Pipila Viewpoint
Ride up to the Monumento al Pipila for the panorama over Guanajuato's coloured houses — and photograph it.
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- Ensenada1 discovery ideas
- Guanajuato5 discovery ideas
- Isla Mujeres1 discovery ideas
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- Puebla1 discovery ideas
- San Cristobal de las Casas3 discovery ideas
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- Teotihuacan1 discovery ideas
- Tijuana1 discovery ideas
- Tulum2 discovery ideas
- Uxmal1 discovery ideas
- Yucatán1 discovery ideas
Cancun
Playa Delfines Blue
Stand on Playa Delfines above the turquoise Caribbean and the giant Cancun letters — and photograph it.
Swim with whale sharks (Mexico)
Swim in clear water beside the whale shark, the ocean's largest and harmless fish — and photograph it.
Chamula
Chamula Church
Stand before the white-and-turquoise facade of the San Juan Chamula church in the Tzotzil highlands — and photograph it.
Chiapa de Corzo
Sumidero Canyon Walls
Boat between the thousand-metre vertical walls of the Canon del Sumidero on the Grijalva — and photograph it.
Chichen Itza
Kukulcan Pyramid
Stand before El Castillo, the great step-pyramid of Kukulcan at Chichen Itza — and photograph it.
Cenote Ik Kil
Look down into the round, vine-draped sinkhole of Cenote Ik Kil near Chichen Itza — and photograph it.
Ensenada
Eat the fish taco where it started
The Baja fish taco was born in Ensenada: white fish in beer batter, corn tortilla, cabbage, crema and lime. The stalls at the city's fish market still make the best ones — take one and photograph it.
Guanajuato
See discoveries (5) →Callejon del Beso
Squeeze into the narrow Callejon del Beso where balconies almost touch above the lane — and photograph it.
View discovery ↗Teatro Juarez Columns
Stand beneath the bronze muses and Roman columns of the Teatro Juarez at dusk — and photograph it.
View discovery ↗Isla Mujeres
Isla Mujeres Punta Sur
Reach Punta Sur at the tip of Isla Mujeres where the Caribbean meets sculpture-lined cliffs — and photograph it.
Merida
Merida Plaza Grande
Sit under the laurel trees of Merida's Plaza Grande facing its twin-towered cathedral — and photograph it.
Cochinita Pibil Feast
Order slow-roasted, achiote-red cochinita pibil with pickled onion at a Merida cocina — and photograph it.
Mexico City
Xochimilco Trajineras
Drift the ancient canals of Xochimilco aboard a flower-painted trajinera boat — and photograph it.
Tacos al Pastor
Order tacos al pastor carved straight off the spinning trompo at a Mexico City taqueria — and photograph it.
Casa Azul of Frida
Visit the cobalt-blue Casa Azul in Coyoacan where Frida Kahlo lived and painted — and photograph it.
Zocalo Cathedral Crown
Stand in the vast Zocalo before the Metropolitan Cathedral, the heart of Mexico City — and photograph it.
Oaxaca
Santo Domingo Gold
Step inside the gilded baroque interior of the Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzman in Oaxaca — and photograph it.
Experience Día de los Muertos (Mexico)
Join the colorful Day of the Dead celebration with skull face paint, marigolds and parades in Oaxaca — and photograph it.
Piedras Negras
Eat nachos where they were invented
Nachos were invented here in 1940 by Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya, improvising for a group of officers' wives after the kitchen had closed. Order a plate in Piedras Negras and photograph it.
Playa del Carmen
Quinta Avenida Stroll
Wander the buzzing Quinta Avenida of Playa del Carmen lined with murals and street music — and photograph it.
Puebla
Eat mole poblano in Puebla
More than twenty ingredients — three kinds of dried chile, chocolate, sesame, cinnamon — ground and simmered for hours. Born in Puebla's convent kitchens and still a feast dish. Order it over turkey and photograph it.
San Cristobal de las Casas
San Cristobal Cathedral
Face the golden-yellow baroque cathedral on the main plaza of San Cristobal de las Casas — and photograph it.
Chiapas Highland Coffee
Sip a cup of shade-grown Chiapas highland coffee in a San Cristobal courtyard cafe — and photograph it.
Santo Domingo Market
Browse the Tzotzil textiles and amber stalls outside the Templo de Santo Domingo — and photograph it.
San Lorenzo Albarradas
Hierve el Agua Falls
Reach the petrified mineral waterfalls and cliff-edge pools of Hierve el Agua — and photograph it.
Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan
Monte Alban Terraces
Walk the hilltop Zapotec plaza and pyramids of Monte Alban above the Oaxaca valley — and photograph it.
Santa Maria Coyotepec
Alebrije Colours
Find a hand-carved, wildly painted alebrije spirit animal in an Oaxacan craft workshop — and photograph it.
Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan Sun Pyramid
Climb toward the Pyramid of the Sun along the Avenue of the Dead at Teotihuacan — and photograph it.
Tijuana
Eat a Caesar salad where it was invented
The Caesar salad has nothing to do with Rome — Italian immigrant Caesar Cardini improvised it in Tijuana in 1924 for a Prohibition-era crowd, from whatever was left in the kitchen. Watch it tossed tableside and photograph it.
Tulum
Tulum Cliff Ruins
Watch the Castillo of the Tulum Maya ruins stand on its cliff above the Caribbean surf — and photograph it.
Cenote Dos Ojos
Descend into the crystal-clear freshwater cavern of Cenote Dos Ojos near Tulum — and photograph it.
Uxmal
Uxmal Magician Pyramid
Face the rounded Pyramid of the Magician at the Maya city of Uxmal in the Puuc hills — and photograph it.
Yucatán
Dive a cenote in Mexico
Dive among shafts of light in the crystal-clear underground caves of the Yucatán — and photograph it.