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Mexico has a tremendous number of fun, colorful, and historically significant places to see. You can be immersed in the richness of the Spanish colonial or pre-Hispanic history of Mexico, the wilderness of the jungle or in the deserts that stretch to the blue horizon. You can hike in mountain landscapes, or dive into the blue waters of Cozumel in the Caribbean, with its famous coral reefs, or simply have a cheerful time at the beach, have a drink, and enjoy the lazy life with some of the best beach food anywhere.
Among the most well-known Mexican destinations are its Pacific beaches, which hang from the west coast from California to Guatemala. Beginning with the town of Rosarito Beach, just south of the California border in Baja California, and continuing south to Los Cabos, the two towns of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, in Baja California Sur, you can find quiet, but cheerful and sometimes awe-inspiring evenings, relaxed visits to the beach, or world-famous surfing, or heading into the desert, you can experience tranquil wilderness as close as any.
Following the Pacific coast opposite Baja, one continues to find fun, lively beach and marina towns and cities, most with exciting nightlife, music and DJs and many vacationing Northerners. Mazatlán, Acapulco, and Puerto Vallarta are served by plenty of easy and inexpensive flights from the United States and Canada and boast world class resorts. Smaller coastal towns, like Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo, just now being developed, still offer great bargains for house-hunters, and remain totally unspoiled. Around beautiful Puerto Escondido, in Oaxaca, development has hardly begun at all. Most of these towns offer gorgeous beaches and unparalleled atmosphere. Inland are the high plateaus, with cooler climates and some of the most unspoiled colonial and historical architecture in the world.
Morelia, Guadalajara, San Miguel de Allende, and Cuernavaca along with lesser-known treasures like Taxco and Guanajuato, make fascinating places to visit. Most of these inland colonial cities feature one or more Spanish cathedrals, dominating the town squares and plazas where people come together, browse the goods offered by local artisans or have a lunch at a sidewalk café. Most of these cities have well-established arts and cultural scenes that welcome newcomers. San Miguel de Allende, a magnet for artists with several arts schools, is a hotbed of intellectual and cultural life. Museums come in every variety, some specific to pre-history, other to the Olmecs or the Mayans, some to the Spanish colonial era or specific to the first or second Mexican revolutions. Visiting any of the colonial cities is often like visiting Europe.
Jungle and forest ecosystems that are among the most beautiful and diverse wildlife areas in the world adorn the south of Mexico. Those with an eye for green will find a paradise still close to the many comforts of the modern world. The beaches of Oaxaca, like Puerto Escondido, are palm-lined bits of heaven. On the Gulf Coast and the Yucatan peninsula you can find the divers’ paradises of Cozumel and Playa del Carmen. Cozumel’s coral reefs are among the most sought-after diving spots in the world and the blue Caribbean is one of the star attractions of Mexico.
The treasures of the Maya make Yucatan one of Mexico’s most truly unique places. The stepped pyramids and the stone friezes are comparable with the treasures of Egypt. No visit to Mexico is complete without seeing the pyramids and the New World’s most ancient cities. Ancient pyramids can also be found near Mexico City, especially in the region of the colonial city of Cuernavaca and to the northwest at Teotihuacan.
For those interested in sports, of course, Mexico is a dream come true. Golfers find championship courses in many Mexican cities, especially around Los Cabos, in Baja California. Those interested in sailing, fishing, or kayaking find world-class sites all over Mexico as well, on the coasts at cities like Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, and Acapulco, and even inland, at Lake Chapala. All manner of other water sports, water skiing, parasailing, surfing, diving and snorkeling, can be enjoyed all over Mexico in some of the best country for it. Sightseeing specialty tours like whale-watching, colonial city tours, city gardens tours and the tequila tours of Guadalajara make even the most reticent visitor sit up and take notice.