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Mexico

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Exceptional Sights

- Palenque

- Teotihuacan

- Chichen Itza

Population: 107 Million

Capital: Mexico City

Currency: Peso

Language: Spanish

Size: 1,9 million sq km

Time Zone :UTC-6


	Archeology By the ocean, Maya site of Tulum Beautiful Los Cabos Scuba Diving Parque Marino Nacional Arrecifes de Cozumel

Cultural

Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico Public Markets (Xochimilco, La Merced,etc.), Paseo de la Reforma, Centro Cultural Universitario;
Cross the city of Mexico from North to South: Avenida Insurgentes.

Historical

Mexico City: Constitución , Metropolitana Cathedral, Palacio National, Templo Mayor, Plaza Santo Domingo,Templo de la Ensenanza, Palacio de Iturbide, Palacio de Correos, Palacio de Mineria, Alameda Park, Chapultepec Castle, Independence Monument on Reforma Ave.

More: Cacaxtla Wall Painting, Santuario de la Virgen de Ocotlan with baroque decorations
Capel of Templo de Santo Domingo of Puebla, San Cayetano de la Valenciana Church
Zacatecas Cathedral.

Museums

Kid’s Museum (Papalote Museo del Nino), Museo Universum (Science Museum), Cultural Mexican Centre of Toluca (three museums: modern art, popular culture and history), Templo Mayor Museum (site in Spanish), Traditional Medicine Museum, The walls painted by Diego Rivera of Secretaría de Educación Pública, Nacional de Arte Museum (site in Spanish), Museo Mural Diego Rivera and Diego Rivera Museum, Frida Kahlo Museum, Franz Mayer Museum, Museo Nacional de Antropologia and the Azteque Sun Stone, Museo de Arte Moderno, Museo Dolores Olmedo Patino, Museo Amparo of Puebla: pre-Columbian age artifacts, Museo Nacional del Virreinato (site in Spanish), Teatro Juarez of Guanajuato, Museo Pedro Coronel in Zacatecas, Museo Rafael Coronel, Museo de Guadalupe (site in Spanish), Antropologia Museum de Xalapa.

Archeological

Chichen Itza, Kabah and Uxmal in Puuc area, Teotihuacan, Xochicalco, Paquime, El Tajín, Mitla, Monte Alban, Palenque, Tulum, Yaxchilan.

Natural

Zoologico, Nevado de Toluca National Park, Basaseachi National Park, Canon del Sumidero National Park, Grutas de Cacahuamilpa.

Cities

Acapulco Bay, Cancun and its beaches, Huatulco Bays, Isla Mujeres, Cozumel, Mexico City, Puebla (site in Spanish) and historic centre, Queretaro and its aqueduc, Tepotzotlan, Guadalajara, Tequila (to visit how they make tequila), Guanajuato historic centre, Manzanillo, Puerto Vallarta on Banderas Bay, San Miguel de Allende, Mazatlan, Historic centre of Morelia, Cabo San Luca, Huasteca Potosina region, Oaxaca, Patzcuaro, San Cristobal de Las Casas, San Luis Potosi downtown area, Taxco, Zacatecas, Riviera Maya.

UNESCO

World Heritage sites of Mexico
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (1987)
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán (1987)
Historic Centre of Puebla (1987)
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque (1987)
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (1987)
Sian Ka'an (1987)
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines (1988)
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza (1988)
Historic Centre of Morelia (1991)
El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City (1992)
Historic Centre of Zacatecas (1993)
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (1993)
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (1993)
Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (1994)
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro (1996)
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal (1996)
Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara (1997)
Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (1998)
Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan (1998)
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco (1999)
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche (1999)
Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche (2002)
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro (2003)
Luis Barragán House and Studio (2004)
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2005)
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila (2006)

Sports

Snorkeling, Whitewater Rafting, Kayaking, Surfing, Golf, Sailing, Mountain Biking, etc.

Scuba Diving: Discover the impressive coral reefs of the Parque Marino Nacional Arrecifes de Cozumel, an ecological sanctuary in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the second largest coral reef system in the world. In the Sea of Cortez, which oceanographer Jacques Cousteau referred to as the aquarium of the world, you can admire the wide variety of marine life. Along the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, find old sunken ships. In the Yucatan Peninsula region, which has more than 60,000 meters of subterranean tunnels, you can take the plunge in underground rivers, sinkholes and caverns.

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