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000 Map pages000 Photograph pages

IndexAAcapulco 442-55, 444-5

accommodations 450-1activities 448-9attractions 446-8for children 449drinking 452entertainment 452-3food 451-2gay travelers 452-3itineraries 447shopping 453tourist information 443travel to/from 453-4travel within 454-5

Acayucan 638-9accommodations 866-8, see

also individual locationsactivities 868-70, see also

individual activities, individual locations

Acuario de Veracruz 618Agua Azul 749-50Aguascalientes (city) 532-7, 534Aguascalientes (state) 532-7air travel

air fares 888-9, 892airlines 886-7, 891airports 886-7to/from Mexico 886-9within Mexico 891-2

Ajijic 484-5Akumal 807-8Alameda Central 119-21Álamos 290-4, 291Aldama 367Allende, Ignacio 564

house 566museums 566

Alta Cima 371altitude sickness 905-6Amatenango del Valle 746Amecameca 197Angahuan 517-18Angangueo 502-3animal bites 237, 906-7

animals 90-1, see also birds, individual animals, wildlife-watchingdangers 237

Anna, Santa 47antojitos 77-8, 16Aquismón 596-7archaeological sites, see ruinsarchitecture 66-7area codes 881-2, see also inside

front coverÁrea de Protección de Flora y Fauna

Cuatrociénegas 342-3Areponápuchi 304-5art galleries, see museums & galleries arts 63-75, 649, see also folk art,

individual arts, individual painters & muralists, muralsfestivals & events 273, 346, 554indigenous 63, 73-5internet resources 65

ATMs 879Atoyac 625Atzompa 673Aztec people 41-2

dancers 114Malinalco 232Mexico City 96, 116, 132-3

BBahía de Kino 285-7Bahía de Navidad 414-19Bahía Principal 679Bahía Puerto Angelito 679Bahías de Huatulco 698-705, 699Baja California 234-74, 236, 13

itineraries 27, 27Bajos de Chila 686Balamkú 862-3ball courts

Cantona 204Chichén Itzá 847Juego de Pelota Sur 604Monte Albán 666Palenque 755Toniná 748Tula 175, 176Uxmal 836-7Yagul 670

balnearios, see spas & springsBaluarte de Santiago 617

baluartes 856Banco Chinchorro 818, 819banks 879bargaining 880Barra de Cahoacán 779Barra de la Cruz 705-6Barra de Navidad 416-19, 417Barra de Nexpa 426-7Barra de Potosí 439-40Barra del Tordo 368Barra, Osvaldo

murals 533Barra Vieja 455Barranca del Cobre 297-311, 298, 14barro negro 671baseball 57Basílica de Guadalupe 133-4bathhouses, see spas & springsbathrooms 882Batopilas 310-11beaches

Acapulco 448Bahía Concepción 256Bahía de Kino 285Bahía de Navidad 414-19Bahía Principal 679Bahía Puerto Angelito 679Bahías de Huatulco 700-1Bahías de Punta Solimán 801Barra de Cahoacán 779Barra de Nexpa 426Barra de Potosí 439-40Barra Vieja 455Boca de Apiza 425Cabo Pulmo 265-6Cabo San Lucas 269Caleta de Campos 427Cancún 786-8Catemaco 635Chachalacas 607Costa Chica 455-6Costa Esmeralda 606Costalegre 414Faro de Bucerías 425-6Isla Cozumel 804, 805Isla Holbox 796, 16Isla Mujeres 792-3itineraries 34, 34Ixtapa 430Jicacal 638


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La Barra 638La Paz 261-2La Paz area 265Los Barriles 265Mahahual 818Manzanillo 420Marquelia 456Mazatlán 379, 8Montepío 638Mulegé area 256-7Paamul 801Paraíso area 719Playa Azul 427Playa Carrizalillo 681Playa del Carmen 799Playa Escondido 256Playa La Bocana 456Playa La Pesca 367Playa La Ticla 425Playa Las Peñitas 456Playa Maruata 426Playa Miramar 591Playa Palancar 804Playa Ventura 456Playa Zicatela 679Playas de Rosarito 242-3Progreso 844Puerto Ángel 690Puerto Arista 774Puerto Escondido 679-81Puerto Vallarta 404Punta Maldonado 456San Blas 390-1San Felipe (Baja) 251San José del Cabo 266San Miguel 246Santa Rosalía 254Sayulita 398Tamiahua 601Tecolutla 605Todos Santos 273Tulum 810Tuxpan 599Veracruz (city) 619Villa Rica 606Xcacel-Xcacelito 801Xpu-Há 801Zihuatanejo 433

Bécal 855Becán 864beer 81-2

breweries 243, 354festivals 240

Belize, travel to/from 819, 821, 890Benemérito de las Américas 765

Benito, Juárez 650-1Bernal 583bicycle travel 892, 898, see also

cycling, mountain bikingbiosphere reserves, see national parks

& reserves birds 90, see also bird-watching

flamingos 842-3, 853-4museums 345scarlet macaws 765-6

bird-watching, see also birdsCañón La Trinidad 256La Ventanilla 697Laguna Manialtepec 686-7Parque Nacional Isla Contoy 796Parque Nacional Lagunas de

Chacahua 687Reforma Agraria 765-6Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo 371Reserva de la Biosfera El Triunfo

773Reserva de la Biosfera La

Encrucijada 776Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún

842-3Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Lagartos

853-4Reserva de la Biosfera Sian Ka’an

816Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de

Manantlán 492Selva Lacandona 762Xalapa 610-11

Blom, Frans 735boat travel, see also boat trips,

canoeing, kayaking, raftingto/from Mexico 890within Mexico 892, 898

boat trips, see also boat travel, canoeing, kayaking, raftingAcapulco 449Barra de Navidad 416Cañón del Sumidero 730Ensenada 246Laguna Manialtepec 687Mazatlán 379, 380-1Mazunte 697Paraíso area 719Parque Nacional Lagunas de

Chacahua 687Pie De La Cuesta 441Reserva de la Biosfera La

Encrucijada 776Reserva de la Biosfera Montes

Azules 765-6

Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla 722

Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún 842-3

Reserva de la Biosfera Sian Ka’an 815-16

San Blas 389-90Xochimilco 126-7, 9Yumká 718

Boca de Apiza 425Boca de Pascuales 424-5Boca del Río 619Bolonchén de Rejón 862Bonampak 759-61, 761books, see also literature

fairs 470health 901travel 26

border crossings 889-91, see also Belize, travel to, Guatemala, travel toBelize 890Guatemala 780, 890paperwork 278, 889-90US 318, 890-1

Bosque de Chapultepec 123-6, 108-9brujos 637bullfighting 57

Acapulco 453Guadalajara 477Mexico City 157Puerto Vallarta 412

bus travelbus companies 894-5classes 892-3to/from Mexico 890-1within Mexico 892-5, 899

business hours 870-1, see also inside front cover

butterflies 501-2, 503

CCabo Pulmo 265-6Cabo San Lucas 269-72, 270

itineraries 271Cacaxtla 202-3cactus 91Calakmul 863Calderón, Felipe 51-2calendar, Maya 38-9, 40, 845Caleta de Campos 427callejoneadas 526, 11Campeche (city) 854-61, 857Campeche (state) 854-65

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Cancún 784-92, 785, 787Cano, Teodoro 602canoeing 869, see also boat tripsCañón de Huápoca 321-2Cañón de la Huasteca 359, 15Cañón del Sumidero 730Cañón La Trinidad 256-7cantinas 84Cantona 204canyoneering 868Capulálpam 676car travel

driver’s licenses 894driving distances 896hazards 897insurance 894-5permits 889-91rental 895-7road conditions 897road rules 898to/from Mexico 889-90within Mexico 893-8

Carbonera 367Cardel 608Carnaval 876

Chetumal 820Cuernavaca 217Ensenada 246La Paz 263Mazatlán 381San Juan Chamula 745Tepoztlán 209Veracruz (city) 619

Carretera Fronteriza 759-60Casa de Montejo 827casas de cambio 879Casas Grandes 317-20Cascada Cola de Caballo 359-60Cascada de Tzaráracua 516Castillo de Chapultepe 124-5Catedral Metropolitana 115Catemaco 634-7, 636cathedrals, see churches & cathedralsCatholicism 60caves, see also cenotes

Cacahuamilpa caverns 227Cañón de Huápoca 321-2Cuarenta Casas 321Cueva de la Olla 320Cuevas de Mantezulel 596Dos Ojos 801

Grutas de Balankanché 848Grutas de Calcehtok 838Grutas de García 360Grutas de Loltún 840Grutas de Nombre de Dios 325Grutas de San Cristóbal 745Grutas de Xtacumbilxunaan 862Grutas del Coconá 720-1Grutas San Rafael del Arco 770Reserva de la Biosfera

El Cielo 371Sierra de San Francisco 253-4Sótano de las Golondrinas 596

Celestún 842-3cell phones 881cenotes

Cristalino 799Cuzamá 838Dzitnup 851Gran Cenote 813Ik Kil 848Lagos de Montebello 770Sagrado 847Samulá 851Tulum area 815Valladolid 850-1X-Canché 852Xlacah 843-4Zací 850-1

Centro Histórico (Mexico City) 113-19, 100-1

ceramics 74Amatenango del Valle 746Atzompa 673Dolores Hidalgo 563Guadalajara 468-9Mata Ortiz 320museums & galleries 469Ocotlán 672Puebla 192San Bartolo Coyotepec 671-2Tzintzuntzan 511

Cerocahui 302-3Cerro de Guadalupe 734Cerro de la Contaduría 391Cerro de Picacho 668Cerro de San Cristóbal 734Cerro El Bonete 673Cerro Pelón 502cerveza, see beerChacahua 687-8Chacala 396-7Chachalacas 607-8Chapala 481-4Chenes sites 855

Chetumal 820-3, 822Chiapa de Corzo 728-30Chiapas 723-80, 710Chicanná 863Chichén Itzá 845-9, 846, 8Chihuahua 322-7, 323children, travel with 871-2,

see also individual locationsfood 84health 907-8

Chinantec people 669Chinkultic 770cholera 902Cholula 193-6, 194Chupaderos 337churches & cathedrals

Basílica de Guadalupe 133-4Basílica de la Soledad 651Basílica de Nuestra Señora de

Guanajuato 552Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la

Salud 505-6Basílica de Zapopan 468Catedral de la Inmaculada

Concepción 623Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la

Purísima Concepción 855-6Catedral de San Ildefonso 825-7Catedral de Santiago 345Catedral del Basílica Menor 334Catedral Metropolitana 115Convento de San Agustín 598-9Convento de San Antonio de

Padua 844Ex-Convento Domínico de la

Natividad 208Ex-Convento Franciscano de la

Asunción 198-9Ex-Templo de San José 856-8Guadalajara 463, 467, 468, 10Iglesia de la Compañía 187Iglesia de Santo Domingo

(Comitán) 766-7Iglesia de Santo Domingo

(Oaxaca city) 648La Capilla de la Paz 447-8Morelia 495Oratorio de San Felipe Neri 566-7Parroquia de la Purísima

Concepción 292Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel

566, 11Puebla 185Recinto de la Catedral 215Ruta de los Conventos 838


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Santuario de la Virgen de Ocotlán 200

Templo de la Concepción 567Templo de la Purísima Concepción

545Templo de la Salud 567Templo de Nuestra Señora de la

Salud 511Templo de San Antonio 533-4Templo de San Bernardino &

Convento de Sisal 850Templo de San Francisco

(Puebla) 187Templo de San Francisco

(Querétaro) 577Templo de San Juan 745, 15Templo de Santa Prisca 222Templo de Santo Domingo

(Puebla) 185-7Templo de Santo Domingo

(San Cristóbal de Las Casas) 734

Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán 729

Templo de Santo Tomás 676Templo del Carmen 539-40Templo La Valenciana 553Templo y Convento de la Santa

Cruz 577Templo y Ex-Convento de San Juan

Bautista 677Zacatecas (city) 523

cinema 24, 70-1, see also film locationsfestivals 470, 497

Ciudad Acuña 341Ciudad Constitución 259-60Ciudad Cuauhtémoc 772-3Ciudad Guzmán 486-7Ciudad Juárez 315-17, 316Ciudad Universitaria 128-9Ciudad Valles 594-6Ciudad Victoria 368-70, 369clams 249cliff divers 446climate 22, 872, 873climbing 868-9

Cañón de la Huasteca 359, 15Iztaccíhuatl 197Oaxaca (city) 652Parque Nacional Sierra San Pedro

Mártir 249Pico de Orizaba 629Potrero Chico 360-1Volcán Tacaná 779-80

Coahuila 340-8Coatepec 613-14Cobá 813-15coffee fincas 780Coixtlahuaca 677colectivo travel 898, 899Colima (city) 487-91, 489Colima (state) 487-92Colonia Juárez 320colonial era 45-7Comala 491Comalcalco 718-19combi travel 898, 899Comitán 766-9, 767Concordia 387Condesa 122-3, 104-5consulates 875-6convents, see churches &

cathedralscooking courses 84-5, 872

Monterrey 354Morelia 497Oaxaca (city) 653Puerto Vallarta 405San Andrés Tuxtla 633Tepoztlán 208Tizatlán 200

Copala 387Copper Canyon 297-311, 298, 14Copper Canyon Railway 298-300Córdoba 623-5, 624Corredor Arqueológico 823-4Cortés, Hernán 43-4, 607, 722

house 129palace 213-15

Cosalá 387Coscomatepec 626-7Costa Chica 455-6Costa Esmeralda 606Costalegre 414costs 23, 84, see also inside

front covercourses 872, see also cooking courses,

individual locations, Spanish courses

Coyoacán 129-31, 112Cozumel, see Isla CozumelCreel 305, 306Cristo Rey 553-4crocodiles 389-90, 430, 688, 697cruises, see boat travel, boat tripsCruz Grande 456Cuajinicuilapa 456Cuarenta Casas 321Cuatro Ciénegas 342-3

Cuauhtémoc 327-9Cuautla 210-12Cuernavaca 212-20, 214

accommodations 217-18attractions 213-16courses 216-17food 218-19tourist information 213travel to/from 220travel within 220

Cuetzalan 204-6Cueva de la Olla 320Cuicuilco 131-2Cuilapan 673Culiacán 375culture 53-62customs regulations 872Cuyutlán 423-4Cuzamá 838cycling, see also bicycle travel,

mountain bikingIxtapa 430Mexico City 134Oaxaca (city) 651Xalapa 611

Ddance 72-3

Aztec 114festivals 541

dangers & annoyances 872-4animals 237

Day of the Dead, see Día de Muertos

deep vein thrombosis 901dengue fever 902development & tourism 94

Copper Canyon 304Día de la Candelaria 630, 876Día de la Independencia 561, 876Día de los Reyes Magos 853, 876Día de Muertos 60-1, 876, 10

food 83Mexico City 136Morelia 497Oaxaca (city) 654Pátzcuaro 506Puebla 188Tijuana 240

Día de Navidad 876Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

876, see also Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeGuadalupe 529Mexico City 136

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Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe continuedMonterrey 354Morelia 497Puerto Vallarta 406

Día de Todos los Santos 876diarrhea 905Díaz, Porfirio 48disabilities, travelers with 883diving & snorkeling 806, 870

Acapulco 448, 449Akumal 808Bahías de Huatulco 701-2Banco Chinchorro 818, 819Cabo Pulmo 265-6Cabo San Lucas 269-70Cancún 788-9Isla Cozumel 804, 805Isla Mujeres 793Ixtapa 430Loreto 257-8Mahahual 818Manzanillo 420-1Mulegé 255Playa del Carmen 799Puerto Ángel 690-1Puerto Escondido 681Puerto Peñasco 280Puerto Vallarta 404safety 870San Carlos 289Tulum 811Tuxpan 599-600Veracruz (city) 619Zihuatanejo 433

Divisadero 305Dolores Hidalgo 560-3, 561dolphins 90, 681

swimming with 289, 381, 449drinks 79-83, 768

beer 81-2, 240, 243, 354hot chocolate 660mezcal 80-1, 153pulque 81, 615tequila 79-80, 240, 482, 483wine 82, 246, 348

driving, see car traveldrug gang violence 51, 52Duby-Blom, Gertrude 735Durango 333-7, 334DVDs 868

Dzibanché 823Dzibilchaltún 843-4

Eeconomy 54-6ecoparks 799, 804-5Edzná 861-2Ek’ Balam 852El Árbol del Tule 668El Arco 269, 13El Carrizal 613El Castillo 846-7, 8El Cedral 804El Cerrito 582-3El Chiflón 769El Espinazo del Diablo 337El Fuerte 300-2, 301El Palacio 754El Panchán 755El Rosario 502El Soconusco 773-5El Tajín 603-5El Tule 668electricity 868embassies 875-6emergencies, see inside front coverendangered species 90-1Ensenada 243-8, 245environmental issues 23-5, 93-4,

see also sustainable traveldevelopment & tourism 94endangered species 90-1hazards 905-7

Erongarícuaro 511-12Espíritu Santo 261ethnicity 58-9etiquette 54

table manners 630events, see festivals & eventsexchange rates, see inside front coverEx-Convento de Churubusco 130Ex-Hotel Zevallos 623

FFaro Carranza 617Faro de Bucerías 425-6Felipe Carrillo Puerto 816-18Ferrocarril Chihuahua Pacífico 298-300festivals & events 24, 195, 876, see

also Carnaval, Día de Muertos, Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, individual locations, Semena SantaAniversario de Independencia 354Baile de las Flores 554callejoneadas 526, 11

Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon 304Día de la Candelaria 630, 876Día de la Independencia 561, 876Día de los Reyes Magos 853, 876 Día de Navidad 876 Día de Santa Cecilia 406Día de Todos los Santos 876 Día del Jumil 224Exposición de Altares de los

Muertos 829Feria de Corpus Christi 602Feria de la Plata 224Feria de la Primavera y de la

Paz 736Feria de la Uva 348Feria de Morelia 497Feria de Zacatecas 526Feria del Aguacate 513Feria Del Platillo Mexicano 240Feria Internacional del Libro 470Feria Internacional (Querétaro) 579Festival Alfonso Ortíz Tirado 292Festival Cultural Mazatlán 381Festival de Artes 273Festival del Mole Poblano 188Festival del Tequila 240Festival Hispano-Americano de

Guitarra 240Festival Internacional Afrocaribeño

619Festival Internacional Cervantino

554Festival Internacional de Cine de

Morelia 497Festival Internacional de Danza

541Festival Internacional de las

Artes 346Festival Internacional de las

Culturas 736Festival Internacional de Música

497Festival Internacional del Cine 470Festivales de Acapulco 450Fiesta de Enero 729Fiesta de la Santa Cruz 569Fiesta de la Vendimia 246Fiesta de los Locos 569Fiesta de San Francisco 546Fiesta de San Patricio 414Fiesta de Santa Magdalena 614Fiesta Internacional del

Mariachi 470Fiestas Charro Taurinas 489Fiestas de Noviembre 682


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Fiestas de Octubre 470Fiestas de San Juan y Presa de la

Olla 554fishing tournament (Tuxpan) 600fishing tournaments

(Cabo San Lucas) 270Grito de la Independencia 136Guanajuato State Fair 559Guelaguetza 654International Craft Beer Festival

240International Nacho Festival 341International Seafood Fair 246Jerez Easter fair 530La Morisma 525-6Las Jornadas Villistas 329-30Noche de los Rábanos 654Puerto Blues 682Sailfish & Marlin Tournament 406Sailfish Tournaments 421Sammy Hagar’s Birthday Party 270San Miguel Arcángel 569Torneo Internacional de Pesca 417

film, see cinemafilm locations 70

Ciudad Acuña 341Durango area 337Pie De La Cuesta 440Playas de Rosarito 242

fishing 869Acapulco 449Barra de Navidad 416Ensenada 246La Pesca 367Manzanillo 421Mazatlán 380Playa del Carmen 799Puerto Ángel 690-1Puerto Escondido 681Puerto Peñasco 280Puerto Vallarta 404-5Punta Allen 816San Blas 391San Carlos 289tournaments 270, 406, 417,

421, 600Zihuatanejo 433-4

flamingos 842-3, 853-4, see also birds, bird-watching

folk art 73-5, see also ceramics, jewelry, lacquerware, masks, retablos, textiles, woodworkGuadalajara 468-9, 477-8Morelia 495Oaxaca (city) 661-2

Pátzcuaro 506San Cristóbal de Las Casas 741San Miguel de Allende 573-4Tuxtla Gutiérrez 727Zihuatanejo 438

folk music 68-9food 77-8, 83-8, see also cooking

courses, individual locationsantojitos 77-8, 16for children 84festivals & events 188, 240, 246,

341itineraries 34, 34markets 78-9, 13mole 79, 188, 658, 13pismo clams 249vocabulary 85-8, 912-3

Fortín de las Flores 625-6Fox, Vicente 51Fresnillo 530Frontera 722Frontera Corozal 763-4Fuentes, Carlos 71Fuerte de San Diego 446-7Fuerte Museo San José del Alto 858fútbol 56-7

Guadalajara 477Mexico City 157

Ggalleries, see museums & galleriesgardens, see parks & gardensgay travelers 876-7

Acapulco 452-3Guadalajara 476Mexico City 154Puerto Vallarta 410-11

geography 89golf

Acapulco 449Barra de Navidad 416Mazatlán 380Puerto Vallarta 405

Gómez Farías 370Gran Juego de Pelota 847Grutas de García 360Grutas de Balankanché 848Grutas de García 360Grutas de San Cristóbal 745Guadalajara 459-80, 461, 464-5, 10

accommodations 470-2attractions 463-9courses 469drinking 474-5emergency services 462

entertainment 475-7festivals & events 470food 472-4gay travelers 476history 459-60internet resources 462itineraries 460lesbian travelers 476medical services 462orientation 460shopping 477-8Tlaquepaque 468-9Tonalá 469tourist information 462-3tours 470travel to/from 478-9travel within 479-80Zapopan 468

Guadalupe 529-30Guanajuato (city) 548-58, 550, 11

accommodations 554-6attractions 551-3courses 553-4drinking 557entertainment 557festivals & events 554food 556-7history 548-9orientation 549tourist information 549-51tours 554travel to/from 558travel within 558

Guanajuato (state) 548-76Guatemala, travel to/from 712,

723, 742, 756, 760, 763-2, 778, 780, 890

Guaymas 287-9, 287Guelaguetza 654Guerrero Negro 251-3Guerrero, Vicente 673Guiengola 707guitars 516-17Gulf coast 586-639, 588

activities 589itineraries 31, 31

Hhaciendas

Hacienda de San Diego 320Hacienda El Lencero 613Hacienda La Luz 718Hacienda Los Azufres 721Hacienda Ochil 838Hacienda Yaxcopoil 838

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haciendas continuedMuseo Parador Santa María 769-70Pozos 576ruined hacienda route 838

handicrafts, see folk arthealth 900-8

environmental hazards 905-7infectious diseases 902-5medical services 902planning 900-1vaccinations 900

hepatitis 902-3Hermosillo 282-5, 283Hidalgo, Ciudad 780Hidalgo del Parral 329-31Hidalgo, Miguel 47, 560, 562

dungeon 324house 561museums 324

Hierve El Agua 671hiking 869

Ixtlán area 676Iztaccíhuatl 197La Malinche 203La Paz 261, 263Oaxaca (city) 651, 652Parque Nacional Constitución de

1857 248Potrero Chico 360-1Pueblos Mancomunados 675Real De Catorce 545Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo

371Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de la

Laguna 266Urique 304Volcán Nevado de Colima 492Volcán Paricutín 517Volcán Tacaná 779-80

history 35-52, see also individual locations, Mexican Revolutioncolonial era 45-7Mexican independence 47-52, 97,

548-9, 551-2, 560PAN rule 51-2pre-Hispanic era 35-43PRI rule 49-51Spanish conquest 43-5, 96-7

hitchhiking 898holidays 22-3, 877, see also festivals

& events

Hormiguero 865horseback riding 869

Bahías de Huatulco 702Copper Canyon 307Laguna de Montebello 770-1Mazatlán 380Puerto Vallarta 405Real De Catorce 545-6San Blas 391San Cristóbal area 744

hot chocolate 660hot springs, see spas & springshowler monkeys, see monkeysHuamantla 203-4Huasteca, the 589-99, 590Huichol people 546

museums 523

IIhuatzio 509-10immigration 886indigenous peoples 35-43, 58-9, see

also Aztec people, Mayaarchitecture 66arts 63, 73-5Chinantec 669dance 72, 114Huichol 546Lacandon 743Mazatec 669Mix 669Mixtec 669Olmec 36, 609Paquimé 318-19Rarámuri 303, 306, 309religion 60-1Seri 285-6Teotihuacán 36-7Toltec 39-41, 174-5Triqui 669Tzeltal 743Tzotzil 743Zapotec 669

insect bites 906-7insurance 877

car 894-5health 900

international transfers 879internet access 877internet resources, see also individual

locationsarts 65health 901news 59travel in Mexico 26

Isla Cozumel 802-7, 803, 804Isla de Chivos 379Isla de la Piedra 379Isla de la Roqueta 448Isla de los Alacranes 482Isla de los Changos 637Isla de Mezcala 483Isla de Pájaros 379Isla de Sacrificios 619Isla de Venados 379Isla Holbox 796-8, 16Isla Ixtapa 430Isla Janitzio 509Isla Mujeres 792-6, 793, 794Isla Río Cuale 401Isla Tenaspi 637Islas Marietas 398Isthmus of Tehuantepec 706-8itineraries 27-34

Acapulco 447Baja California 27, 27beaches 34, 34Cabo San Lucas 271Campeche (state) 855food 34, 34Guadalajara 460Gulf coast 31, 31Maya 28, 28Mérida area 838Mexico City 114, 146national parks & reserves 33, 33Pacific coast 30, 30Playa del Carmen area 801Puerto Vallarta 401San Cristóbal de Las Casas 731Unesco World Heritage sites

33, 33Ixtapa 429-32Ixtapan de la Sal 233Ixtlán 676Izamal 844-5Izapa 779Iztaccíhuatl 196-7

JJalcomulco 614-15Jalpan 585James, Edward 598

museums 597Jerez 530-1jet lag 901-2jewelry 75

Taxco 226, 14Jicacal 638Jocotepec 688


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EX

Juárez, Benito 48museums 325

Juchitán 707-8

KKabah 838-9Kahlo, Frida 64, 130, 131

museums & galleries 127-8, 129-30

kayaking 869, see also boat tripsÁrea de Protección de Flora y

Fauna Cuatrociénegas 343La Paz 263Loreto 257-8Mulegé 255-8

Kohunlich 823

LLa Aduana 294La Antigua 608La Barra 638La Barrita 440La Bufadora 248La Campana 488-9La Crucecita 698-705, 701La Malinche 203La Paz 260-5, 262La Pesca 367-8La Quebrada Clavadistas 446La Quemada 531La Venta 720La Ventana 265La Ventanilla 697Labná 839-40Lacandón Jungle 762Lacandon people 743Lacandona, Selva 762Lacanjá Chansayab 761-3lacquerware 74-5Lago de Chapala 481-5Lago de Pátzcuaro 509, 510, 11Lagos de Montebello 770-1, 771Laguna Bacalar 819-20Laguna Catemaco 637-8Laguna de Potosí 439-40Laguna de Sontecomapan 638Laguna de Términos 855Laguna Encantada 633Laguna Miramar 772Laguna Rosada 844Laguna Santa María del Oro

395-6Laguna Verde 606Laguna Yal-Kú 808Land’s End 269, 13

language 909-16, see also Spanish coursesfood vocabulary 85-8, 912-3

Lara, Agustín 630Las Brisas 425Las Pozas 597Lázaro Cárdenas 427legal matters 877-8León 558-60, 559lesbian travelers 876-7


limestone sinkholes, see cenotes literature 71-2, see also booksLo del Marco 397Loreto 257-9, 258Los Barriles 265Los Mochis 294-6, 295Los Tuxtlas 631-9, 632

ecotourism projects 633lucha libre 58


MMadera 320-1Madero, Francisco 48-9magazines 59Mahahual 818malaria 903Malinalco 232-3Malpasito 719-21Mandinga 619Manzanillo 419-23, 420, 421maps 878

Mexico City 98mariachis

festivals 406, 470Guadalajara 467, 476Mexico City 155Puerto Vallarta 412

marine parks, see national parks & reserves

markets 78-9, 13, see also shoppingMexico City 158Valles Centrales 665

Marquelia 456Martínez, Pedro

murals 567masks 74

museums & galleries 447, 540, 567Tócuaro 512

Mata Ortiz 320Matacanes 360Matamoros 364-7, 365

Matehuala 543Maya 37-9, 750, 764, 782, 810,

813-14, 817, 834-5, 841, 843-4, 844, 845, 849, 863, see also ruinscalendar 38-9, 40, 845itineraries 28, 28museums 713, 735, 821, 856, 858

Mayapán 840, 841Mazamitla 486Mazatec people 669Mazatlán 375-87, 376, 378, 8

accommodations 381-3activities 379-80attractions 377-9for children 380drinking 384-5entertainment 385festivals & events 381food 383-4shopping 385-6tours 380-1travel to/from 386travel within 386-7

Mazunte 696-8measures 868, see also

inside front covermedical services 902, see also healthMennonite people 328Mérida 824-34, 826-7

accommodations 829-31attractions 825-9drinking 832entertainment 832festivals & events 829food 831-2history 824shopping 832tourist information 825tours 829travel to/from 832-3travel within 833-4

metric conversions, see inside front cover

Mexcaltitán 388-9Mexicali 249-51Mexican independence 47-52, 97,

548-9, 551-2, 560festivals & events 561, 876museums 561

Mexican Revolution 48-9museums 121, 187, 332, 525

Mexican Riviera 414Mexico City 95-169, 99, 9

accommodations 136-42activities 134

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Mexico City continuedAlameda Central 119-21attractions 113-34Bosque de Chapultepec 123-6,

108-9Centro Histórico 113-19, 100-1for children 134-5Ciudad Universitaria 128-9Condesa 122-3, 104-5courses 134Coyoacán 129-31, 112Cuicuilco 131-2drinking 149-52emergency services 103entertainment 152-8festivals & events 136food 142-9gay travelers 154history 96-8immigration services 103internet access 103-7internet resources 107itineraries 114, 146lesbian travelers 154medical services 107metro 168, 166-7money 107-11orientation 98-102Paseo de la Reforma 122Plaza de la República 121-2,

100-1Polanco 126, 108-9Roma 123, 104-5San Ángel 127-8, 111shopping 158-9Tlalpan 132tourist information 112-13tours 135-6travel to/from 160-4travel within 164-9Xochimilco 126-7, 110, 9Zona Rosa 122, 104-5

mezcal 80-1, 153Michoacán 492-518Michoacán coast 425-7, 12Mina El Edén 524Mina La Prieta 329Mina Ojuela 333mineral springs,

see spas & springs Misol-Ha 749-50

missionsBaja 257Misión Nuestra Señora de Loreto

258Misión San Borja 251Misión San Francisco Javier de

Viggé-Biaundó 259Misión San Ignacio de Ka-

dakaamán 253Misión Santa Rosalía de Mulegé

255Satevó Mission Church 310Sierra Gorda 585

Mitla 670-1Mixes 669Mixtec people 669mobile phones 881mole 79, 658, 13

festivals 188monarch butterflies, see butterfliesMonclova 341-2money 23, 84, 874-5, 878-80, see

also inside front covermonkeys 637, 722, 752, 764Monte Albán 665-7, 667Monterrey 349-58, 350, 352, 15

accommodations 354-5attractions 351-4courses 354food 355-6tourist information 351travel to/from 357travel within 357-8

Monumento a la Revolución 121Monumento a los Niños Héroes 125Morelia 493-501, 494, 12Morelos, José 496motorcycle travel 889-90

driver’s license 894driving distances 896hazards 897insurance 894-5permits 889-91rental 895-7road conditions 897road rules 898to/from Mexico 889-90within Mexico 893-8

mountain biking 869, see also bicycle travel, cyclingCopper Canyon 307Oaxaca (city) 651, 652Parque Ecológico Chipinque 359Parque Nacional Constitución de

1857 248

Potrero Chico 360-1Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo 371Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de

Manantlán 492movies, see cinema, film locationsMulegé 255-6muralists 64, see also individual

muralists, muralsmurals, see also individual muralists,

muralistsBarra, Osvaldo 533Martínez, Pedro 567Mexico City 115, 117-18, 120, 126Orozco, José Clemente 117-18,

463, 467Rivera, Diego 115, 117, 118,

120, 126Siqueiros, David Alfaro 120, 567

Museo Amparo 185Museo de la Cultura Maya 821Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca

648-9Museo Nacional de Antropología 124museums & galleries

Anahuacalli 130Arte de Oaxaca 650Café Museo Café 735Casa Chihuahua 324Casa de la Cultura (Puebla) 187Casa de la Cultura (Tehuantepec)

707Casa de la Máscara 447Casa Museo Dr Belisario

Domínguez 767Casa-Museo José Clemente Orozco

467Centro Cultural Alfa 353-4Centro Cultural Mexiquense 228-9Centro de las Artes de San Agustín

674Centro Fotográfico Álvarez Bravo

650Cuartel del Arte 181Escuela de Bellas Artes 567Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo

672Fototeca 617Galería de Arte Contemporáneo

609Galería Quetzalli 650Instituto Cultural de Cabañas

466-7Instituto de Artes Gráficas de

Oaxaca 650La Curtiduría 650


942 I N D E X ( M )

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Laboratorio de Arte Alameda 120-1

Metro 590-1Museo Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo

491Museo Amparo 185Museo Arocena 332Museo Arqueológico de Campeche

858Museo Arqueológico de Comitán

767Museo Arqueológico del Soconusco

775Museo Bello 188Museo Casa Allende 566Museo Casa de Hidalgo 561-5Museo Casa de Juárez

(Chihuahua) 325Museo Casa de Juárez

(Oaxaca city) 650-1Museo Casa de las Artesanías del

Estado de Chihuahua 306Museo Casa de Villa 322-4Museo Casa del Alfeñique 187-8Museo Casa del Poeta Manuel José

Othón 539Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y

Frida Kahlo 127-8Museo Comunitario Ex-Hacienda El

Cacique 674Museo Costumbrista de Sonora

292Museo de Aguascalientes 533Museo de Antropología 609Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel

Felguérez 525Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil 128Museo de Arte Contemporáneo

351Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de

Oaxaca 650Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de

Tamaulipas 365Museo de Arte de Querétaro 577Museo de Arte de Tlaxcala 199Museo de Arte de Zapopan 468Museo de Arte Moderno 125Museo de Arte Popular 121Museo de Arte Popular de Yucatán

829Museo de Arte Popular Poblano 187Museo de Arte Virreinal 222-3Museo de Artes Populares 505Museo de Edward James 597Museo de El Carmen 128

Museo de Hidalgo 324Museo de Historia 713Museo de Historia Mexicana 351-3Museo de la Amistad

México-Cuba 599Museo de la Arquitectura Maya

856Museo de la Ciudad 828Museo de la Ciudad de México 119Museo de la Ciudad Teodoro

Cano 602Museo de la Cultura Huasteca 591Museo de la Cultura Maya 821Museo de la Independencia

Nacional 561Museo de la Isla de Cozumel 803Museo de la Medicina Maya 735Museo de la Revolución (Puebla)

187Museo de la Revolución

(Torreón) 332Museo de la Toma de Zacatecas

525Museo de las Aves de México 345Museo de las Culturas Afromes-

tizas 456Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca

648-9Museo de las Momias 553Museo de los Cuatro Pueblos

Indios 513Museo de los Seris 285Museo del Ámbar de Chiapas

735-6Museo del Desierto 345Museo del Estado 495Museo del Ferrocarril 187Museo del Templo Mayor 116Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño 127Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de

Oaxaca 672Museo Federico Silva 540Museo Francisco Goitia 525Museo Francisco Villa 329Museo Frida Kahlo 129-30Museo Guillermo Spratling 222Museo Iconográfico del Quijote 552Museo José Guadalupe Posada 533Museo Léon Trotsky 130Museo Mural Diego Rivera 120Museo Nacional de Antropología

124Museo Nacional de Arte 118Museo Nacional de la Máscara 540Museo Nacional de la Muerte 533

Museo Nacional de la Revolución 121

Museo Nacional de San Carlos 121-2Museo Nacional del Virreinato

171-4Museo Parador Santa María 769-70Museo Pedro Coronel 523Museo Poblano de Arte Virreinal

187Museo Rafael Coronel 525Museo Regional de Antropología

713Museo Regional de Antropología

828 (Mérida)Museo Regional de Antropología

713 (Villahermosa)Museo Regional de Chiapas 725Museo Regional de Guadalajara

463Museo Regional de Guanajuato

Alhóndiga de Granaditas 551-2Museo Regional de Historia 534Museo Regional de Historia de

Colima 488Museo Regional de la Cerámica

469Museo Regional de Nayarit 393Museo Regional Michoacano 495Museo Regional (Querétaro) 577Museo Robert Brady 215Museo Rufino Tamayo (Mexico

City) 125Museo Rufino Tamayo (Oaxaca

city) 649Museo Textil de Oaxaca 649-50Museo Universitario

de Arqueología 420Museo Universitario de Artes

Populares 488Museo Virreinal de Guadalupe 529Museo y Casa de Diego Rivera 552Museo Zacatecano 523Na Bolom 735Parque-Museo La Venta 713Pinacoteca de Nuevo León 353Pinacoteca Diego Rivera 609Pinacoteca Universitaria Alfonso

Michel 488The Other Face of Mexico

Gallery 567Underwater Museum 786

music 67-9, see also mariachisfestivals & events 240, 292, 497,

682música tropical 69

I N D E X ( M ) 943


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NNa Bolom 735national parks & reserves 91-3, see

also parks & gardensÁrea de Protección de Flora y

Fauna Cuatrociénegas 342-3itineraries 33, 33Parque Marino Nacional Bahía de

Loreto 257Parque Nacional Cofre de Perote

614Parque Nacional Constitución de

1857 248-9Parque Nacional Desierto de los

Leones 132Parque Nacional El Chico 183Parque Nacional Grutas de

Cacahuamilpa 227Parque Nacional Huatulco 700Parque Nacional Isla Contoy 796Parque Nacional Lagunas de

Chacahua 687-8Parque Nacional Sierra de Órganos

531Parque Nacional Sierra San Pedro

Mártir 249Parque Nacional Volcán Nevado de

Colima 491-2Playa Garrafón Parque Natural 792Reserva de la Biosfera Banco

Chinchorro 818Reserva de la Biosfera Bolsón de

Mapimí 333Reserva de la Biosfera Calakmul

862Reserva de la Biosfera de

Tehuacán-Cuicatlán 207Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo

370-2Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y

Gran Desierto de Altar 282Reserva de la Biosfera El Triunfo

773Reserva de la Biosfera El Vizcaíno

251Reserva de la Biosfera

La Encrucijada 776Reserva de la Biosfera Los Tuxtlas

637Reserva de la Biosfera Montes

Azules 772, 775-6

Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla 722

Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún 842-3

Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Lagartos 853-4

Reserva de la Biosfera Sian Ka’an 815-16

Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de la Laguna 266

Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de Manantlán 492

Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda 584

Reserva Ecológica de Nanciyaga 637-8

Reserva Mariposa Monarca 501-2Selva Lacandona 762

Nevado de Toluca 230-1newspapers 59, 868Nogales 278-80Nohoch Mul 814-15North American Free Trade Agreement

(Nafta) 54-5Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe 60,

133-4, see also Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Nuevo Casas Grandes 317-20Nuevo Laredo 361-3, 362Nuevo León 349-61

OOaxaca (city) 643-64, 645

accommodations 654-7activities 651-2attractions 647-51courses 652-3drinking 659-60emergency services 644entertainment 660-1festivals & events 653-4food 657-9history 643medical services 644shopping 661-2tourist information 646tours 653travel to/from 662-3travel within 663-4

Oaxaca coast 678-706, 10Oaxaca (state) 640-708, 642Obregón, Álvaro 49

monuments 128Ocho Venado 688Ocosingo 746-8

Ocotlán 672Olinalá 455Olmec people 36

museums 609Orizaba 627-9, 628Orozco, José Clemente 64

birthplace 486murals 117-18, 463, 467museums 467

Oxkintok 838

PPachuca 181-3Pacific coast 373-456, 374

itineraries 30, 30painting 63-5Palacio Clavijero 495Palacio de Atetelco 180Palacio de Bellas Artes 119-21Palacio de Cortés 213-15Palacio de Gobierno (Chihuahua) 324Palacio de Gobierno (Colima) 488Palacio de Gobierno (Guadalajara) 463Palacio de Gobierno (Morelia) 496Palacio de Hierro 627Palacio de Justicia 496Palacio de Quetzalpapálotl 179Palacio de Tepantitla 179Palacio de Tetitla 180Palacio del Gobernador 837Palacio Nacional 115Palacio Postal 120Palenque 750-9, 752-5, 751, 753, 12

accommodations 756-8food 758-9history 750tourist information 752travel to/from 759travel within 759

PAN rule 51-2Papantla 601-3Paquimé people 318-19Paracho 516-17Paraíso 719parks & gardens, see also national

parks & reservesBosque de Chapultepec 123-4Centro Ecológico de Sonora 282Colima (city) 488El Parque Metropolitano 591Jardín Borda 215-16Jardín Botánico 125Jardín Botánico de Acapulco 447Jardín Botánico El Charco del

Ingenio 568


944 I N D E X ( N - P )

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Jardín de la Bombilla 128Jardín de la Marimba 725Jardín Etnobotánico 650Jardines Botánicos de Vallarta 404Parque Agua Azul 467Parque Centenario 828-9Parque Ecológico Chipinque 359Parque Ecológico Paso Coyol 623-4Parque Ecológico Rufino Tamayo

700Parque Fundidora 353Parque Madero 725Parque Nacional Barranca del

Cupatitzio 512-13Villa Luz 721Viveros de Coyoacán 130-1Xalapa 609-10

Parque Chankanaab 804Parque Punta Sur 804-5Parque-Museo La Venta 713Parras 347-9Paseo de la Reforma 122passports 886, see also visasPátzcuaro 503-9, 504Paz, Octavio 71Peña de Bernal 583petroglyphs

Cañón La Trinidad 256El Fuerte 300Malpasito 719-20Mazatlán 381Reserva de la Biosfera Montes

Azules 772Sierra de San Francisco 253-4

phone cards 881, 882Pico de Orizaba 629Pie De La Cuesta 440-2Piedras Negras 341Pinotepa Nacional 688Pirámide del Sol 178pismo clams 249planning 22-6, 874-5, see also

holidays, itinerariesplants 91Plateros 530Playa Azul 427Playa Carrizalillo 681Playa del Carmen 798-802, 800Playa Garrafón Parque Natural 792Playa La Ticla 425Playa Los Ayala 397Playa Maruata 426Playa Palancar 804Playa Ventura 456Playa Zicatela 679

Playas de Rosarito 242-3Plaza de la República 121-2, 100-1Pochutla 688-9Polanco 126, 108-9Popocatépetl 196-7population 56Posada Barrancas 304-5Posada, José Guadalupe

museums 533postal services 880Potrero Chico 360-1pottery, see ceramicsPoza Rica 601Pozos 575-6pre-Hispanic era 35-43PRI rule 49-51Progreso 844Puebla 184-93, 186

accommodations 188-90attractions 185-8food 190-1travel to/from 192-3travel within 193

Pueblos Mancomunados 674-5Puertecitos 251Puerto Ángel 689-92Puerto Arista 774-5Puerto Escondido 678-86, 680Puerto López Mateos 260Puerto Morelos 798Puerto Peñasco 280-2Puerto San Carlos 260Puerto Vallarta 399-413, 400,

402-3, 8accommodations 406-8activities 404-5attractions 401-4for children 405-6courses 405drinking 410-11entertainment 411-12festivals & events 406food 408-10gay travelers 410-11itineraries 401shopping 412tourist information 401tours 406travel to/from 412travel within 412-13

pulque 81, 615Punta Allen 816Punta Cometa 697Punta de Piedra 367Punta Laguna 814

pyramids 814-15El Castillo 846-7, 8El Cerrito 582-3Gran Pirámide 837Kinich-Kakmó 844-5Nohoch Mul 814-15Pirámide de la Luna 178Pirámide de los Nichos 604Pirámide de Quetzalcóatl 221Pirámide de Teopanzolco 216Pirámide de Tepozteco 207-8Pirámide del Sol 178Pirámide Tepanapa 193-4Pirámides Los Alzati 503Tlatelolco 132-3Tula 175-6Xochitécatl 203Yohualichán 206

QQuerétaro (city) 576-82, 578Querétaro (state) 576-85Quintana Roo 784-824Quiroga 511Quixote, Don

museums 552

Rrabies 903rafting 869, see also boat trips

Bahías de Huatulco 702Jalcomulco 614-15Río Filobobos 606

rappelling 868Rarámuri people 303, 309

museums 306Real De Catorce 543-8, 544Real del Monte 183-4Reforma Agraria 765-6religion 60-2reserves, see national parks & reservesretablos 75Reynosa 363-4Rincón De Guayabitos 397Río Bec 865Río Lagartos 853-4Rivera, Diego 64, 131

birthplace 552mosaics 126murals 115, 117, 118, 120, 126museums & galleries 120, 127,

127-8, 130, 552, 609road distance chart 896robbery, see theftrock climbing, see climbing

I N D E X ( P - R ) 945


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EX

Roma 123, 104-5Roman Catholicism 60Rosario 387Rotonda de los Jaliscenses Ilustres

463-4Ruinas de Mayapán 840ruins, see also ball courts, pyramids

Balamkú 862-3Becán 864Bonampak 761, 761Cacaxtla 202-3Calakmul 863Cancún 786Cantona 204Chansayab 762Chiapa de Corzo 729Chicanná 863Chichén Itzá 846-8, 846, 8Chinkultic 770Cholula 193-5Cobá 814-15Colima (city) 488-9Comalcalco 718Cuicuilco 131-2Dzibanché 823Dzibilchaltún 843-4Edzná 861-2Ek’ Balam 852El Cedral 804El Cerrito 582-3El Tajín 603-5Guiengola 707Hormiguero 865Ihuatzio 510Izamal 844-5Izapa 779Kabah 838-9Kohunlich 823La Venta 720La Quemada 531Labná 839-40Lacanjá 762Malinalco 232Malpasito 719-20Mitla 670Monte Albán 666-7Oxkintok 838Palenque 752-5, 753, 12Paquimé 318-19Quiahuiztlán 606-7Ranas 585

Río Bec 865Ruinas de Mayapán 840Ruta Puuc 839-40San Gervasio 805Sayil 839Soledad de Maciel 440Tamohi 594Tamtoc 594-5Templo Mayor 116Tenam Puente 769Teotihuacán 178-80, 9Tingambato 516Tizatlán 200Tlatelolco 132-3Toniná 748-9Tula 175-6Tulum 809-11, 810, 7Tzintzuntzan 511Uxmal 836-7, 836Xcambó 844Xlapak 839Xochicalco 220-1Xochitécatl 203Xpuhil 864Yagul 669-70Yaxchilán 764, 765, 16Yohualichán 206Zaachila 673Zempoala 607

Rulfo, Juan 71Ruta Puuc 839-40

SSalinas de Gortari, Carlos 50Saltillo 343-7, 344San Agustín Etla 674San Agustinillo 694-6San Andrés Tuxtla 632-4San Ángel 127-8, 111San Bartolo Coyotepec 671-2San Blas 389-93, 390San Carlos 289-90San Cristóbal de Las Casas

730-42, 732accommodations 736-8attractions 734-6courses 736drinking 740entertainment 740-1festivals & events 736food 738-40history 730-1itineraries 731shopping 741tourist information 734

tours 736travel to/from 741-2travel within 742

San Felipe (Baja) 251San Felipe (Yucatán) 854San Fernando 367San Francisco 397San Gervasio 805San Ignacio 253San Joaquín 585San José 371San José del Cabo 266-9, 267San José del Pacífico 672-3San José El Mogote 673-4San Juan Chamula 744-5, 15San Juan Cosalá 485San Juan de Alima 425San Juan de los Lagos 480-1San Juan de Ulúa 617San Lorenzo 639San Lorenzo Zinacantán 745San Luis Potosí (city) 537-43, 538San Luis Potosí (state) 537-48San Marcos 456San Martín Tilcajete 672San Miguel de Allende 563-74,

564, 11accommodations 569-71attractions 566-8courses 568drinking 573entertainment 573festivals & events 569food 571-3history 563-4internet resources 565shopping 573-4tourist information 566tours 568-9travel to/from 574travel within 574

San Miguel de Cozumel, see Isla Cozumel

San Patricio-Melaque 414-19San Pedro Teposcolula 677Santa Ana del Valle 669Santa Elena 838Santa Rosalía 254-5Santiago 360Santiago Apoala 677Santiago Ixcuintla 388Santiago Tuxtla 631Santo Domingo 779-80Santo Tomás Jalieza 672Santuario de Atotonilco 575


946 I N D E X ( R - S )

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EX

sarapes 346-7Sayil 839Sayulita 397-9scarlet macaws 765-6, see also birds,

bird-watchingsculpture 63, 65sea lions, swimming with 280, 289sea turtles, see turtlesSemana Santa 876

Acapulco 449Cañón de la Huasteca 359Mérida 829Mexico City 136Pátzcuaro 506Playa Miramar 591San Blas 389San Cristóbal de Las Casas 736San Luis Potosí (city) 540San Miguel de Allende 569Tampico 591Uruapan 513

scuba diving, see divingSeri people 285-6

museums 285sharks, see whale sharks, swimming

withshopping 880, see also individual

locations, marketsSierra Chincua 502Sierra de San Francisco 253-4Sierra Norte 674-6silver

fairs 224Guanajuato (city) 548-9mines 329, 333, 524, 553shopping 226, 241Taxco 221-2, 226, 14Zacatecas (city) 521-3

Sima de Las Cotorras 730Sinaloa 294-7sinkholes, see cenotes Siqueiros, David Alfaro 64

murals 120, 567snorkeling, see diving & snorkelingsoccer, see fútbolSoledad de Maciel 440Sombrerete 531-2Sonora 278-94Sótano de las Golondrinas 596Soto La Marina 367Spanish conquest 43-5

Mexico City 96-7Spanish courses 872

Barra de Navidad 416-17Campeche (city) 858

Cuernavaca 216-17Ensenada 246Guadalajara 469Guanajuato (city) 553-4La Paz 263Mérida 829Mexico City 134Monterrey 354Morelia 497Oaxaca (city) 652-4Playa del Carmen 799Puerto Escondido 681Puerto Vallarta 405Querétaro (city) 579San Cristóbal de Las Casas 736San Miguel de Allende 568Taxco 224Veracruz (city) 619Xalapa 611

Spanish (Mexican) 909-16spas & springs

Aguascalientes (city) 535Balneario Río Puyacatengo 721Catemaco 635Cuautla 211El Carrizal 613Hierve El Agua 671Ixtapan de la Sal 233Laguna Bacalar 820Ocosingo 746San Juan Cosalá 485San Miguel de Allende area 575-6

spider monkeys, see monkeyssportfishing, see fishingsports 56-8, see also individual sportssprings, see spas & springssurfing 870

Baja 273Barra de la Cruz 705-6Barra de Nexpa 426-7Boca de Pascuales 424Cancún 788-9El Martillo 246Ensenada 246festivals & events 682Ixtapa 430La Barrita 440Loma Bonita 440Los Cabos Corridor 269Mazatlán 379Playa La Ticla 425Puerto Escondido 681Punta Maldonado 456San Agustinillo 695San Blas 391

San Miguel 246Sayulita 398Todos Santos 273Troncones 428

sustainable travel 23-6, 24, 55, 94, 888, see also GreenDex

swimming, see beaches

TTabasco 712-23, 710Talismán 780talking cross 817Tamaulipas 361-72Tamiahua 601Tampico 589-94, 592Tamtoc 594-5Tankah 801Tapachula 775-9, 777Tapalpa 485-6Tapijulapa 721Taxco 221-7, 223taxes 879, 887taxis 899Teacapán 388Teapa 720-1Teatro de la República 579Teatro Degollado 463Teatro Juárez 551Teatro Morelos 533Tecate 243Tecolutla 605-6Tehuacán 206Tehuantepec 706-7Telchak Puerto 844telephone services 880-2temascals 635, see also spas & springstemples, see ruinsTemplo de las Inscripciones 753-4Templo Mayor (Mexico City) 116Tenam Puente 769Tenosique 722-3Teotihuacán 96, 177-81, 178, 9Teotihuacán people 36-7Teotitlán del Valle 668-9Tepic 393-5, 394Tepotzotlán 171-4Tepoztlán 207-10, 208tequila 79-80, 482

distilleries 483festivals 240tours 483

Tequisquiapan 583-4textiles 73-4

museums & galleries 649-50Oaxaca (city) 661-2

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textiles continuedSanta Ana del Valle 669Teotitlán del Valle 668

theft 872-8Ticul 840-2Tijuana 237-42, 238-9time 882Tingambato 516tipping 84, 879-80Tizatlán 200Tizimín 852-3Tlacolula 669Tlacotalpan 629-31Tlalpan 132Tlaquepaque 468-9Tlatelolco 132-3

massacre 133Tlaxcala 198-202, 199Tlaxiaco 678Tócuaro 512Todos Santos 272-4toilets 882Toltec people 39-41, 174-5Toluca 227-33, 228Tonalá (Chiapas) 773-4Tonalá (Guadalajara) 469Toniná 748-9 Topolobampo 296-7Torreón 331-3tourist cards 884tourist information 882-3tourist permits 884tours, see individual locationstrain travel 899, see also Copper

Canyon Railwaytrekking, see hikingTres Zapotes 631-2Triqui people 669Troncones 428-9trova 69

Mexico City 157Tula 174-7Tulum 808-13, 809, 810, 7turtles 90, 681, 696

conservation centers & projects 368, 424, 605, 697, 774, 779, 795, 801, 808

Tututepec 688Tuxpan 599-601Tuxtla Gutiérrez 723-8, 724TV 59

typhoid fever 904Tzeltal people 743Tzintzuntzan 510-11Tzotzil people 743

UUaymitún 844Unesco World Heritage sites 33, 33Unión Juárez 779-80Universidad de Guadalajara 467Universidad de Guanajuato 552Urique 303-4Uruapan 512-16, 513US, border crossings 318, 890-1Uxmal 834-8, 836

Vvacations 22-3vaccinations 900Valladolid 849-52, 850Valle de Bravo 231-2Valle de Etla 673-4Valle de Tlacolula 668-71Valle de Zimatlán 671-3Valles Centrales 664-74, 664vegan travelers 84vegetarian travelers 84Veracruz (city) 615-23, 616, 618, 14Veracruz (state) 599-639Villa del Oeste 337Villa, Pancho 330-1

festivals 329-30museums 322-4, 329

Villa Rica 606Villahermosa 712-17, 714, 715Virgin of Guadalupe, see Nuestra

Señora de Guadalupevisas 883-4, see also passportsvoladores 604-5, 607volcanoes

Iztaccíhuatl 196-7La Malinche 203Nevado de Toluca 230-1Pico de Orizaba 629Popocatépetl 196-7Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y

Gran Desierto de Altar 282Volcán Ceboruco 396Volcán de Fuego 492Volcán Nevado de Colima 492Volcán Paricutín 517Volcán Tacaná 779-80

volunteering 884-5La Pesca 368La Ventanilla 697

Oaxaca (city) 651, 652, 653Tecolutla 605Xcacel-Xcacelito 801Zipolite 693

Wwalking, see hikingwakeboarding

Pie De La Cuesta 441Tampico 591

water 93, 907-8waterfalls

Agua Azul 749Cascada Cola de Caballo 359-60Cascada de Atoyac 625Cascada de Basaseachi 309-10Cascada de Tzaráracua 516Cascada Ya Toch Kusam 762Ciudad Valles area 595El Chiflón 769El Salto 485Las Brisas 205Misol-Ha 749Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo 371Salto de Eyipantla 633

weather 22, 872, 873weaving 668websites, see internet resourcesweights 868, see also inside front coverwhale sharks, swimming with 261-3,

797whales 90, 405whale-watching

Baja 252Ensenada 246Guerrero Negro 252La Ventana 265Laguna San Ignacio 254Loreto 257-8Mazatlán 381Puerto López Mateos 260Puerto San Carlos 260

white-water rafting, see raftingwildlife-watching, see also animals,

bird-watching, individual animalsLa Ventanilla 697Laguna Miramar 772Mazatlán 381Parque Nacional Sierra San Pedro

Mártir 249Reforma Agraria 765-6Reserva de la Biosfera

La Encrucijada 776Reserva de la Biosfera Sian Ka’an

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windsurfing 265, 591wine 82

festivals & events 246, 348wineries

Cavas de Freixenet 585-4Parras 347-8Ruta del Vino 246

witchcraft 637women in Mexico 62women travelers 885

health 907-8woodwork 74-5

Olinalá 455San Martín Tilcajete 672

wrestling, see lucha libre

XXalapa 608-13, 610Xcalak 818-19Xico 614Xilitla 597-9Xlapak 839Xochicalco 220-1

Xochimilco 126-7, 110, 9Xochitécatl 202-3Xpujil 864-5

YYagul 669-70Yanhuitlán 677Yaxchilán 759-60, 764, 765, 16yoga

Puerto Vallarta 405Tulum 811-12Zihuatanejo 434Zipolite 692-3

Yohualichán 206Yucatán Peninsula 781-865, 783Yucatán (state) 824-65Yumká safari park 718

ZZaachila 673Zacatecas (city) 521-9, 522Zacatecas (state) 521-32Zapata, Emiliano 211

Zapatista movement 211, 746-7Zapopan 468Zapotec people 669Zedillo, Ernesto 50Zempoala 607Zihuatanejo 432-9, 434zip-lining 868Zipolite 692-4Zitácuaro 503Zona de Montaña 485-7Zona del Silencio 333Zona Rosa 122, 104-5zoos

Centro Ecológico de Sonora 282Mini-Zoológico Museo 630Parque Centenario 828-9Parque Zoológico Benito Juárez

497Parque-Museo La Venta 713Zoológico de Chapultepec 125Zoológico Guadalajara 467-8Zoológico Miguel Álvarez del Toro

(Zoomat) 725

I N D E X ( W - Z ) 949

GreenDex

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GreenDex

AROUND MEXICO CITY accommodations

Taselotzin 205 Tosepan Kali 205

activitiesPor Un Mejor Hoy 216

attractionsParque Nacional El Chico 183 Parque Nacional Grutas de

Cacahuamilpa 227 Parque Nacional La Malintzi

203

BAJA CALIFORNIA activities

Baja Paradise 262 Mariana Ledesma 263 Pulmo Amigos 266 Whale Shark Mexico 261

attractionsParque Nacional Sierra

San Pedro Mártir 249 Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra

de la Laguna 266 Sierra de San Francisco 253

CENTRAL GULF COAST accommodations

Hotel Istirinchá 606 Hotel Posada Loma 626 Los Amigos 638

activitiesRobert Straub birding tours 610-11

attractionsBiological Research Station 638 EcoGuías La Mancha 606 Grupo Ecologista Vida

Milenaria 605 Jardín Del Arte 158 Museo de la Ciudad Teodoro

Cano 602 Parque Ecológico Paso Coyol 623 Reserva Ecológica de Nanciyaga

637 food & drink

Café Gourmet Pepe 614 La Flor de Café 598

shoppingEco-Tienda 612 Fractal Naturaleza 637 La Misión 614 Mercado Ecológico Xicote 614 Popularte 612

CENTRAL NORTH MEXICO activities

Aventura Pantera 335 attractions

Mata Ortiz 320 Reserva de la Biosfera Bolsón

de Mapimí 333

CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST accommodations

CocoCabañas 418 Techos de Mexico 396

activitiesAdventours 430 Eco Ride 406 Ecotours de México 406 King David’s Mazatlán Jungle

Tour 381 Onca Explorations 381 Sendero México 381 Vallarta Adventures 406

attractionsEl Tortugario 424 Isla Isabel 390 Jardín Botánico de Acapulco

447 Jardines Botánicos de Vallarta

404 Tufted Jay Preserve 381

MEXICO CITY accommodations

Casa de los Amigos 138 Chalet del Carmen 142 Michmani 141

activitiesCentro Cultural Tepeticpac

Tlahtolcalli 134

It seems like everyone’s going green and eco these days, but how can you know which businesses are really ecofriendly and which are simply jumping on the sustainable bandwagon?

The following listings have all been selected by this book’s authors because they demonstrate an active sustainable-tourism policy. Some are involved in conservation or environmental educa-tion, and many are owned and operated by local and indigenous operators, thereby helping to support regional identity and culture.

We define sustainable tourism in three ways:

Environment – Minimizes negative environmental impacts and, where possible, makes positive contributions. Socio-cultural – Respects culture and traditions and fosters authentic interaction and greater understanding between travelers and hosts.Economic – Has financial benefits for the host community and operates on the principles of fair trade.

We want to keep developing our sustainable-tourism content. If you think we’ve omitted someone who should be listed here, or if you disagree with our choices, email us at [email protected]. For more information about sustainable tourism and Lonely Planet, see www.lonelyplanet.com/responsibletravel.

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NORTHEAST MEXICO attractions

Acuario y Herpetario Minckley 342

Parque Nacional Cumbres de Monterrey 360

Rancho El Chuzo 345 food & drink

La Fe 372

NORTHERN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS activities

Centro de Crecimiento 568 Operatour Potosina 584 Promo Tur 584 Sierra Gorda Ecotours 584 San Miguel de Allende walking

tour 569 attractions

Jardín Botánico El Charco del Ingenio 568

Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda 584

food & drinkVía Orgánica 571

shoppingFAI 573 Mujeres Productoras 573

NORTHWEST MEXICO accommodations

El Pedregal 293 activities

Homes & Gardens Tour 292 Pronatura 292 Solipaso 292

attractionsCasa del Mar 285 CEDO 280 Centro Ecológico de Sonora 282 Delfinario Sonora 289

Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar 282

shoppingArtesanías Misión 308

OAXACA STATE accommodations

Bambú 695 Rancho Cerro Largo 695

activitiesExpediciones Sierra Norte 652 Rancho Buenavista 652 Servicios Ecoturísticos

La Ventanilla 697 attractions

Pueblos Mancomunados 674 information

Ecoturismo Comunitario Capulálpam 676

Ecoturixtlán 676

TABASCO & CHIAPAS attractions

Campamento Tortuguero 774 Las Guacamayas 765 Reserva de la Biosfera El Triunfo 773

food & drinkCafé Biomaya 727 La Casa del Pan 740 La Casa del Pan Papalotl 739

shoppingNemi Zapata 741 Sna Jolobil 741 Taller Leñateros 741

WESTERN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS accommodations

Campamento de Área de Montaña 514

Casa Santiago 510

activitiesColima Magic 491 Returi 491

attractionsParque Nacional Barranca del

Cupatitzio 512 Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra

de Manantlán 492 Reserva Mariposa Monarca

501 Volcán Nevado de Colima

492 food & drink

Iglesia La Inmaculada 498 shopping

House of Handicrafts 495

YUCATÁN PENINSULA accommodations

Boca Paila Camps 816 Genesis Eco-Retreat 852 Hostel Ida y Vuelta 797 Hotel El Rey del Caribe 789 Posada Margherita 812 Río Bec Dreams 863

activitiesXcacel-Xcacelito volunteer

work 801 attractions

Centro Ecológico Akumal 808

Isla Mujeres Turtle Farm 795

Reserva de la Biosfera Calakmul 862

Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún 842

Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Lagartos 853

Reserva de la Biosfera Sian Ka’an 815

952

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MountainNational Park

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WaterfallRiver Flow

Geographic

InformationBank, ATM

Embassy/ConsulateHospital, Medical

InformationInternet Facilities

Police StationPost Office

Toilets

Point of Interest

TransportAirport, AirfieldBorder Crossing

Bus StationGeneral Transport

Taxi Rank

SleepingSleepingCamping

ShoppingShopping

EntertainmentEntertainment

DrinkingDrinking

Cafe

EatingEating

BeachCastle

Christian

MonumentMuseum

PoolRuin

Diving, Snorkeling

Sights/ActivitiesSYMBOLS

Petrol StationParking Area

CAPITAL (NATIONAL)Large City

Small CityCAPITAL (STATE)

POPULATION

BuildingLand

ParkMall

Forest

Cemetery

AirportBeach

AREA FEATURES

Marine ParkCliffState

InternationalBOUNDARIES

SwampReef

WaterCanalRiver, Creek

Mudflats

HYDROGRAPHY

Ferry RailTRANSPORT

Tunnel

LaneTertiary

Walking Path

TollwayFreewayPrimary Mall/Steps

Pedestrian OverpassSecondary

Unsealed RoadOne-Way Street

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QUICK REFERENCE SEE DIRECTORY CHAPTER FOR MORE PRACTICAL INFORMATION

TELEPHONEAll landline phone numbers have an area code followed by a seven- or eight-digit number.Mexico country code x52

International dialing code x00

Domestic long-distance dialing code x01

Emergency x066

National tourist assistance x078

Mexico City area code x55

Guadalajara area code x33

Cancún area code x998

PRICE RANGES Sleeping Eating

Budget <M$425 <M$75

Midrange M$425-1050 M$75-140

Top end >M$1050 >M$140

Room prices in this book are for high season with private bathroom. Exceptions are noted in specific listings.

PHRASESHello. Hola.Goodbye. Adiós.Thank you. Gracias.I (don’t) understand. (No) entiendo.Help! ¡Socorro!How much is it? ¿Cuánto cuesta?Where is Hotel Juárez? ¿Dónde está Hotel Juárez?

CONVERSIONS1in = 2.54cm1cm = 0.39in1m = 3.3ft = 1.1yd1ft = 0.3m1km = 0.62 miles1 mile = 1.6km1kg = 2.2lb1lb = 0.45kg1g = 0.04oz1oz = 28g1 imperial gallon = 4.55L1L = 0.26 US gallons1 US gallon = 3.8L1L = 0.22 imperial gallons

HOW TO USE THIS BOOKSleeping and Eating reviews are listed in budget order.For details of map symbols, see the Map Legend on the last page of this book.

% telephoneh opening hoursp parking availablen nonsmoking rooms/ areas availablea air-con availablei internet availableW wi-fi accesss swimming poolw wheelchair accessv good vegetarian selectionc child-friendly

apt apartmentsd double rooms (for two people)dm dorm bedsf family roomsq quad roomsr roomss single rooms (for one person)ste suitestr triple roomstw twin rooms

EXCHANGE RATESPrices in this book are quoted in Mexican pesos (M$).M$1 = 100 centavos.For current exchange rates see www.xe.com.Australia A$1 M$11.50

Belize BZ$1 M$6.40

Canada C$1 M$12.30

Euro zone €1 M$17.05

Guatemala Q1 M$1.55

Japan ¥100 M$13.85

New Zealand NZ$1 M$8.95

UK UK£1 M$19.10

USA US$1 M$12.50

BUSINESS HOURSBanks 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat; hours may vary in smaller towns

Post Offices 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat

Restaurants 7am (or 9am in central Mexico) to midnight daily

Stores/Shops 9am-8pm Mon-Sat; in the south, many shops close from 2pm to 4pm

Exceptions to these hours are noted in specific listings.

LONELY PLANET INDEX1L gas (petrol) M$8

1L bottle water M$10

Bottle of Modelo beer M$18

Street taco M$8-10

Souvenir T-shirt M$100-150

For additional price information, see Getting Started.12TH EDITIONPublished Sep 2010First Published Oct 1982

USA $26.99UK £17.99

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