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Relive the romance of colonial Mexico at a hacienda hotel

Staying at a Mexican hacienda hotel is like being transported back in time. The casa principal or main house usually stands before an elegant garden ablaze with purple bougainvillea and red flam...

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Mexicasa: The Enchanting Inns and Haciendas of Mexico by Gina Hyams and Melba...

Gina Hyams and Melba Levick have created a wonderful compilation of photographs of twenty-one of Mexico's most spectacular and beautiful inns and bed and breakfast establishments. This one is a real...

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Moon Handbooks: Guadalajara by Bruce Whipperman

Here's a welcome addition to the growing library of Mexican guidebooks. It covers all the information you would expect, like motels, hotels, bed & breakfasts, restaurants, shopping, money exchange...

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Did you know? "The Bells of San Blas", Nayarit, Mexico

The author of the famous poem "The Bells of San Blas" had never ever visited the town. The San Blas that the poem refers to is in the state of Nayarit, on the Pacific coast. Today, it is a small town,...

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The renovation of Mexico City's Historic Center

Mexico City is one of the world's largest urban centers, and its population continues to grow at a rate unequaled by any other area in the nation. The Mexico City region has long been the center of eco...

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The Valley Of The Caves

Imagine living in an adobe home set into a cave halfway up the side of a mountain. Each morning you wake and look out on a vista of gleaming, craggy red rock reaching above forests of dark green pine t...

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Below Tulum

The vast majority of visitors to Cancun never make it south of Tulum. Yet to many, that's where the adventure starts. The relatively empty region south of Tulum is a delight to nature lovers, ruin buff...

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Navigating through the cyberspace signposts of Mexican history

Take a look at enough street signs in Mexico and soon you will be pondering the origin of their names. The country's urban geography provides a veritable "Who's Who" of Mexico's heroes and important an...

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Colonial Lake Pátzcuaro

Travelers who are interested in the history of this region of Michoacán will be well rewarded by a tour of the numerous picturesque villages bordering Lake Pátzcuaro. In addition to their authentic ...

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La Hacienda de Nogueras in Comala, Colima

La Hacienda de Nogueras is an elegantly restored hacienda hidden in the countryside of Colima. Six miles north of Colima City, it links the region's rich pre-Hispanic past with colonial and modern...

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Church Of Our Lord Of Villaseca

Cata, Guanajuato This is part of one wall of the church in Cata, near the town of Guanajuato.  When I visited in 1996, the walls were completely covered with exvotos to a height o...

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The Zapata Route In Morelos Part 2: His Heart Stopped Beating

Part 1 - The Land Was in His Heart   Zapata's Death  After leaving Museo Casa de Zapata your next stop in the Zapata Route is in Chinameca where he was shot. It's qui...

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Loreto and San Javier: from sun, sand and snorkeling to museums, missions...

These three towns in Baja California Sur, offer a relaxing alternative to the frenetic pace of life in the pricier and more touristy Los Cabos area. Loreto, Mulegé and Santa Rosalía are very differen...

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Zumpango: the guardians of a forgotten cemetery

"Magic realism" describes a style of Latin American writing where dreams and reality meet on equal footing in worlds lying ephemerally in between, poised to subvert back to the norm the very instant a ...

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Did you know? Mexico has five of the world's most endangered heritage sites

Five places in Mexico are on the list of the world's 100 most endangered heritage sites."The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is the foremost private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation o...

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South from Zacatecas: La Quemada archaeological site and Jerez, an...

Click for interactive map Two sites within an hour's drive south of Zacatecas make it well worthwhile to linger at least an extra day when visiting this splendid colonial treasure, described in a p...

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Did you know? The Sistine Chapel of Mexico

A small church in Michoacán has been called the "Sistine Chapel of the Americas".

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Visiting Zacatecas, a UNESCO World Heritage City

We follow a meandering street that twists and turns like the best of any Medieval European city. But that, in a way, is what Zacatecas is. A soft dusk has settled over the cobblestone streets of...

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Touring Mexico's Yucatan ruins

We took an early morning ferry from Cozumel to Playa Del Carmen. The warm wind and sea spray felt good on our frost bitten faces, fresh from Northern California. We had previously toured the Mayan rui...

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Busting ghosts at Xochicalco, Morelos: A UNESCO World Heritage Site

A ghostly aura emanates from the site - in part, perhaps, due to a lack of crowds. - The pyramid forms part of the archaeological zone of Xochicalco, which shimmers in heat and eerie solitude on a...

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