Mexico
The colonial cities of the centre, then the Maya world, with twelve travellers at most
Mexico
Mexico in a group of 12 at most: Querétaro, San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, UNESCO-listed colonial towns, Teotihuacan, two days in Mexico City, Chiapas and San Cristóbal de las Casas, Agua Azul, Palenque, Campeche, Uxmal, Mérida, Chichén Itzá and Valladolid. With beach nights in Playa del Carmen (16 days) from €3,737, on the Riviera Maya from €3,903, on Holbox from €4,362, or extended to Guatemala (19 days) from €5,785 per person.
When
November to April
Price
From 3 465€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
12 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-6
Querétaro, San Miguel and Guanajuato.
Day 1
Arrival in Mexico City
Flight to Mexico City, welcome and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2
Querétaro – San Miguel de Allende
Querétaro and its aqueduct, then San Miguel de Allende, its cobbled streets and pink neo-Gothic parish church.
Day 3
San Miguel – Guanajuato
Guanajuato, a mining town of colourful houses clinging to the hills, with its underground tunnels.
Day 4
Guanajuato – Teotihuacan
Drive to Teotihuacan and a night at the foot of the pyramids.
Day 5
Teotihuacan – Mexico City
Teotihuacan, the 'city of the gods', its Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon and the Avenue of the Dead, and on the way the Basilica of Guadalupe.
Day 6
Mexico City
Mexico City: the National Museum of Anthropology and its Aztec Sun Stone, the Zócalo and the cathedral, Diego Rivera's murals at the National Palace, then the flower-decked boats of Xochimilco.
Days 7-10
Canyon, highlands and jungle.
Day 7
Sumidero Canyon – San Cristóbal
Flight to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, a cruise through the Sumidero Canyon between thousand-metre cliffs, then San Cristóbal de las Casas.
Day 8
San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Cristóbal de las Casas, a colonial town in the Chiapas highlands, and the Tzotzil Maya villages of San Juan Chamula and Zinacantán.
Day 9
Agua Azul – Palenque
The turquoise waterfalls of Agua Azul in the jungle, then Palenque.
Day 10
Palenque – Campeche
The Maya site of Palenque, its jungle-covered temples and the Temple of the Inscriptions, tomb of King Pakal, then Campeche.
Days 11-14
Uxmal, Mérida, Chichén Itzá and Valladolid.
Day 11
Uxmal – Mérida
Campeche, its ramparts and colourful façades, then the Maya site of Uxmal and its Pyramid of the Magician, before Mérida.
Day 12
Chichén Itzá – Valladolid
Izamal, the yellow town, then Chichén Itzá, one of the new seven wonders of the world, its Kukulcán pyramid and its great ball court, and a swim in a cenote.
Day 13
Valladolid – Cancún – flight home
Drive to Cancún and fly to France, or start of the extension.
Day 14
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.
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