MEXICO – VERACRUZ (Xalapa, Coatzacoalcos)
DARE Laguna de Tamiahua area
World Heritage Sites
El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
Tentative WHS: San Juan de Ulua, Site of Memory and Historical Resistances
ORIZABA
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Orizaba Cable Car
Art Museums: Orizaba: Museum of Art of the State of Veracruz
VERACRUZ
Airports: Minatitlán (MTT), Veracruz (VER)
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Veracruz: City Museum
Castles, Palaces, Forts
Veracruz: Baluarte de Santiago
Veracruz: Castle of San Juan de Ulúa
Vestiges of the Past: Veracruz: Hernan Cortés house
Aquariums: Veracruz: Acuario de Veracruz
Lighthouses: Veracruz: Faro Venustiano Carranza
Maritime/Ship Museums: Veracruz: Mexico Naval Museum
XALAPA
Museums – Various: Xalapa: Museo en Honor a los Bomberos
Archaeology and Anthropology Museums: Xalapa: Museo de Antropología de Xalapa
COATZACOALCOS
CORDOBA/ORIZABA
MARINEZ de la TORRE
MINATITLAN
POZA RICA
TEMAPACHE
Villages and Small Towns
Alvarado
Coatepec
Tlacotalpan
PAPANTIA
Vestiges of the Past: Papantla Archaeological site
XICO
Museums – Various: Xico: Museo del Danzante Xiqueño
World of Nature: Cañón del Río Blanco NP, Cofre de Perote NP, Dunas de Chachalacas
Waterfalls: Cascada de Texolo
Lakes: Laguna Catemaco
Rivers: Pánuco River, Papaloapan River
Festivals: Son Jarocho Music Festival, Veracruz Carnival
Vestiges of the Past
Cempoala
El Tajin
Quiahuiztlán Archaeological zone
House and Biographical Museums: Boca del Rio: Casa Museo Agustin Lara
Religious Monuments: Tihuatlan: Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor)
Castles, Palaces, Forts: Perote: San Carlos Fortress
Lighthouses: Tecolutla: Tecolutla Lighthouse
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MEXICO – SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS (Puebla, Tlaxcala)
DARE Puebla state north (Teziutlan)
World Heritage Sites
Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
Historic Centre of Puebla
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica
Tentative WHS
Centro Histórico de Puebla (extension)
Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural Surrounding (27/09/2006)
Pre-Hispanic City of Cantona (20/11/2001)
Tecoaque (06/12/2004)
ATLIXCO
SAN MARTIN TEXMELUCAN
TEHUACAN
PUEBLA World Cities and Popular Towns
Religious Temples
Puebla: Church of Santo Domingo (Rosary Chapel)
Puebla: Parroquia de la Santa Cruz
Puebla: Puebla Cathedral
Puebla: San Francisco
Urban Legends: Puebla: Callejón de los sapos
Airports: Puebla (PBC)
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Ferrocarril Interoceanico heritage railway
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Puebla: Casa de Alfeñique
Puebla: Museo Casa del Mendrugo
Puebla: Museo Regional de Puebla
Puebla: Museo Universitario Casa de los Muñecos
Puebla: Regional Museum of Cholula
Castles, Palaces, Forts: Puebla: Forts Loreto y Guadalupe
Art Museums
Puebla: Chapel UDLAP Art
Puebla: International Museum of the Baroque
Puebla: Museo José Luis Bello y González
Puebla: Museo UPAEP
Puebla: Museum Armando Talavera Poblana
Puebla: MUTEC – Museum Workshop ERASTO CORTES
Puebla: San Pedro Art Museum (Museo Poblano de Arte Virreinal)
Puebla: Santa Rosa (Popular Art Museum)
House and Biographical Museums: Puebla: Museo José Luis Bello y Zetina
Archaeology and Anthropology Museums: Puebla: Amparo Museum
Music, Film and Photography Museums: Puebla: Museo De La Música De Viena
Vehicle Museums: Puebla: Automobile Museum
Railway Museums: Puebla: Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos
Natural History and Earth Museums: Puebla: Museum of Evolution
Religious and Sacred Art Museums (including Islamic and Jewish Museums): Puebla: Museo de Arte Religioso Ex Convento Santa Monica
Zoos: Puebla: Africam Safari
Museums – Various
Puebla: Museo Casa Del Titere
Puebla: Museo Infantil
The Dark Side: Puebla: Secret tunnels Puebla
TLAXCALA
Religious Temples
Tlaxcala: Basílica de nuestra señora de Ocotlán
Tlaxcala: La Barca de la Fé
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Tlaxcala: Regional Museum
Bizzarium: Tlaxcala: La Barca de la Fé
Villages and Small Towns
Atlixco
Chignahuapan
Cholula
Cuetzalán
Valquirico
Zacatlán
Vestiges of the Past
Cacaxtla
Zona Arqueológica de Cantona
Religious Temples
Chignahuapan: Parroquia de Santiago Apostol
Cholula: Iglesia de los Remedios
Cholula: Iglesia de Santa María Tonantzintla
Cuautinchan: Franciscan Convent of Cuautinchan
Nativitas: Santuario de San Miguel de Milagro
Religious Monuments: Xicotepec de Juárez: Virgen de Guadalupe
World of Nature: La Malinche NP, Pico de Orizaba NP
Rivers: Atoyac River
Festivals: Cinco de Mayo, Puebla
Zoos: Apetatitlán: Altiplano Zoo
PUEBLA
Trailer Park Las Americas
30 Oriente 604
Cholula, Puebla 72760 (222) 413-7373
Website Sites: 30
More of a parking than a campground. Charge is 125 per person not by rig size. Parking up top is closer to bathrooms and showers. Stay in the back part which is all grassy.Shower in early evening and warm. Great view from the water tower. A large complex with lots of rental apartments. People are always coming and going, cars are driving in and out. Dogs also live here, there is dog poop everywhere on the lawn. The pool is out of order, it is currently being cleaned. The lounges are closed, the tables are put together.
15-20 minute walk into Cholula and a 30-40 minute bus ride into Puebla. Uber 120-130.
Still the best place to camp when visiting Puebla, but not what it used to be pre-COVID. Be sure to check out the observation tower. There are tamales down by the OXXO starting about 8AM. Around the corner by OXXO is Los Aguacates, a tacos asado place. We bought half a kilo of arrachera (flank steak) and oh BOY was it wonderful. In town, be sure to try a cemita sandwich. Buen viaje!
La Aguacate, down on the corner, has great food and friendly staff. Tamale and atole vendors open on the corner around 8 am.
Café Pajchá. An amazing restaurant 2 blocks away. Friendly staff, fresh roasted coffee, delicious poblano mole, and the best hot chocolate I have ever had.
