Mexico, Mexico

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Mexico

Mexico layers pre-Hispanic worlds, colonial cities, deserts, tropical coasts and one of the world's most regionally complex food cultures.

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Hidden places

In Mexico City's Tacubaya, book a visit to Casa Luis Barragán, the architect's 1948 home and studio – the only private residence in Latin America on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Best time to visit

Best time to travel

November to April is drier in many regions, but altitude, Caribbean storms, Pacific heat and wildlife seasons require destination-specific timing.

Travel tips

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  • From Mexico City airport, take Metrobús Line 4, which serves both terminals and runs towards the Historic Centre in roughly 35 minutes. Pay with a rechargeable transport card or a contactless bank card; Metro Line 5 at Terminal Aérea suits light luggage.
  • In Oaxaca's Central Valleys, taste mezcal in Santiago Matatlán, which calls itself the 'world capital of mezcal', where small palenques roast agave in earthen pits.
  • Between November and March, millions of monarch butterflies winter in the high mountain forests of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve on the Michoacán–State of Mexico border.
  • At Chichén Itzá around the equinoxes, late-afternoon shadows on El Castillo's northern stairway form a serpent of light descending towards the carved snake heads at its base.

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Follow the rhythm of the place first, then shape the journey around the experiences that feel most like your own.

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