Top Destinations in Mexico

Baja California

Baja California is best known for its Grey whale-watching, as thousands migrate each January to its Pacific shores.

Campeche

Campeche is Mexico's only walled city, with colourful Spanish architecture, imposing forts and old cobbled streets.

Cancun

Cancun is a popular Caribbean resort and is also the main airport for international flights into the Yucatan.

Large flock of bright pink flamingos wading in the shallow waters of the Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, Mexico.

Celestún

On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, Celestún's large nature reserve is home to thousands of pink flamingos.

The main temple at Chicanna archaeological site, surrounded by jungle, featuring intricate Maya stucco decorations.

Chicanná & Calakmul

These lesser visited Mayan archaeological sites are located close together in dense jungle, in the state of Campeche.

Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza is a world-famous Mayan archaeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula. It is remarkably well-preserved.

Costa Careyes

Costa Careyes is an exclusive private resort, with an unspoiled eight-mile-stretch of idyllic Pacific Coast.

Copper Canyon

The Copper Canyon in north-west Mexico offers some of its most breathtaking landscapes, best explored by train.

Tranquil courtyard with colonial arches, potted plants, and stone flooring at a traditional hacienda in the Yucatan, Mexico.

Haciendas of the Yucatan

Explore the Yucatan from a traditional hacienda, steeped in colonial heritage and set within extensive gardens.

Holbox

Holbox is a quiet car free island off the coast of northern Yucatan, an oasis of peace with an abundance of natural attractions.

Isla Mujeres

Across the bay from Cancun, Isla Mujeres is great for strolling between quiet beaches and enjoying stunning sunsets.

Manzanillo

Manzanillo's miles of peaceful pristine golden beaches are some of the most beautiful on the Pacific coast.

Horse-drawn carriages line the front of the bright yellow Convent of San Antonio de Padua in Izamal, Yucatan, Mexico.

Merida

Mérida is the capital of the Yucatan, a vibrant city with Mayan and colonial heritage, surrounded by sisal haciendas.

Mexico City

Mexico's capital is dynamic and cosmopolitan, with ancient pyramids and hillside colonial towns nearby.

Oaxaca

Oaxaca is an artistic city in south Mexico, noted for its indigenous culture, colonial heritage and Zapotec ruins.

Palenque

Set amid jungle in Chiapas State, the Palenque ruins show some of the highest levels of Mayan craftmanship in Mexico.

Playa del Carmen

With Caribbean beaches and lively night-life, Playa del Carmen is a great place to relax at the end of your trip.

Puebla

Close to Mexico City, laid-back Puebla offers exquisite cuisine and an abundance of impressive colonial architecture.

Puerto Vallarta

This laid-back resort town is surrounded by lush mountains, golden beaches and the warm Pacific ocean.

Riviera Maya

Secluded white sandy beaches and a crystal-clear turquoise green sea, home to wonderful resort hotels and magnificent Mayan pyramids.

Queretaro

Querataro is a popular starting or finishing point for those seeking to explore the colonial cities of central Mexico.

Cobbled street in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico, with colonial buildings, colourful facades, and locals walking.

San Cristobal & Sumidero Canyon

San Cristóbal is nestled in a fertile valley in south-east Mexico, amid pine forests, farmland and mountains.

San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel is a beautiful city, close to the capital, with classic colonial buildings and a towering cathedral.

Whitewashed colonial street with balconies, lanterns, and a distant church dome in Taxco, Mexico.

Taxco & Cuernavaca

These nearby attractive colonial cities offer a year-round temperate climate and easy access from the capital.

Tehuantepec

Tehuantepec links Oaxaca with San Cristobal, via the dry isthmus and lush mountains of the Chiapas state.

Tulum

Tulum is an ancient Mayan village surrounded by a defensive wall, perched on 15m high cliffs overlooking the sea.

Uxmal

Buried deep in tropical rainforest, Uxmal's large and impressive ruins are noted for their distinctive Puuc style.

Valladolid

Valladolid is a pleasant colonial city, a great base from which to explore the northern Yucatan away from the crowds.

Zihuatanejo

Laid-back Zihuatenejo is beloved for the pristine beaches of its bay, well-protected from open ocean.

Temple of Kukulcan pyramid at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, with cloudy blue sky and green grass foreground.

Yucatan Peninsula

A destination for everyone with colonial history, ancient Mayan sites, rainforest, wildlife and world class beach resorts.

Aerial view of Hotel Escondido, a luxury beachfront eco-hotel with white arched villas on the Oaxaca coast in Mexico.

Puerto Escondido

A laid-back resort on the Oaxana coastline, with stunning beaches, popular with surfers.

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Places to visit in Mexico