VAST

 

The country of Mexico is so vast that it is difficult to make a choice when you decide to make a tour. You have anyhow to be ready to take planes and to make rather long distances by car if you want to avoid coming back to Mexico City everytime. Below is the result of my choice.

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OXACA

 

I was there for the FIRST of November and it is really THAT day that you need to be there. Indeed people make a fest with the members of their family who had passed away and also they costume themselves in dead bodies. They also go to cemeteries and have diner or lunch with the deads. Quite extraordinary. A part of that you have a local market where you can buy nice blouses and some bijoux. This is very nice. You may also eat a quind of insects that they grill. A bit like almonds ...It’s all very nice. We stayed in an old convent whose name is Quinta Real Oaxaca. Charming and with a swimming pool.

MONTE ALBAN

 

The ruins of the Zapoteque site of Monte Alban overlook the valley of Oaxaca and are classified by Unesco. Beautiful and vast.    

MERIDA

 

The City called the White City is rather uninteresting but closed to two beautiful sites and not far from an hacienda very chic and stylish called Hacienda Santa Rosa de Lima. The restaurant is good and most of the rooms have their own pool. The inside decoration is made with very good taste and the lady who runs the place is charming.

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UXMAL & CHICHEN ITZA

 

Both sites are impressive and worth the effort to go. UXMAL main pyramide is quite big and the decoration at the top is exuberant ((Style Puuc). CHICHEN ITZA is one of the main maya site and ruin of Yucatan. It is one of the new seven Merveilles du Monde. They both offer a Music and Lights programme which is in both case quite spectacular. Be careful for reservations. 

TULUM

 

is extrordinary as it combine the beauty of the Caraibean sea (Playa Maya) and the spectacle of a temple in front of the ocean. Vegetation is beautiful. The place is lively and for the moment not too crowded. When we  were there we had the opportunity to see Victoria Secret people doing shooting on the beach of our hotel The Beach Tulum Hotel 5 stars and worth it.    

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