ity Guide

Globe Trekker: Ultimate Mexico

Planet Food: Mexico

Bazaar: Mexico City

 
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Festivals

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Collision of cultures and corn spirits at the Tarahumara Indian Feast

Worshipping Mexico's very own patron saint: Our Lady of Guadelupe

 
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Nature

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Escape the heat of Mexico City Punting ancient waterways in Xochimilco

 
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Culture

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Bloodshed & Pageantry: The Mexican art of bullfighting

 
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Beaches

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La Laguna San Ignacio in Baja California, a desert peninsula of unspoilt and tranquil beaches

Baja de Los Angeles, the Bay of Angels, one the most beautiful bays in the world

 
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Historic Sites

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Teotihuacán, a magnificent archaeological zone situated northeast of Mexico City.

The vast city of Chichén Itzá, the nerve centre of a remarkable 13th Century civilisation.

 
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Shopping

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The Bazaar ultimate guide to shopping & leisure in Mexico City

Genuine silver from Taxco, where as many as 300 silversmiths sell their wares.

Hot & Spicy delights in La Merced, Mexico City''s largest food market

Spells in store: curious cures at the Sonora Witchcraft Market

Puebla is famous for its hand-wrought, tin-glazed Talavera pottery and tiles that are made here

 
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Travel Writers

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Looking Inside and In Between the Buildings by Julie MacCormack
A glimpse of the lives, people, sights, sounds and smells to be uncovered when searching between the buildings of Mexico City.

Pero Nada by Leanne Walker Vargas
A meeting with a light-fingered lover at the Teocalli ruins, Mexico City.

    * * *   Guide written by Susi O'Neill, Jess Halliday & Lorna Musgrove       Copyright 2008 Pilot Productions Advertising Contact Legal About Bookmark