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Vacation in Mexico : Highlights & Travel Tips
Mexico is a richly varied destination that draws travelers with its blend of ancient history, vibrant culture, dramatic landscapes, and world-famous cuisine. From the turquoise Caribbean waters of the Riviera Maya to the colonial streets of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, the country offers experiences for nearly every style of trip. What makes Mexico especially memorable is the way archaeological wonders, lively city life, traditional markets, and beach escapes all exist within easy reach, giving visitors a chance to experience both deep cultural heritage and laid-back coastal beauty.
Highlights include exploring Maya and Aztec sites such as Chichén Itzá and Teotihuacán, tasting regional dishes like tacos al pastor, mole, and fresh ceviche, and enjoying destinations such as Mexico City, Oaxaca, Cancún, Puerto Vallarta, and Los Cabos. Travelers can snorkel in cenotes, watch sunsets over the Pacific, join local festivals, and shop for handmade crafts in colorful artisan towns. For practical planning, Spanish is helpful though widely visited areas are tourist-friendly, intercity buses are often comfortable and affordable, and it is wise to use official transport, carry cash for smaller businesses, stay aware of regional safety guidance, and pack for varied climates depending on whether you are heading to beaches, highland cities, or desert regions.
Best time to travel Mexico
The best time to visit Mexico is from January through April, with January and February standing out as the strongest months based on popularity data. This period generally offers pleasant weather in many regions, making it ideal for combining city sightseeing, cultural travel, and beach time before the hotter and rainier months later in the year.
All travel reports from Mexico
Palenque - a Mayan metropolis/Palenque - a Mayan city
In the middle of the jungle in Chiapas are the ruins of a once powerful Mayan dynasty. Given the size of the ruins, it's hard to believe that only a fraction has been uncovered....
The adventure begins
We've been looking forward to the 29.01.2017 for a long time, suffering through the scientific work and the first state examination at the university for months last year. We...
Tulum - Part 1
After Chichén Itzá, we headed to Tulum. After a 3-hour bus ride, we arrived at our hostel, Quintana Roots. It's a really great hostel, I can highly recommend it. Day 1:...
10 days sea view
The craftsman actually showed up at 8:30 a.m. with an old Mustang, took photos everywhere and unpacked his tools. The two cleaning people also came, as promised. I went out with...
Museum of the Mummies of Guanajuato
Out of respect for the deceased and because I myself have mixed feelings about the topic, I will not post my photos here. However, if you still want to get an insight, you can...
Guanajuato 2
The older taxi driver from Irapuato drove towards Guanajuato. Or so I thought. He was driving pretty fast and the whole taxi smelled like smoke. After a while, we stopped at...
Mexico City - 3rd Day
Today was my day of museums. I started in the morning with the Templo Mayor, the excavation site of an Aztec temple complex that emerged in the 14th and 15th centuries in the...
Picturesque Puebla
A week ago on Sunday, I landed in Mexico City. I spent seven days in the 10-million metropolis without feeling the urge to move on. I was already a regular guest at the hostel...
Welcome to the Jungle
When a tour guide offered to give us a tour of the jungle and we politely declined, he rudely replied: 'No guide, no fun!' With those words in mind, we set off to explore....
San Cristobal ... Insights
Wake up relaxed, hostel coffee, a short chat with the roommates and then at 11 am for the city tour... my schedule for Saturday was quite straightforward. The weather was also...
Night bus to Puerto Escondido
Another travel day. Andy and I had bought bus tickets from Oaxaca to Puerto Escondido at a special price of 460 Pesos, 23 Euros for a ten-hour journey. We said a heartfelt...
Zapotec Heritage
My new travel guide in German language, dog-eared but still current (2020), would save me a lot of time in the future. Instead of long discussions about the country and its...
Architecture between colonial times and commercial hypermodernity
Tidy, polished, organized ... Guadalajara could be perfectly described in these bourgeois categories. Maybe it was also because of the holidays. The shops were closed,...
Tag 284 - spontaneous extension on Cozumel
Happy New Year to all of you ☺️ Yesterday we had a really nice evening! We ate, drank, laughed, danced and met a nice couple from the USA ☺️ At 3 o'clock in the morning we got...
Day 282 - Shore dive at sunset beach bar
Hellooooo everyone Our day started as usual - relaxing on the balcony ☺️ At around 12 o'clock, we went to the 'Sunset beach bar' and had two delicious burritos ☺️ After the...
The flight of the pelican
On December 28th, our destination was the small town, surfer and hippie enclave of Sayulita, about 50km north of PV. Andy and I started the day well-rested, but due to holiday...
Tag 280 - Cozumel
Hellooooo dear ones!We have added the events of last evening to yesterday's blog post. It was so amazing that we wanted to note everything under the correct tag ☺️ Empty spaces...
PV stands for Puerto Vallarta
Without a program, without a job, I started the day. Breakfast at the hostel, there were pancakes, cornflakes, and coffee. The kitchen and common room are pleasantly cool, no...
Tag 274 - Becán Ruins
Hello everyone Today our day started again at 7:30 am, but much colder than the previous days. It really cools down at night here! Yesterday, we planned to go to the lagoon by...
Tag 270 - Hello Mexico 🇲🇽
Hello dear ones! Unbelievable, but we are also back after a very long blog break ☺️ A lot has changed - with us and in the whole world. We were very lucky because we now have...
Departure and arrival in the states
Before our departure to the States, we are nervous. Have we thought of everything? Will it work with the antigen test, ESTA, and our luggage? So it's not surprising that we...
Our new second home - Mérida!
Next up was Mérida. We started our trip to the capital of Yucatán without any big expectations. Originally planned for just one night, our stay turned into nearly 3.5 weeks -...
Mexico City, Historic Center
Surely in the historic center of Mexico City, there are more beautiful cover images than the one I chose. During the city tour, I was made aware of this building. It used to be...
The adventure vacation continues
After Monday morning everything went according to plan (flight status: as planned), we started the day relaxed and visited the beautiful Botanical Garden in Xalapa, which...
Mexican Caribbean
As already mentioned, I was down for a few days and still not completely recovered. Not much happened during these days, I slept a lot and watched movies and ate snacks and...
Tacos, Tacos, Tacos
Day 3 - After Mila (yes, the dog here has the same name as me. It's a running joke) woke me up with her barking at 8 o'clock, I was greeted with a nice breakfast. And what else...
New Year's Eve - Mexico or Dubai?
Every year shortly after Christmas, many people ask themselves the question: 'What am I going to do on New Year's Eve? We also answered this question a few weeks in advance this...
Day 11: Million Dollar Quartet
This morning we arrived in Costa Maya, Mexico. There were two other ships present with us. Since the excursion to the Mayan temples is not until tomorrow, Friday, we had almost...
Isla Holbox - Relaxing on the beach and hostel life in the 10-bed dorm
Our last stop of the Mexico trip was Isla Holbox, a small island about 200km north of Cancun. Here we wanted to just relax and do nothing for the last four days. After detours -...