Lonely Planet Mexico
by Noble, John; Bao, Sandra; Forsyth, Susan; Greenfield, Beth; Grosberg, Michael; Konn, Morgan; Nystrom, Andrew DeanFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-09-05
Publisher(s): Lonely Planet
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Summary
Fancy a fiesta? Savor sun-soaked beaches? Treasure tacos and tequila? Pack your bags and prepare to bask in the glow of vibrant Mexico! Equipped with this bestselling, opinion-packed guide, you'll follow in the footsteps of our Mexico experts through colorful Mexico City markets, across deserted Baja beaches, over Aztec and Mayan pyramids and into the soul of Mexico. GET AROUND - 180 detailed maps, more than any other guidebook to Mexico, plus comprehensive bus schedules BE INSPIRED - customized itineraries and full-color highlights up front to help you plan BECOME THE EXPERT - learn about Mexican history and cuisine from our expert contributors REST EASY - Spanish colonial inns, luxurious Caribbean resorts and other fine spots to lay your sombrero HABLA ESPAÑOL - handy language chapter and reviews of language schools throughout the country
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 13 |
| Facts About Mexico | p. 16 |
| History | p. 16 |
| Geography | p. 35 |
| Climate | p. 36 |
| Ecology & Environment | p. 36 |
| Flora & Fauna | p. 39 |
| Government & Politics | p. 44 |
| Economy | p. 45 |
| Population & People | p. 47 |
| Arts | p. 48 |
| Society & Conduct | p. 55 |
| Religion | p. 56 |
| Language | p. 58 |
| Artesanias | p. 59 |
| Buying Handicrafts | p. 60 |
| Textiles | p. 60 |
| Ceramics | p. 64 |
| Masks & Headdresses | p. 65 |
| Lacquerware & Woodwork | p. 66 |
| Bark Paintings | p. 67 |
| Leather | p. 67 |
| Jewelry & Metalwork | p. 67 |
| Retablos | p. 68 |
| Baskets, Hats & Hammocks | p. 68 |
| Festival Crafts | p. 69 |
| Facts for the Visitor | p. 70 |
| Highlights | p. 70 |
| Suggested Itineraries | p. 72 |
| Planning | p. 73 |
| Responsible Tourism | p. 74 |
| Tourist Offices | p. 75 |
| Visas & Documents | p. 75 |
| Embassies & Consulates | p. 78 |
| Customs | p. 81 |
| Money | p. 81 |
| Post & Communications | p. 84 |
| Internet Resources | p. 88 |
| Books | p. 88 |
| Newspapers & Magazines | p. 91 |
| Radio & TV | p. 91 |
| Video Systems | p. 92 |
| Photography & Video | p. 92 |
| Time | p. 92 |
| Electricity | p. 93 |
| Weights & Measures | p. 93 |
| Laundry | p. 93 |
| Toilets | p. 93 |
| Health | p. 93 |
| Women Travelers | p. 103 |
| Gay & Lesbian Travelers | p. 104 |
| Disabled Travelers | p. 104 |
| Senior Travelers | p. 104 |
| Travel with Children | p. 105 |
| Dangers & Annoyances | p. 105 |
| Legal Matters | p. 107 |
| Business Hours | p. 108 |
| Public Holidays & Special Events | p. 108 |
| Activities | p. 109 |
| Courses | p. 113 |
| Work | p. 113 |
| Accommodations | p. 114 |
| Food | p. 116 |
| Drinks | p. 118 |
| Entertainment | p. 120 |
| Spectator Sports | p. 120 |
| Shopping | p. 122 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 123 |
| Air | p. 123 |
| Land | p. 128 |
| River | p. 131 |
| Organized Tours | p. 132 |
| Getting Around | p. 133 |
| Air | p. 133 |
| Bus | p. 134 |
| Train | p. 136 |
| Car & Motorcycle | p. 136 |
| Bicycle | p. 139 |
| Hitchhiking | p. 139 |
| Boat | p. 139 |
| Local Transportation | p. 139 |
| Organized Tours | p. 140 |
| Mexico City | p. 142 |
| History | p. 142 |
| Orientation | p. 145 |
| Information | p. 147 |
| Centro Historico | p. 173 |
| Alameda Central & Around | p. 178 |
| Plaza de la Republica & Around | p. 179 |
| Paseo de la Reforma | p. 180 |
| Zona Rosa | p. 181 |
| Condesa & Roma | p. 181 |
| Bosque de Chapultepec | p. 181 |
| Polanco | p. 185 |
| Xochimilco & Around | p. 185 |
| San Angel | p. 186 |
| Ciudad Universitaria | p. 187 |
| Coyoacan | p. 189 |
| Parque Nacional Desierto de los Leones | p. 192 |
| Tlatelolco & Guadalupe | p. 193 |
| Cycling | p. 194 |
| Courses | p. 194 |
| Organized Tours | p. 195 |
| Special Events | p. 195 |
| Places to Stay | p. 196 |
| Places to Eat | p. 202 |
| Entertainment | p. 209 |
| Spectator Sports | p. 213 |
| Shopping | p. 214 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 216 |
| Getting Around | p. 223 |
| Around Mexico City | p. 228 |
| North of Mexico City | p. 229 |
| Tepotzotlan | p. 229 |
| Tula | p. 232 |
| Acolman | p. 235 |
| Teotihuacan | p. 235 |
| Pachuca | p. 239 |
| Around Pachuca | p. 241 |
| East of Mexico City | p. 243 |
| Popocatepetl & Iztaccihuatl | p. 243 |
| Texcoco | p. 245 |
| Tlaxcala | p. 246 |
| Cacaxtla & Xochitecatl | p. 249 |
| La Malinche | p. 251 |
| Huamantla | p. 251 |
| Puebla | p. 251 |
| Around Puebla | p. 261 |
| Cholula | p. 262 |
| Around Cholula | p. 265 |
| Sierra Norte de Puebla | p. 265 |
| Southern Puebla | p. 267 |
| South of Mexico City | p. 268 |
| Tepoztlan | p. 269 |
| Oaxtepec & Cocoyoc | p. 272 |
| Cuautla | p. 272 |
| Around Cuautla | p. 275 |
| Cuernavaca | p. 276 |
| Around Cuernavaca | p. 286 |
| Taxco | p. 287 |
| Around Taxco | p. 295 |
| West of Mexico City | p. 296 |
| Toluca | p. 296 |
| Around Toluca | p. 299 |
| Nevado de Toluca | p. 300 |
| Valle de Bravo | p. 300 |
| Teotenango | p. 301 |
| Malinalco | p. 301 |
| Chalma | p. 302 |
| Ixtapan de la Sal | p. 303 |
| Baja California | p. 304 |
| Northern Baja | p. 304 |
| Tijuana | p. 306 |
| Around Tijuana | p. 312 |
| Ensenada | p. 312 |
| Around Ensenada | p. 316 |
| PN Constitucion de 1857 | p. 316 |
| PN Sierra San Pedro Martir | p. 316 |
| Mexicali | p. 316 |
| San Felipe | p. 321 |
| Southern Baja | p. 321 |
| Guerrero Negro | p. 322 |
| Isla Cedros | p. 323 |
| San Ignacio | p. 323 |
| Around San Ignacio | p. 324 |
| Santa Rosalia | p. 325 |
| Mulege | p. 326 |
| Loreto | p. 327 |
| Around Loreto | p. 330 |
| Ciudad Constitucion | p. 330 |
| Around Ciudad Constitucion | p. 330 |
| La Paz | p. 331 |
| Around La Paz | p. 336 |
| Los Barriles | p. 336 |
| Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de la Laguna | p. 337 |
| San Jose del Cabo | p. 337 |
| Los Cabos Corridor | p. 340 |
| Cabo San Lucas | p. 340 |
| Todos Santos | p. 343 |
| Northwest Mexico | p. 345 |
| Nogales | p. 345 |
| Other Border Crossings | p. 349 |
| Around Northern Sonora | p. 349 |
| Hermosillo | p. 349 |
| Bahia Kino | p. 354 |
| Guaymas | p. 355 |
| Around Guaymas | p. 358 |
| Ciudad Obregon | p. 359 |
| Navojoa | p. 359 |
| Alamos | p. 360 |
| Around Alamos | p. 365 |
| Los Mochis | p. 365 |
| Topolobampo | p. 369 |
| Culiacan | p. 369 |
| Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) | p. 369 |
| Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico (Copper Canyon Railway) | p. 370 |
| El Fuerte | p. 374 |
| Cerocahui | p. 374 |
| Urique | p. 375 |
| Areponapuchi (Posada Barrancas) | p. 375 |
| Divisadero | p. 376 |
| Creel | p. 377 |
| Around Creel | p. 381 |
| Cascada de Basaseachi | p. 382 |
| Batopilas | p. 382 |
| Central North Mexico | p. 384 |
| Ciudad Juarez | p. 384 |
| Other Border Crossings | p. 391 |
| Nuevo Casas Grandes & Casas Grandes | p. 391 |
| Around Nuevo Casas Grandes | p. 393 |
| Madera & Around | p. 393 |
| Chihuahua | p. 394 |
| Cuauhtemoc | p. 400 |
| Hidalgo del Parral | p. 401 |
| Around Hidalgo del Parral | p. 402 |
| Torreon | p. 402 |
| Around Torreon | p. 404 |
| Durango | p. 404 |
| Around Durango | p. 407 |
| Northeast Mexico | p. 409 |
| Tamaulipas | p. 411 |
| Nuevo Laredo | p. 411 |
| Reynosa | p. 414 |
| Matamoros | p. 417 |
| South of Matamoros | p. 421 |
| Oudad Victoria | p. 422 |
| South of Ciudad Victoria | p. 424 |
| Nuevo Leon | p. 425 |
| Monterrey | p. 425 |
| Around Monterrey | p. 439 |
| South of Monterrey | p. 440 |
| Coahuila | p. 441 |
| Border Crossings | p. 441 |
| Monclova | p. 442 |
| Cuatrocienegas | p. 442 |
| Saltillo | p. 443 |
| Parras | p. 447 |
| Central Pacific Coast | p. 449 |
| Mazatlan | p. 449 |
| Around Mazatlan | p. 461 |
| Santiago lxcuintla | p. 461 |
| Mexcaltitan | p. 461 |
| San Blas | p. 462 |
| Tepic | p. 466 |
| Around Tepic | p. 468 |
| Chacala | p. 469 |
| Rincon de Guayabitos | p. 469 |
| Around Rincon de Guayabitos | p. 470 |
| Sayulita | p. 470 |
| Puerto Vallarta | p. 471 |
| La Cruz de Loreto | p. 487 |
| Costalegre Beaches & Resorts | p. 487 |
| San Patricio-Melaque | p. 487 |
| Barra de Navidad | p. 491 |
| Manzanillo | p. 494 |
| Cuyutlan & El Paraiso | p. 500 |
| Michoacan Coast | p. 501 |
| Caleta de Campos | p. 502 |
| Playa Azul | p. 502 |
| Lazaro Cardenas | p. 504 |
| Troncones, Bahia Manzanillo & Majahua | p. 505 |
| Ixtapa | p. 507 |
| Zihuatanejo | p. 510 |
| South of Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo | p. 521 |
| Pie de la Cuesta | p. 522 |
| Acapulco | p. 524 |
| Around Acapulco | p. 538 |
| Costa Chica | p. 539 |
| Chilpancingo | p. 539 |
| Around Chilpancingo | p. 540 |
| Western Central Highlands | p. 541 |
| Guadalajara & Around | p. 543 |
| Guadalajara | p. 543 |
| Tequila | p. 564 |
| Lago de Chapala | p. 564 |
| Southern Mountains | p. 568 |
| Inland Colima | p. 568 |
| Colima | p. 569 |
| Around Colima | p. 574 |
| Inland Michoacan | p. 577 |
| Morelia | p. 578 |
| Santuario Mariposa Monarca | p. 588 |
| Patzcuaro | p. 590 |
| Around Patzcuaro | p. 597 |
| Uruapan | p. 601 |
| Around Uruapan | p. 606 |
| Volcan Paricutin | p. 607 |
| Zamora | p. 608 |
| Northern Central Highlands | p. 610 |
| Zacatecas State | p. 611 |
| Zacatecas | p. 611 |
| Guadalupe | p. 620 |
| Fresnillo & Plateros | p. 621 |
| Jerez | p. 622 |
| La Quemada | p. 623 |
| Sombrerete | p. 623 |
| Sierra de Organos | p. 623 |
| Altavista | p. 624 |
| Aguascalientes State | p. 624 |
| Aguascalientes | p. 624 |
| San Luis Potosi State | p. 630 |
| San Luis Potosi | p. 630 |
| Santa Maria del Rio | p. 637 |
| Matehuala | p. 638 |
| Real de Catorce | p. 639 |
| Guanajuato State | p. 644 |
| Guanajuato | p. 644 |
| Cristo Rey | p. 656 |
| Leon | p. 657 |
| Dolores Hidalgo | p. 659 |
| San Miguel de Allende | p. 662 |
| Around San Miguel de Allende | p. 674 |
| Celaya | p. 676 |
| Queretaro State | p. 676 |
| Queretaro | p. 676 |
| Tequisquiapan | p. 683 |
| Northeast Queretaro State | p. 684 |
| Central Gulf Coast | p. 686 |
| Tampico & the Huasteca | p. 689 |
| Tampico & Ciudad Madero | p. 689 |
| Ciudad Valles & Around | p. 694 |
| Aquismon & Around | p. 696 |
| Tancanhuitz | p. 696 |
| Xilitla | p. 696 |
| Tamazunchale | p. 697 |
| Huejutla de Reyes | p. 698 |
| South of Huejutla | p. 698 |
| Northern Veracruz | p. 698 |
| Tuxpan | p. 698 |
| Around Tuxpan | p. 701 |
| Poza Rica | p. 701 |
| Poza Rica to Pachuca | p. 701 |
| Papantla | p. 702 |
| El Tajin | p. 703 |
| South of Papantla | p. 707 |
| Central Veracruz | p. 708 |
| Coastal Communities | p. 708 |
| Jalapa | p. 710 |
| Around Jalapa | p. 715 |
| Veracruz | p. 716 |
| Cordoba & Fortin de las Flores | p. 727 |
| Orizaba | p. 731 |
| Around Orizaba | p. 733 |
| Tlacotalpan | p. 734 |
| Los Tuxtlas & Southeast Veracruz | p. 735 |
| Santiago Tuxtla | p. 735 |
| Tres Zapotes | p. 736 |
| San Andres Tuxtla | p. 737 |
| Catemaco | p. 738 |
| Around Catemaco | p. 741 |
| Acayucan | p. 741 |
| San Lorenzo | p. 743 |
| Oaxaca State | p. 745 |
| Oaxaca City | p. 748 |
| Valles Centrales | p. 770 |
| Monte Alban | p. 771 |
| El Tule | p. 774 |
| Dainzu | p. 774 |
| Teotitlan del Valle | p. 774 |
| Lambityeco | p. 775 |
| Tlacolula | p. 775 |
| Santa Ana del Valle | p. 775 |
| Yagul | p. 776 |
| Mitla | p. 777 |
| Hierve El Agua | p. 778 |
| San Bartolo Coyotepec | p. 779 |
| San Martin Tilcajete & Santo Tomas Jalieza | p. 779 |
| Ocotlan | p. 779 |
| San Jose del Pacifico | p. 779 |
| Arrazola | p. 780 |
| Cuilapan | p. 780 |
| Zaachila | p. 780 |
| Atzompa | p. 780 |
| San Jose el Mogote | p. 780 |
| Mixteca | p. 781 |
| Northern Oaxaca | p. 782 |
| Guelatao & Ixtlan | p. 782 |
| Pueblos Mancomunados | p. 782 |
| Oaxaca Coast | p. 784 |
| Puerto Escondido | p. 784 |
| Around Puerto Escondido | p. 792 |
| Lagunas de Chacahua | p. 793 |
| Pinotepa Nacional | p. 794 |
| Pochutla | p. 794 |
| Puerto Angel | p. 795 |
| Zipolite | p. 799 |
| San Agustinillo | p. 801 |
| Mazunte | p. 802 |
| Bahias de Huatulco | p. 806 |
| Isthmus of Tehuantepec | p. 813 |
| Tehuantepec | p. 814 |
| Salina Cruz | p. 815 |
| Juchitan | p. 816 |
| Tabasco & Chiapas | p. 817 |
| Tabasco | p. 817 |
| Villahermosa | p. 818 |
| Yumka | p. 826 |
| Comalcalco | p. 826 |
| To/From Guatemala via Tenosique | p. 826 |
| Chiapas | p. 827 |
| Tuxtla Gutierrez | p. 831 |
| Chiapa de Corzo | p. 837 |
| Canon del Sumidero | p. 838 |
| San Cristobal de Las Casas | p. 839 |
| Around San Cristobal | p. 851 |
| Ocosingo | p. 855 |
| Tonina | p. 856 |
| Laguna Miramar | p. 858 |
| Agua Azul, Agua Clara & Misol-Ha | p. 859 |
| Palenque | p. 860 |
| Bonampak, Yaxchilan & the Carretera Fronteriza | p. 871 |
| Comitan | p. 878 |
| Lagos de Montebello | p. 881 |
| Ciudad Cuauhtemoc | p. 883 |
| Reserva de la Biosfera El Triunfo | p. 883 |
| El Soconusco | p. 883 |
| Tapachula | p. 885 |
| Around Tapachula | p. 888 |
| The Yucatan Peninsula | p. 891 |
| Campeche State | p. 895 |
| Escarcega to Xpujil | p. 895 |
| Xpujil | p. 897 |
| Hormiguero & Rio Bec | p. 898 |
| Campeche | p. 899 |
| Campeche to Merida--Short Route (Hwy 180) | p. 905 |
| Campeche to Merida--Long Route (Hwy 261) | p. 906 |
| Yucatan State | p. 907 |
| Merida | p. 908 |
| South of Merida | p. 920 |
| Dzibilchaltun | p. 930 |
| Progreso | p. 930 |
| Celestun | p. 931 |
| Izamal | p. 933 |
| Chichen Itza | p. 934 |
| Valladolid | p. 940 |
| Ek' Balam | p. 943 |
| Tizimin | p. 944 |
| Rio Lagartos | p. 944 |
| San Felipe | p. 945 |
| Quintana Roo | p. 945 |
| Cancun | p. 945 |
| Isla Mujeres | p. 957 |
| Parque Nacional Isla Contoy | p. 963 |
| Isla Holbox | p. 964 |
| Puerto Morelos | p. 964 |
| Playa del Carmen | p. 965 |
| Cozumel | p. 969 |
| Xcaret | p. 977 |
| Paamul | p. 977 |
| Xpu-Ha | p. 977 |
| Akumal | p. 977 |
| Cenote Tours | p. 978 |
| Tulum | p. 978 |
| Grand Cenote | p. 983 |
| Coba | p. 983 |
| Tulum to Punta Allen | p. 986 |
| Felipe Carrillo Puerto | p. 987 |
| Xcalak & Costa Maya | p. 988 |
| Laguna Bacalar | p. 989 |
| Chetumal | p. 990 |
| Kohunlich | p. 994 |
| South to Belize & Guatemala | p. 995 |
| Language | p. 996 |
| Glossary | p. 1003 |
| Food & Drink Glossary | p. 1009 |
| Thanks | p. 1013 |
| Index | p. 1025 |
| Map Legend | p. 1040 |
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