic Maya 806-7drug wars 816films 807, 815internet resources 805,
806, 809Mexican independence
813-14Mexican Revolution 780,
814-15Olmecs 805PAN (Partido Acción
Nacional) 816PRI (Partido Revolu-
cionario Institucional) 815-16
Spanish colonization 811-12
Spanish conquest 809-11
Teotihuacán 805Toltecs 807
history museumsMuseo de Historia de
Tlalpán 98Museo de la
Restauración de la República 639
Museo del Estado 612Museo Nacional de
Historia 87Museo Nacional de las
Intervenciones 97Museo Regional de His-
toria de Colima 609holidays 853Hormiguero 346horseback riding 29
Creel 758Oaxaca City 429Pie de la Cuesta 561Puerto Vallarta 521Real de Catorce 686San Francisco 514Tequisquiapan 645
hot springs, see thermal baths
Huamantla 173-4Huasteca Potosina 16,
689, 16Huichol people 684
Iice-skating 101Ihuatzio 630-1immigration 816Iñárritu, Alejandro
González 826-7indigenous peoples 220,
376Aztecs 64-5Classic Veracruz
civilization 220Huastecs 220Huichol 684 Lacandones 376Oaxaca 440Olmecs 220Seri 768Tarahumara 762textiles 371Totonacs 220
insurance 850-1, 860internet access 851internet resources 21Isla Contoy 271Isla Cozumel 279-84,
280, 282Isla de la Piedra 495Isla de la Roqueta 563Isla de los Alacranes 602Isla de Mezcala 602Isla de Todos Santos 710Isla del Tiburón 768Isla Holbox 271-3Isla Ixtapa 548-9Isla Janitzio 629Isla Mujeres 266-71, 267,
268Isla Río Cuale 519Isla San Jorge 766Isthmus of Tehuantepec
487-90itineraries 34-41, 34, 36,
39, 40-1Ixtapa 548-50Ixtapan de la Sal 202Izamal 320-1Iztaccíhuatl 166-7
JJalcomulco 226Jalpan 646-7Jerez 697 Jicacal 253Juárez, Benito 423, 427,
813-14Juchitán 488-90
KKabah 314-15Kahlo, Frida 80, 92, 93,
95-6, 168, 823kayaking 29
La Paz 728Mexico City 100Mulegé 722Parque Marine Nacional
Bahía de Loreto 724kidnapping 803
kitesurfingLa Ventana 732-3Los Barriles 733
LLa Antigua 217La Barra 253La Bufadora 714La Huasteca Potosina 16,
689, 16 La Malinche 173La Paz 727-32, 728La Quemada 699 La Ruptura 823La Ventana 732-3La Ventanilla 479Lacandón Jungle 392, 394Lacanjá Chansayab 394-5Lago de Chapala 601-5Lago de Pátzcuaro 629-31,
630Lagos de Montebello 404-
6, 405Laguna Bacalar 296, 16Laguna Catemaco 252Laguna de Sontecomapan
252-3Laguna Manialtepec 467-8Laguna Miramar 399-400Laguna Santa María del
Oro 512lakes, see rivers & lakeslanguage 20, 23, 865-74
bus travel 862courses 851Mexican Spanish slang
870language courses 851
Ensenada 711Guadalajara 586Guanajuato 653Laz Paz 729Mazunte 477Mérida 305Mexico City 101Morelia 615Oaxaca City 429-30Pátzcuaro 626Playa del Carmen 275Puerto Escondido
459-60Puerto Morelos 273Puerto Vallarta 522Querétaro 641San Cristóbal de las
Casas 364San Miguel de Allende
665 Taxco 192-3
Veracruz City 210Xalapa 221
Las Brisas 543Las Islas Marías 507Las Nubes 398Las Palmitas 24Las Pozas 688Lázaro Cárdenas 546legal matters 851-2legends 806León 658 lesbian travelers 126,
531, 849Guadalajara 595
LGBTI travelers 126libraries
Biblioteca Gertrudis Bocanegra 625
Biblioteca Pública dela Universidad
Michoacana 613literature 827-8, see
also booksLoreto 723-5Los Cabos Corridor 737,
738Los Mochis 775-7, 775Los Tuxtlas 252-3, 253lucha libre 820luxury hotels 25
MMadre Sal 407-8Magdalena de Kino 769Mahahual 294-5malaria 850Malinalco 201-2Manzanillo 538-42, 539maps 852marathons 754markets 44, 46
Acapulco 572Cancún 264Cuernavaca 189Guadalajara 586, 46Mercado Roma 24Mercado San Juan de
Dios 596-7, 26Mexico City 81, 85, 92,
101, 128-30Oaxaca City 440Pátzcuaro 625Tehuantepec 488Tepoztlán 179Tequisquiapan 646Tlacolula 447Uruapan 633Valles Centrales 450
884
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masks 829massages 459Mata Ortiz 784Matehuala 684 Maya 806-7, 418Maya calendar 806, 807Mazamitla 606Mazatlán 493-506, 494,
498, 502Mazatlán-Durango
Highway 24Mazunte 476-9measures 850Mennonites 753Mercado Roma 24Mercado San Juan de Dios
596-7, 26Mérida 13, 301, 304-10,
302-3, 311, 13, 31, 340
Mérida region 310-17, 320, 311
metro 864Metzabok 392Mexcaltitán 506-7Mexicali 715-16Mexican jumping beans 771Mexican Revolution 780,
814-15Mexico City 11, 57, 62-139,
63, 68-9, 76-7, 82-3, 88-9, 94, 106-7, 122, 11
accommodations 62, 103-9
activities 100children, travel with 67climate 62courses 100-2drinking 117-23emergencies 130entertainment 123-7events 102-3festival & events 102-3food 62, 109-17highlights 63history 64-6internet access 130-1itineraries 64medical services 131nightlife 117-23 safe travel 130shopping 127-30sights 66-100tourist information 132
tours 102travel seasons 62travel to/from 132-4,
136-7travel within 134-9walking tour 72, 72
Mexico City region 140-202, 142-3
mezcal 29, 118, 439, 834Michoacán 612-35Michoacán Coast 543-6Mineral de Pozos 676 Mineral del Chico 152-4mines
Bocamina de San Ramón & Bocamina de San Cayetano 652
Mina La Prieta 785missions
Baja 722Misión Nuestra Señora
de Loreto 724Misión San Francisco
Javier de Viggé-Biaundó 725
Misión Santa Rosalía de Mulegé 722
Mitla 448-9mobile phones 20, 854-5Moctezuma 810mole 436, 831, 47monarch butterflies 18, 30,
621-2, 18monasteries
Convento de San Antonio de Padua 320
Ex-Convento del Santo Desierto de Nuestra Señora del Carmen 99
Templo de San Francisco 74-5
Templo y Ex-Convento de San Juan Bautist 454
Templo y Ex-Convento de San Pedro y San Pablo 454
Templo y Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo 454
money 20, 21, 23, 852discount cards 848
monkeys 4Monte Albán 443-5, 444Monterrey 794-800 , 796
accommodations 798activities 795-7drinking 798-9events 797festivals & events 797food 798-9history 795
medical services 799safe travel 799shopping 799-800sights 795-7tourist information 799travel to/from 799travel within 799-800
Monumento a la Independencia 84, 11
monumentsMonumento a El Pípila
649Monumento a la
Corregidora 640Monumento a la
Independencia 84, 11Monumento a la
Revolución 80-1Monumento a Los Niños
Héroes 90Olmec Head 247Rotonda de los Jalis-
censes Ilustres 583Volador Monument 238
Morelia 612-21, 614-15motorcycle travel 859mountain biking 29
Bahías de Huatulco 483Monterrey 800Parque de Aventura Bar-
rancas del Cobre 756mountaineering 167movimiento crack 828-9Mulegé 721-3muralists 814, 823murals
Las Palmitas 24Museo Jardín del Agua 91Museo Mural Diego
Rivera 78Pasaje Rodríguez 24Secretaría de Educación
Pública 76Suprema Corte de
Justicia 75museums 27-8, 50, see
also anthropological museums, archaeo-logical museums, art galleries, history museums
Anahuacalli 96Antiguo Colegio de San
Ildefonso 77Café Museo Café 363Casa Chihuahua 779Casa de Arte Olga
Costa-José Chávez Morado 652
Casa de Cultura (Monterrey) 794
Casa de los Venados 329Casa de Montejo 301-4Casa Lereé 718Casa Machado 493Casa Museo Agustín
Lara 246Casa Museo Dr Belisario
Domínguez 400Casa-Museo
Totomoxtle 227Centro Cultural de Real
de Catorce 685 Centro Cultural
Mexiquense 197Centro Ecológico Akumal
285Ex-Hacienda San Gabriel
de Barrera 650Ex Teresa Arte Actual 74Galería y Museo de Arte
Popular 336Horno3 797La Esquina: Museo
del Juguete Popular Mexicano 662
Mini-Zoológico Museo 246
MMAPO 183-4MUCAL 638Museo Agustín Lara 208Museo Amparo 155Museo Antiguo Convento
Franciscano de Santa Ana 631
Museo Archivo de la Fotografía 73
Museo Bicentenario 1810-2010 660
Museo Bichos e Insectos 363
Museo Capitán Dulché 267
Museo Casa de Hidalgo 660
Museo Casa de Juárez (Chihuahua) 781
Museo Casa de Juárez (Oaxaca City) 427
Museo Casa de las Artesanías del Estado de Chihuahua 757
Museo Casa de León Trotsky 96
Museo Casa de Morelos 613
Museo Casa de Villa 779Museo Casa de Xalapa
219Museo Casa del
Alfeñique 158Museo Casa Natal de
Morelos 613Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
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DEX M
- NMuseo Comunitario 452Museo Comunitario
Balaa Xtee Guech Gulal 447
Museo Costumbrista de Sonora 772
Museo de Arte Sacro de Guadalajara 582
Museo de Artes Populares (Pátzcuaro) 624-5
Museo de Batopilas 763Museo de Cultura de la
Huasteca Tamuantzán 690
Museo de Culturas Populares 197
Museo de El Carmen 93Museo de Historia
Mexicana 796Museo de Historia
Natural 415Museo de la Amistad
México-Cuba 236Museo de la Arquitectura
Maya 335Museo de la Ballena
24, 727Museo de la Basílica de
Guadalupe 100Museo de la Ciudad 450
786 Museo de la Ciudad
(Campeche) 335Museo de la Ciudad
(Chetumal) 298Museo de la Ciudad
(Querétaro) 639Museo de la Ciudad de
Cholula 164Museo de la Ciudad de
México 75Museo de la Ciudad de
Veracruz 207Museo de la Ciudad
Teodoro Cano 238Museo de la Cuenca del
Usumacinta 395Museo de la Independ-
encia Nacional 660 Museo de la Isla de
Cozumel 279Museo de la Marimba 351Museo de la Medicina
Maya 359Museo de la Memoria
169Museo de la Pintura
Mural Teotihuacana 149
Museo de la Restaura-ción de la República 639
Museo de la Revolución 157-8
Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público 74
Museo de la Tortura 74Museo de las Aves de
México 790Museo de las Californias
702Museo de las Culturas
Afromestizas 575Museo de las Culturas
Populares 786Museo de las Momias
652Museo de los Altos de
Chiapas 363Museo de los Seris 768Museo de María Félix 772Museo de Minería 151Museo de Sarape 790Museo de Sitio
(Palenque) 384Museo de Títere 173Museo del Ámbar de
Chiapas 363Museo del Arte
Abstracto Manuel Felguérez 694
Museo del Café 351Museo del Calendario
638Museo del Calzado El
Borceguí 101Museo del Cuale 520Museo del Desierto 790Museo del Estanquillo 74Museo del Ferrocarril
(Puebla) 156Museo del Ferrocarril
(San Luis Potosí) 681 Museo del Juguete
Antiguo México 101Museo del Noreste 796Museo del Objeto del
Objeto 86Museo del Origen 506Museo del Tequila y el
Mezcal 74Museo del Vestido 227Museo del Virreinato
679 Museo el Boleo 720Museo El Cafétal Apan
225Museo Ex-Hacienda El
Lencero 224Museo Federico Silva
678-9 Museo Francisco Goitia
695
Museo Francisco Villa 785
Museo Franz Mayer 79Museo Frida Kahlo 95-6Museo Guillermo
Spratling 191Museo Histórico de San
Miguel de Allende 663
Museo Histórico del Oriente 180
Museo Histórico Naval 206
Museo Huichol 584Museo Iconográfico del
Quijote 650Museo Indígena
Huatápera 632Museo Interactivo de
Economía (MIDE) 73Museo José Alfredo
Jiménez 660 Museo José Luis Bello y
González 158Museo José Luis Cuevas
77Museo Loyola 761Museo Manuel M. Ponce
695 Museo Memoria y
Tolerancia 79Museo Mirador El Fuerte
751Museo Morelense de
Arte Popular 183-4Museo Mulegé 722Museo Nacional de
Arquitectura 78Museo Nacional de Cul-
turas Populares 96Museo Nacional de la
Máscara 679 Museo Nacional de la
Muerte 673 Museo Nacional de la
Revolución 81Museo Nacional de las
Culturas 75Museo Nacional del
Virreinato 141Museo Pantaleón
Panduro 585Museo Rafael Coronel
693 Museo Regional de
Durango 786Museo Regional de
Guadalajara 581-2Museo Regional de Gua-
najuato Alhóndiga de Granaditas 649-50
Museo Regional de Historia 675
Museo Regional de la Cerámica 585
Museo Regional de las Culturas de Occidente 606
Museo Regional de Nayarit 511
Museo Regional de Tlaxcala 169
Museo Regional Michoacano 612
Museo Regional Potosino 679
Museo Regional (Querétaro) 639
Museo Robert Brady 183Museo Rufino Tamayo
427Museo Salvador
Ferrando 246Museo Textil de Oaxaca
427Museo Tuxteco 247Museo Universitario de
Artes Populares 609Museo Universitario de
Ciencias 95Museo Vivo de Artes y
Tradiciones Populares 169
Museo y Casa de Diego Rivera (Guanajuato) 649
Museo y Centro Cultural Menonita 753
Museo Zacatecano 694Other Face of Mexico
Gallery 663 Palacio de Gobierno 608Palacio de Hierro 233Papalote Museo del Niño
90-1, 185Parque-Museo La Venta
416Postal Museum 73
music 620, 824-6cumbia 826danzón 826festivals 773, 825música tropical 826 norteño 825ranchera 825
NNahá 392national parks & reserves
840-2, see also parks & gardens, wildlife reserves
Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Cuatrociénegas 793
886
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national parks & reserves continued
Cerro de Venado 249Parque de Aventura
Barrancas del Cobre 756-7
Parque Ecológico Chipinque 800
Parque Marine Nacional Bahía de Loreto 724
Parque Nacional Constitución de 1857 714-15
Parque Nacional Desi-erto de los Leones 99
Parque Nacional El Chico 152-4
Parque Nacional Grutas de Cacahuamilpa 195-6
Parque Nacional Isla Contoy 271
Parque Nacional Lagunas de Chacahua 468-9
Parque Nacional Sierra San Pedro Mártir 715
Parque Nacional Volcán Nevado de Colima 610-12
Parque Punta Sur 279-80Reserva de la Biosfera
El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar 767
Reserva de la Biosfera El Triunfo 408
Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada 408-9
Reserva de la Biosfera Los Tuxtlas 252-3, 253
Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla 417
Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún 317
Reserva de la Biosfera Sian Ka’an 292-3
Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de la Laguna 734
Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda 647
Reserva Ecológica de Nanciyaga 252
Reserva Mariposa Monarca 18, 621-3, 18
Sierra de Álamos-Río Cuchujaqui Flora & Fauna Protection Area 771
Nevado de Toluca 199newspapers 850Northern Central Highlands
60, 636-99, 637accommodations 636climate 636food 636highlights 637, 637history 637-8travel seasons 636travel to/from 638travel within 638
Northern Mexico 60, 743, 744-5
accommodations 743climate 743food 743highlights 744-5, 744-5safe travel 746-7travel seasons 743travel to/from 747
Nuevo Casas Grandes 783-4
Nuevo Cine Mexicano 826
OOaxaca state 12, 59, 419-
90, 420-1, 14accommodations 419art 428climate 419food 419, 42highlights 420-1, 420-1history 422travel seasons 419
Oaxaca City 12, 422-43, 424-5, 13
accommodations 432-5activities 429courses 429-31drinking 438-9emergencies 441entertainment 439-40events 431-2 festivals 431-2food 435-8internet access 441medical services 441nightlife 438-9 shopping 440-1sights 422-7tourist information 441tours 431travel to/from 442-3travel within 443
Ocosingo 377-8Ocotlán 450-1
olive ridley turtles 407, 469, 544, see also turtles
Olmecs 805opening hours 852organized crime 802-3Orizaba 232-5Orozco, José Clemente
582, 823Oxkintok 320
PPachuca 150-2painting 822-4palaces
Palacio de Atetelco 149Palacio de Bellas
Artes 77Palacio de Cortés 182-3Palacio de Gobierno
(Aguascalientes) 675 Palacio de Gobierno
(Mérida) 304Palacio de Gobierno
(Morelia) 613Palacio de Gobierno
(Oaxaca City) 422-3Palacio de Gobierno
(San Luis Potosí) 679 Palacio de Iturbide 74Palacio de Justicia 613Palacio de Minería 73Palacio de
Quetzalpapálotl 148-9Palacio de Tepantitla 149Palacio de Tetitla 149Palacio Municipal
(Mérida) 304Palacio Nacional 70Palacio Postal 73
Palenque 11, 380-90, 382, 384-5, 10-11, 36-7
PAN 816Papantla 238-40parks & gardens
Alameda Central 78Bosque Cuauhtémoc
614Bosque de Chapultepec
86-7, 90-1Cosmovitral Jardín
Botánico 196-7Ex-Hacienda San Gabriel
de Barrera 650Jardín Botánico
(Mexicon City) 90Jardín Botánico Clavijero
220Jardín Botánico de
Acapulco 565Jardín Botánico de
Vallarta 520
Jardín Botánico Dr Alfredo Barrera Marín 273
Jardín Botánico El Charco del Ingenio 662
Jardín de la Bombilla 93Jardín Etnobotánico
426-7Jardín Juárez (Cuernavaca) 182Los Cazos 606Museo y Jardín de
Orquideas 225Parque Alameda 233Parque Ecológico
Macuiltépetl 219Parque Ecológico Paso
Coyol 228Parque España 85Parque Fundidora 797Parque Madero 351Parque México 85Parque Miguel Hidalgo
225Parque-Museo La Venta
416Parque Nacional Barranca
del Cupatitzio 632Parque Paseo de los
Lagos 219Parque Revolución 583Parque Santa Lucía 304Paseo Santa Lucía 797Quinta Fernando Schmoll
645Villa Luz 417Viveros de Coyoacán 97
Parque de Aventura Barrancas del Cobre 756-7
Parque Marine Nacional Bahía de Loreto 724
Parque Nacional Con-stitución de 1857 714-15
Parque Nacional Grutas de Cacahuamilpa 195-6
Parque Nacional Sierra San Pedro Mártir 715
Parras 791-3Parroquia de San Miguel
Arcángel 662, 7 Partido Acción Nacional
816Partido Revolucionario
Institucional Pasaje Rodríguez 24Pátzcuaro 624-9, 626Paz, Octavio 827-8photography 852Pico de Orizaba 17, 235-6,
17, 837
Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
887IN
DEX P
- SPie de la Cuesta 561-2Pirámide de la Luna 12, 147 Pirámide del Sol 12, 147, 12 Pitiquito 769planning 22-3, see also
individual regionscalendar of events 30-3children 54-6food 42-7highlights 8-9, 8-9itineraries 34-41Mexico’s regions 57-60repeat visitors 24travel to/from Mexico
858-60travel within Mexico
860-4visiting ruins 48-53
plants 840Playa Colola 544Playa del Carmen 275-
9, 276Playa Delfines 467Playa Escobilla 469Playa La Ticla 544Playa Maruata 544-5Playa Ventura 574-5Playa Zicatela 463Playas de Rosarito 709-10plazas
Gran Plaza (Monterrey) 795
Jardín de la Marimba 351Parque Castillo 233Parque de 21 de Mayo
228Parque Juárez 218Plaza 31 de Marzo 362Plaza 400 Años 795-6Plaza (Chiapa de Corzo)
356Plaza Cívica 351Plaza de Armas
(Chihuahua) 781Plaza de Armas
(Durango) 786Plaza de Armas
(Guadalajara) 581-3 Plaza de la Liberación
583Plaza de las Tres
Culturas 98Plaza de los Mariachis
583Plaza de Santa
Veracruz 79Plaza Garibaldi 74Plaza Gertrudis
Bocanegra 625Plaza Guadalajara 582
Plaza Hidalgo & Jardín Centenario 96
Plaza Juárez (Mexico City) 79
Plaza Miguel Hidalgo 645
Plaza Morelos 614Plaza San Jacinto 93Plaza Santa Catarina 97Plaza Santo Domingo 75Plaza Tapatía 583Plaza Tolsá 73Plaza Vasco de Quiroga
624Zócalo (Mexico City)
66-7Zócalo (Papantla) 238Zócalo (Veracruz City)
206Pochutla 469-70Popocatépetl 166-7population 803Posada Barrancas 755-6Posada, José Guadalupe
819postal services 853pre-Hispanic sites 48-53,
51, 48-9, 50PRI 815-16Progreso 319-20public holidays 853public transportation 864Puebla 154-63, 156-7Pueblos Mancomunados
452-4, 446-7Puerto Ángel 470-1Puerto Arista 407Puerto Escondido 456-67,
456-7, 463, 14Puerto López Mateos 726Puerto Morelos 273-5Puerto Nuevo 710Puerto Peñasco 765-8Puerto San Carlos 726-7Puerto Vallarta 518-34,
519, 524-5accommodations 523-7activities 521courses 522drinking 530-2entertainment 532events 523 festivals 523food 528-30medical services 533nightlife 530-2 shopping 532sights 518-20tourist information 533tours 522-3
travel to/from 533travel within 533-4
pulque 834Punta Allen 293Punta de Mita 517-18Punta Lobos 742Punta Villa Rica 244-5pyramids 25-6, 821, see
also archaeological sites
Chula Zona Arqueológica 163-4
El Castillo 323, 325, 325, 325
La Ferrería 789Pirámide de la Luna
12, 147Pirámide de los Nichos
241-2Pirámide de
Quetzalcóatl 186Pirámide de Tepozteco
177Pirámide del Sol 12,
147, 12
QQuerétaro 638-45, 640-1Querétaro state 638-48Quiahuiztlán 244Quintana Roo 255-300
Rrabies 850rafting 29
Bahías de Huatulco 483Jalcomulco 226Las Nubes 398Mazunte 477
railways 747-50, see also Ferrocarril Chihuahua Pacífico
Real de Catorce 684-9, 687 Real del Monte 153Reforma Agraria 397-8religion 803, 818-19Reserva de la Biosfera
El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar 767
Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de la Laguna 734
Reserva de la Biosfera Los Tuxtlas 252-3, 253
reserves, see national parks & reserves
Ribera Costa Azul 408-9Río Bec 346Río de Sonora Valley 769Río Lagartos 332-3Rio Verde 691
Rivera, Diego 80, 823collections 92, 233frescoes 76murals 70, 77, 91, 96, 183museums 78-9, 93,
219, 649rivers & lakes
Lago Arareko 761Lago de Chapala 601-5Lago de Pátzcuaro 629Lagos de Montebello
404-6Laguna Catemaco 250,
252Laguna de
Sontecomapan 252-3Laguna Encantada 249Laguna Manialtepec
467-8Laguna Miramar
399-402robbery 853rock climbing
Cerro de Metates 244Parque de Aventura
Barrancas del Cobre 756
rodeos 596, 820Rosario 496Rulfo, Juan 827-8Ruta del Vino 706Ruta Puuc 315-16
SSacred Cenote 15, 325,
326, 15, 325safety 746-7, 765, 850,
853-4Salina Cruz 488Saltillo 790-1San Agustín Etla 452San Agustinillo 474-6San Andrés Tuxtla 248-50San Bartolo Coyotepec
449-50San Blas 507-11, 508-9San Carlos 770-1San Cristóbal de las Casas
15, 358-73, 360-1, 374, 15
accommodations 365-8courses 364drinking 370entertainment 370-1events 365 festivals 365food 368-9medical services 372nightlife 370 shopping 371-2
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sights 359-63tourist information 372tours 364-5, 374travel to/from 372-3travel within 373
San Francisco 514-15San Ignacio 718-19San José del Cabo 734-6,
735San José del Pacífico 451San Juan Chamula 374-5San Juan de Alima 543San Lorenzo Zinacantán
375San Luis Potosí 678-84,
680 San Luis Potosí State
678-91 San Martín Tilcajete 450San Miguel de Allende 661-
71, 664-5, 2-3 San Miguel de Cozumel
279, 281-2, 283, 282San Patricio-Melaque 535-6Santa Anna 813 Santa Elena 313-14Santa Muerte 820Santa Rosalía 720-1Santiago Apoala 455Santiago Tuxtla 247-8Santo Domingo 413Santuario de Atotonilco
672-3 Santuario de la Cruz
Parlante 293Sayulita 515-17scorpion bites 850sculpture 822-4Selva Lacandona 392, 394shaman 250shopping 27, see also
individual regionslanguage 868
Sierra de San Francisco 719-20
Sierra Gorda Missions 647-8
Sierra Norte 452-4Síijil Noh Há 24Sima de las Cotorras 355sinkholes, see cenotesSiqueiros, David Alfaro 823slang (Mexican Spanish)
870
smoking 850snake bites 850snorkeling, see diving &
snorkelingsoccer, see fútbolSoledad de Maciel 560-1Spanish language 865-74spas 25spider monkeys 4sportfishing 497, 551, 566-7stand-up paddleboarding
515, 547, 38Sumidero Canyon 357surfing 28-9
Baja 741Barra de la Cruz 487Barra de Nexpa 545Boca de Pascuales 542-3Chacala 513Concepción Bamba 489Ensenada 710Isla Cozumel 281Isla de Todos Santos 710Ixtapa 549Mazatlán 496Oaxaca 459Pie de la Cuesta 561Playa La Ticla 544Puerto Escondido 457-8San Agustinillo 474San Blas 508Sayulita 515Todos Santos 741Troncones 546-8
swimmingAkumel 285Cuatro Ciénegas 794Laguna Bacalar 296, 16Monterrey 794Parras 792Progreso 319Puerto Morelos 273Tulum 290, 292Valladolid 330Yucatán Peninsula 254
TTabasco 58, 414-18, 348-9
climate 347highlights 348, 416-17,
348-9travel seasons 347
Talismán 414Talking Cross, Shrine to
the 293tamales 831, 45Tamayo, Rufino 823Tankah 284
Tapachula 409-12, 410Tapalpa 605-6Tapijulapa 417Tarahumara people 754,
762Taxco 190-5, 192taxes 846, 852taxis 864Tecolutla 242-3Tehuantepec 488Telapo 604telephone services 20, 21,
854-5temples 25-6
Templo de las Inscripciones 382, 10-11
Templo de los Guerreros 325, 327, 325
Tenochtitlán 808Teotihuacán 12, 146-50,
805, 148, 12Teotitlán del Valle 446-7Tepic 511-12Teposcolula 454-5Tepotzotlán 141-4Tepoztlán 176-80, 177tequila 29, 602-3, 833-4
distilleries 601, 766Tequila 601Tequisquiapan 645-6textiles 371, 632, 828-9theft 853thermal baths
Aconchi 769Aguas Termales Reko-
wata (Creel) 761Cuautla 180Ixtapan de la Sal 202Maguarachi 761San Miguel de Allende
672Tijuana 702-8, 704, 38-9time 20, 855-6Tingambato 634-5tipping 23, 852Tlacolula 447Tlacotalpan 245-7Tlaxcala 167-71, 168tlayudas 831, 14 Tócuaro 631Todos Santos 740-2Toltecs 807Toluca 196-9Tonalá 406-7Toniná 378-9tortillas 831, 14tourist information 856tourist permits 856-7
toursÁlamos 772-3Bonampak 391Campeche 337Cañada de la Virgen 672 Cancún 260Celestún 317Creel 757-8Ixtapa 549Laguna de la Media
Luna 691 Los Cabos Corridor 737Malinalco 201Mazatlán 497Mérida 305Mexico City 102Oaxaca City 431Pachuca 151Palenque 386Playa del Carmen 277Puebla 158Puerto Escondido 460Puerto Vallarta 522-3San Blas 508-9San Luis Potosí 681 San Miguel de Allende
665-6San Patricio-Melaque
535Tlaxcala 170Toluca 197Troncones 547Tulum 288Xpuhil 345Zihuatanejo 551-2
towersEstela de Luz 85Torre BBVA Bancomer 85Torre Latinoameri-
cana 75Torre Mayor 84-5
train travel 864transportation
language 862travel to/from Mexico
858-60travel within Mexico
860-4Tres Zapotes 248Troncones 546-8Tubutama 769Tula 144-6Tulum 286-90, 287, 288-
9, 35, 50turtles 242, 407, 408, 469,
544, 838Tuxpan 236-8Tuxtla Gutiérrez 350-5,
352-3
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typhoid 850Tzintzuntzan 631
Uultramarathons 754Unión Juárez 413universities
Ciudad Universitaria 93-5
Universidad de Guanajuato 652
urbanization 817-18, 843Ures 769Urique 753-5Uruapan 631-4Uxmal 310-13, 312, 26
Vvacations 853vaccinations 850Valladolid 328-31, 329Valle de Bravo 199-201Valle de Etla 451-2Valle de Guadalupe 706Valle de las Ranas y los
Hongos 760Valle de los Monjes 760Valle de Tlacolula 445-9Valle de Zimatlán 449-51Valles Centrales 443-52,
446-7vegans 833vegetarians 833Velázquez de León,
Josefina 834Veracruz 58, 203-53
accommodations 203climate 203food 203highlights 204, 204history 205travel seasons 203
Veracruz City 205-16, 208-9
Villa del Oeste 789Villa, Francisco ‘Pancho’
780, 814-15Villahermosa 414-18Villa Rica 244Vive Latino 825visas 20, 856-7, 858voladores 239, 242, 584volcanoes 767, 836
Cerro del Pinacate 767Iztaccíhuatl 166-7La Malinche 173Popocatépetl 166-7Volcán Ceboruco 512
Volcán de Fuego 610Volcán Nevado de
Colima 611Volcán Paricutín 17,
635, 17Volcán Tacaná 413
Volcán Paricutín 17, 635, 17volunteering 242, 431,
472, 857
Wwater 850waterfalls
Agua Azul 379Cascada Bola de Oro
225Cascada Cola de la
Serpiente 455Cascada Cusárare
(Creel) 761Cascada de Basaseachi
761Cascada de las
Golondrinas 392Cascada de Texolo 227Cascada de Tamul
690, 16Cascada de Tzaráracua
634Cascada del Salto 174Cascada Wejlib-Já
391-2El Aguacero 355El Chiflón 402-3El Salto 605Huasteca Potosina 690 Las Brisas 174Misol-Ha 379Salto de Eyipantla 249
weather 20, 30-3, see also individual regions
weights 850Western Central Highlands
59, 576-635, 578-9climate 576food 576highlights 578, 578-9history 577travel seasons 576
whales 720, 839whale-watching
Ensenada 711Guerrero Negro 717Isla Holbox 272La Paz 727-8Parque Nacional Isla
Contoy 271Puerto Escondido 458Puerto López Mateos 726Puerto San Carlos 726-7
wildlife 838-40wildlife reserves, see
also national parks & reserves, parks & gardens
Cocodrilario 548El Refugio de Potosí
559-60wildlife-watching 29
Guerrero Negro 717La Paz 727-8La Ventana 732-3La Ventanilla 479Parque Nacional Sierra
San Pedro Mártir 715Playa Colola 544Playa Delfines 467Playa Escobilla 469Playa Ventura 574-5Puerto Escondido 458Puerto Peñasco 766Puerto Vallarta 522Punta Lobos 742Reserva Mariposa
Monarca 18, 621-3, 18San Agustinillo 474Xcacel-Xcacelito 284
windsurfing 733wine 793, 835wineries
Parras 793Ruta del Vino 706Valle de Guadalupe 706Vinícola L.A. Cetto 703
women travelers 857woodwork 829World Heritage sites
Campeche 333-9Guanajuato 648-58Instituto Cultural de
Cabañas 583Morelia 612-21Paquimé 784Reserva de la Biosfera
El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar 767
Reserva Mariposa Monarca 18, 621-3, 18
Sierra de San Francisco 719-20
Sierra Gorda Missions 647-8
Teotihuacán 12, 146-50, 805, 148, 12
Tequila 601Tlacotalpan 245-7Xochicalco 186Xochimilco 92Yagul 447-8Zacatecas 691-9, 692
wrestling 820
XXalapa 217-24, 218-9Xcacel-Xcacelito 284Xcalak 295Xico 226-42Xochicalco 186Xochimilco 92Xochitécatl 171-3Xpujil 345-6Xtacumbilxunaan 342-3
YYagul 447-8Yanhuitlán 454-5Yaxchilán 390-1, 396-7,
396yellow fever 850yoga
Puerto Escondido 459San Cristóbal de las
Casas 364Zihuatanejo 551
Yohualichán 176Yucatán Peninsula 58, 254-
335, 256-7climate 254food 254highlights 256-7history 255
Yucatán state 300-33
ZZacatecas 691-9, 692 Zacatecas state 691-699 Zapata, Emiliano 181, 814Zapatistas 364Zempoala 216-17Zihuatanejo 550-9, 552-3zip-lining
El Chiflón 403Las Nubes 398Parque de Aventura
Barrancas del Cobre 756
Urique 755Zipolite 471-4Zitácuaro 623-4Zócalo (Mexico City) 66-7Zona de Montaña 605-7Zona Maco 823zoos
Cocodrilario 507Parque-Museo La Venta
414Zoológico de
Chapultepec 90Zoológico Miguel Álvarez
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Anna KaminskiThe Mexican Way of Life, Directory, Transportation Anna’s love affair with Mexico began in 1999, when she crossed the land border to Tijuana; she liked the merry chaos so much that she ended up backpacking all the way down to Cabo San Lu-cas. Since then, she’s put her university background in Latin American history and culture to good use, coming back on many occasions to teach English in Oaxaca, visit every major ancient ruin in the country, learn to surf in Sayulita, criss-cross the
country by bus, ride the country’s only train and travel far and wide in search of the perfect fish taco. Anna tweets at @ACKaminski. Anna also contributed to the Plan Your Trip chapters of this edition.
Tom MastersCopper Canyon & Northern Mexico Tom has had an extended love affair with Mexico ever since working in the jungle of Chiapas as a documentary producer in 2005. Since then he has lived in Mexico City and written widely about many dif-ferent parts of the country for Lonely Planet. In writing the monster Copper Can-yon & Northern Mexico chapter, Tom particularly found himself loving Álamos, Parras and Monterrey’s reinvigorated Barrio Antiguo, as well as finally getting to
do the Copper Canyon Railway. You can find Tom online at www.tommasters.net.
Josephine QuinteroBaja California Josephine was married for many years to a Mexican American with a large extended family, leading to a healthy exposure to mariachi music and mar-garitas. She made frequent trips over the border from her home in San Diego and continues to be enthralled by the heady mix of vibrant culture, wonderful people, fabulous food and all that history. Josephine now lives in Andalucía, Spain. A high-light of this trip was discovering the fabulous urban art in downtown Tijuana.
Read more about Josephine at lonelyplanet.com/members/josephinequintero
Brendan SainsburyWestern Central Highlands An expat Brit now living near Vancouver, Canada, Brendan first went to Mexico in the 1990s on an ill-conceived long-distance bike ride from Veracruz to Mexico City. Having survived manic driving, thin air and a minor earthquake, he went back in 2004 to get married on a Pacific beach. This book is his second Mexican sojourn for Lonely Planet, although he has also re-searched and written guides to Cuba, Spain, Peru and Jamaica. When not climb-
ing youthful volcanoes or searching for enlightenment in pre-Hispanic ruins, Brendan likes relaxing with his flamenco guitar, watching Dr Who and following the exploits of Southampton Football Club.
Andy SymingtonCentral Pacific Coast Australian and based in Spain, Andy is a widely experienced guidebook author who has written or co-written more than 100 titles with Lonely Planet and other publishers. Latin America is one of his life passions: on this trip he revelled in the superb Pacific coast seafood and tried to catch as many sun-sets as possible from just beyond the breakers.
Phillip TangMexico City, Around Mexico City A degree in Latin American studies brought Phillip Tang to these shores, and over a decade later he calls Mexico City home, between stints living in Sydney and London. He writes about travel on his two loves, Asia and Latin America, and has contributed to Lonely Planet’s guides to China, Japan, Korea, Peru and Mexico. Find his Mexico Insta-photos from this visit through philliptang.co.uk.
Lucas Vidgen Chiapas & Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula Lucas first visited Mexico back in 2002, breezing through the Yucatán long enough to be captivated by the lush scenery and irresistible food. Later he moved to Guatemala, which served as a good base for exploring Chiapas and the rest of the Mundo Maya. Lucas has contributed to a variety of Lonely Planet titles, mostly in Central and South America. Back home he publishes – and very occasionally works on – Quetzaltenango’s leading night-
life magazine, XelaWho (www.xelawho.com).
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OUR WRITERSJohn Noble Oaxaca John has been making extended trips to Mexico for over three decades and has had a big hand in every edition of this guide since edition 3, wandering from Tijuana to Chetumal and many, many places in between. He’s climbed volcanoes, boated down jungle rivers, explored the barrios of Mexico City and understood why Oaxacans revere mezcal, and he’s already looking forward to the next trip. Originally from England’s Ribble Valley, John has lived
for 20 years in the land of Mexico’s old colonial masters, Spain.John also wrote Mexico Today, History, The Arts, Landscapes & Wildlife, Exploring Mexico’s Ancient Ruins and several other Plan Your Trip chapters.
Kate ArmstrongNorthern Central Highlands As Australian as a kangaroo, but a Latina (she believes) in a former life, Kate visits Mexico regularly. Covering the silver cities for the fifth time for Lonely Planet, she headed to festivals, hiked gorges in Sierra Gorda, and ate kilos of gorditas (filled dough pockets). She plunged over, in and under every waterfall in the Huasteca Potosina, and talked, danced and ate her way through the magic of Mexico. She is a freelance travel writer; see www.
katearmstrongtravelwriter.com and twitter @nomaditis. Kate also contributed to The Mexican Kitchen chapter and several Plan Your Trip chapters.
Stuart ButlerVeracruz Stuart first traveled to Mexico in the late 1990s as part of a longer trip through Latin America. Mexico stood out for him thanks to its heady mix of beaches, wildlife, surf, mountains and a rich culture, and he has since made a number of repeat visits. Hailing from southwest England Stuart now lives on the beautiful beaches of southwest France, close to the Spanish border, with his wife and young son and daughter. He is also the co-author of many Spain-
based Lonely Planet books.
John HechtYucatán Peninsula John has spent more than 20 years down Mexico way, during which time he has contributed to numerous editions of Lonely Planet’s Mexico and Central America books. Among the most recent titles, he has worked on the past two editions of LP’s Cancún, Cozumel & the Yucatán. He also wrote and produced a series of short-form videos in the Yucatán for Lonely Planet TV. Mom is starting to give up hope that he’ll ever return to the good ol’ USA.
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