Overview & Highlights
This holiday offers excellent value while introducing you to the country’s rich history and varied landscapes. Explore Mexico City, the Mayan temples of the Yucatán including Chichén Itzá and relax on a Caribbean beach.
This holiday is a great introduction to a huge country with an immense variety of cultural and physical landscapes. There are deserts, mountains and jungles magnificent ruined pre-Columbian pyramids and temples, graceful colonial towns and a timeless indigenous life in the villages and markets. We’ve picked out a few of the highlights to give you a good value, economical and rewarding holiday.
Mexico City is a huge metropolis, one of the largest cities in the world (you may like to extend your time here) and our guided tour takes you to a few of the top sights. Zip down to Mérida, an agreeable, Mayan and colonial city in the Yucatán Peninsula, from where you will visit a few of the better-known Mayan archaeological sites. Finally head for the Caribbean beach at Playa del Carmen on the Riviera Maya.
- Discover the modern and the ancient in Mexico City
- Explore colonial cities and Mayan ruins on the Yucatan peninsula
- Relax on the white sand beaches of the Caribbean
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Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Mexico City. Transfer to hotel in the historic centre.
Day 2
Full day guided excursion to historic colonial towns Cuernavaca and Taxco.
Day 3
Full day guided city tour and visit Teotihuacán pyramids.
Day 4
Fly to Mérida, transfer to hotel in the city centre.
Day 5
Full day excursion to Mayan ruins of Uxmal and Kabah.
Day 6
At leisure to explore Mérida
Day 7
Visit Chichén Itzá, continue to the Riviera Maya
Days 8-10
At leisure at Playa del Carmen on the Mayan Riviera.
Day 11
Transfer to Cancún airport for international flight home.
Things to do
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Visit Taxco, silver town
Visit Teotihuacan, pre-Columbian ruined city
Visit Uxmal ruined Mayan temple complex
Visit Chichen Itza, ruined Mayan city
Visit an underwater sculpture gallery
Go snorkelling on the Riviera Maya
Visit the Yucatan’s colonial haciendas and bathe in limestone cenotes
Walking tour of Mexico City
Accommodation
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What our clients say
Our Expert's Opinion
Offering incredible value, this holiday is designed to provide a fantastic introduction to Mexico that will inspire you to return again and again. You will visit one of Mexico's prettiest colonial towns, Taxco, where you can explore twisting and picturesque cobbled streets. Explore Mayan sites and finish up on the Riviera Maya, where you can indulge in seafood tacos. If you visit in September, you'll even have a chance to spot whale sharks.
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