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México

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Mexico in general
Mexico City
Small Sampling* of different areas
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MEXICO GENERAL

This is a terrific site offered in Spanish and English.  Try it in Spanish! It is well organized and full of cognates. Select "español" and click on a region in the map.   You'll find plenty of travel information. If this site is under construction go to the next.
Mexico

Want to know what the climate is like in a specific area of mexico?  Select this site, click on "Climatología Sinóptica" in the menu and enter the name of the region or city.
El Clima 

Don't miss this excellent map.  You can click on any state and see what it has to offer.
Un Mapa

MEXICO CITY

Take a virtual tour of Mexico city, look up restaurants, hotel and points of interest here!
La Ciudad de México

This link describes an interesting museum with fabulous pre-columbian art.
Museo de la ciudad de Mexico

Click on the "galleria" within the site or "Pictures" below to see what kinds of things are in the collection.
Pictures

This site has a detailed map of metro in Mexico city. You may have to open adobe to see it but go ahead and try, it is worth it!
Metro 

ESTADO DE CHIAPAS (South)

If you can wait for the pages to load, there are some good photos and easy to read descriptions of interesting tourist sights.
Chiapas

ESTADO DE OAXACA (Southwest)

This link and provides descriptions of nature and cultural sites. Select "Alojamiento" to learn about hotels in the area.
Oaxaca 

ESTADO DE COLIMA (West)


Check out this hotel by the beach in Manzanillo.
Hotel Playa

Explore this beautiful national Park on the limits of Colima and Jalisco.
Parque Nacional Nevado de Colima

This site describes the park history and points of interest. It also tells you how to get there. Click on "Lugares de Interés" and look at all the fun activities in this area. If you wait for it to load,
there's a great picture of  El Volcán de Fuego, an active volcano.
Parque Volcán de Colima


ESTADO DE JALISCO (West)

"Puntos de Interés y Atractivos Turísticos" - gives you  a great chooses like "Museos" y "Natureza".
"Restaurantes" - allows you to search for places with certain type of food like "mariscos" o "carnes".
"Transportación" provides information on Trails, Rentals, Taxis, Trains and airplanes.
"Hospedaje" tells about hotel, motel, hostel, campground &  trailer parks.  You can even search by price range; "Gran turismo" for the more expensive hotels and "Económico" for the cheaper ones.
Guadalajara (Capital of Jalisco)

GUANAJUATO (central)


This site contain just about everything you would ever want to know about Guanajuato. Now that makes planning a trip easy!
Turismo

ESTADO DE QUINTANA ROO(Southeastern)


Click at the bottom of the page for some gorgeous photos of La Isla Cozumel.
Datos turísticos y fotos de la isla

 

ESTADO DE SAN LUIS POTOSI (central)

Learn about the people and culture of this wonderful state by clicking on the link.

ESTADO DE ZACATECAS(central)

This is one of most important places where the Mexican Revolution took place and a very colonial city too.

ESTADO DE MICHOACAN (Southwest).

This site offers an insight into the natural wonders and culture of a state where the weather is always perfect.

ESTADO DE QUERETARO

Just a drive north of Mexico city you'll find a hidden jewel as you visit the state of queretaro.

SEARCH ENGINES

Olé - Tourist pages from one of the best known Spanish search engines. Pista: EliGE (select) "Hoteles" y "Rutas y Atracciones" en esta página.

Yahoo - Here you can search in Spanish for sites on different regions in Mexico.

*This sampling is neither comprehensive nor representative.  It is simply a collection of quality sites.

 

 


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The links contained in this page have been compiled from a variety of sources. While every attempt has been made to find sites of quality, we do not guarantee their accuracy. The University of Texas at Austin is in no way responsible for the information contained in these sites.

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