Places to Explore In Chiapas and Tabasco

Agua Azul

The series of waterfalls and crystalline blue pools at Agua Azul is breathtaking, especially during the dry season...

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Bonampak

The settlement was built on the banks of the Río Lacanjá in the 7th and 8th centuries and was uncovered in 1946...

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Chiapa de Corzo

Chiapa de Corzo has been designated one of Mexico’s Pueblos Mágicos (“magical towns”), communities of significant heritage. It has a lot more personality than neighboring...

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Comalcalco

Comalcalco, which was founded in about the 1st century BC, marks the westernmost reach of the Maya; descendants of its builders, the Chontal, still live...

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Izapa

A lesser-known archaeological site, just 15 minutes from Tapachula, on the road to Talismán, the Izapa ruins are said to provide a link between Olmec...

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Ocosingo

Although Ocosingo is on the tourist trail, most people pass right by on their way to San Cristóbal or Palenque. That's a shame, because Ocosingo...

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Palenque

Palenque's days as a sleepy little village are far behind. Locals have obliged the needs of travelers in search of the ruins at the Palenque...

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Paraiso

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Puerto Chiapas

Chiapas’s newest incarnation is that of a port of call, Mexico’s southernmost such facility. The large terminal with a pyramid-shape thatch roof at Puerto Chiapas...

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San Cristobal de las Casas

Remote and historically difficult to reach, San Cristóbal de las Casas has nevertheless been a well-trodden outpost on the Gringo Trail for decades. A modern...

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Tapachula

The southernmost city in Mexico, Tapachula lies at the center of the Soconusco mountain region, which extends down into southwestern Guatemala. Significant numbers of European...

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Tonina

Between San Cristóbal and Palenque, on a paved road running along the Río Jataté and through the Ocosingo Valley, is the ancient Mayan city of...

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Tuxtla Gutierrez

Balmy, booming, bustling Tuxtla Gutiérrez, population 600,000 and the state’s only true metropolis, will be a place you pass through on your way to San...

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Villahermosa

The capital city of Villahermosa epitomizes the development of Tabasco, where the airplane arrived before the automobile. Thanks to oil and the money it brought...

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Yaxchilan

Excavations at Yaxchilán (ya-shee-lan), on the banks of the Río Usumacinta, have uncovered stunning temples and delicate carvings. Spider monkeys and toucans are, at this...

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