
Faustino Miranda Botanical Garden Museum
The garden comprises 98% plant species from Chiapas from different warm-climate zones; the rest are plants adapted to the state.
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The garden comprises 98% plant species from Chiapas from different warm-climate zones; the rest are plants adapted to the state.
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The Regional Museum of Chiapas presents an overview of the development of Maya culture in two rooms: pre-Hispanic history and hist…
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A modern access route to important public, administrative, and educational spaces of the city; a tourist route that lets you get t…
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Its full name is "Avenue of the Illustrious Men of the Mexican Revolution", so called because it is where the busts of the figures…
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The Zoques are a Mexican ethnic group from the states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Tabasco. The Zoques of Chiapas call themselves O-dep…
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Work began on December 18, 1941, but the first stone was symbolically laid on September 14 to commemorate the 117th anniversary of…
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The church's main feature is its façade, arranged like a gigantic mortar altarpiece (a mix of lime, sand and water). The motifs ar…
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La Encrucijada is a series of estuaries that have been a Biosphere Reserve since June 1995. Its importance lies in being one of th…
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Travel through the Cañón del Sumidero and discover, on a boat tour, one of the most spectacular places in Mexico. On this pleasant…
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The Archaeological Zone of Iglesia Vieja is located in the foothills of the Sierra Madre. Currently under study and still difficul…
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It belongs to the El Ocote reserve and is located 45 minutes north of Tuxtla. This canyon is also known as "The Sacred One" becaus…
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Lacanja Chansayab is a Lacandon sub-community that bases its subsistence on the natural resources provided by the biodiversity of …
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It is an Ecotourism Camp because it is a center certified by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, with facilitie…
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It is a sinkhole about 140 m deep and 160 m in diameter, home to countless parakeets. Descending about 20 m into the sinkhole, a g…
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Lacanja Chansayab is a Lacandon sub-community that bases its subsistence on the natural resources provided by the biodiversity of …
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X'bu lanja is a tourist center located on the bank of the Santo Domingo River next to the southern border highway in the community…
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Located 61 km from the City of Comitán, along the southern border highway, it has more than 30 lagoons in the surrounding area, wh…
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Lacanja Chansayab is a Lacandon subcommunity that bases its subsistence on the natural resources provided by the biodiversity of M…
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It is an ideal place for tourists looking to enjoy a peaceful tour through the mangroves in the company of family. In this area yo…
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The rocks we see today on the walls of the Cañón del Sumidero began to form some 136 million years ago from sediments and calcium …
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Chiapa de Corzo, a colonial site of tradition and culture, framed by the warmth of its people, is one of the most beautiful cities…
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A colonial city located 46 km along the Tuxtla Gutiérrez – San Cristóbal de Las Casas highway. As various visitors have said, San …
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A ceremonial center founded around the year 1500 BC that, from the year 600 BC, was for a millennium the largest and most importan…
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It was founded by Eliseo Palacios for the study and conservation of regional wildlife. It bears the name in honor of the man who w…
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One of the most recommended beaches to visit during your stay in Chiapas, here you will enjoy total tranquility since it remains p…
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The waves of the Pacific Ocean crash forcefully against the beach of Puerto Arista; the conditions are not ideal, but the symbolic…
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Considered one of the most notable archaeological museums in the Mayan area, it brings together around 234 pieces from different a…
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It is one of the most fascinating archaeological cities in Mexico. To visit it is to discover the soul of the Maya world; it is to…
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Archaeological site located 68 kilometers from Comitán de Domínguez, in the Cristóbal Colón colony.
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The remains of this extinct town are located 45 km from Comitán.
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A Classic-period Maya archaeological site located 13 km from Comitán on a hill that was modified to create a series of terraces on…
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The Chinkultic Archaeological Zone is notable for being a settlement whose architecture adapted in a very special way to the topog…
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Sometimes, among the simple things in life, when we cross the threshold of a house we step immediately into a frozen fragment of h…
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A 16th-century building, listed on May 6, 1972, in the National Catalog of Historic Monument Properties.
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The fountain or pilona of Chiapa de Corzo is considered one of the most important artistic monuments not only in Mexico, but in th…
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A pre-Hispanic city whose name in Tzeltal means “Great House of Stone.”
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It was founded by Eliseo Palacios for the study and conservation of the region's wildlife.
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The Regional Museum of Chiapas presents an overview of the development of Maya culture in two halls: one on pre-Hispanic history a…
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The marimba is the emblematic instrument of Chiapas, and this park becomes the soul of the city every night with music that fills …
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As an attraction very close to the Palenque Archaeological Zone, we find this beautiful waterfall, famous for the harmony that com…
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The Ruz L´Huiller Museum, which exhibits more than 230 archaeological pieces, and the Lak puj kul Textile Museum, which houses a c…
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Known for its large number of architectural structures and inscriptions, Yaxchilán is located on the bank of the Usumacinta River,…
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The combination of pre-Hispanic ingredients such as chili, corn, and cacao gives rise to a wide variety of authentic delicacies fi…
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Bonampak is a little-explored archaeological site that safeguards ancient murals which reveal the way of life of a millennia-old c…
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Palenque means in Spanish “near wooden stakes” in reference to a fortress or an enclosed site.
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The Agua Azul Waterfalls Biosphere Reserve is an internationally recognized protected area famous for its stunning blue-and-white …
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A small city considered a “Magical Town” for its symbolic attributes, history, traditions, and antiquity, but it is even more valu…
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The Sumidero Canyon is a geological fault or cliff with an approximate height of 1,000 meters and stretches about 32 kilometers al…
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A monumental statue that rises atop Mactumaczá hill, in the ejido of Copoya. It measures 62 meters, surpassing other works in the …
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Best known as the Mayan City of the mural paintings and declared a National Monument in 1992, it is an archaeological site located…
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The cradle of Chiapas's independence, it is the heart of the Los Llanos tourist region.
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A lagoon system that emerges near the Cristóbal Colón ejido, very close to the archaeological site known as “El Lagartero”.
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This is the ideal place for ecotourism activities.
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Lagunas de Montebello National Park was created in 1959, being the first of its kind in the State of Chiapas.
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This Cathedral was built in the second half of the 16th century. Its facade features a doorway flanked by columns that support an …
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