Mexico Tour Package

Day 01: (Monday) 8:00
Mexico City, Puebla and Oaxaca

• After breakfast you will enjoy the Gourmet capital of Mexico, Puebla during a city tour of this old colonial town that is today under monument's protection.
• We will visit as well the world's biggest Pyramid in Cholula, which is covered and looks like a hill with a church on top, but we can go inside the hill and discover the Tepanapa pyramid.
• Then continuation to Oaxaca. The capital of the state of the same name that is located in a valley surrounded
  by the Sierra Madre del Sur.
  Once was the centre of the Mixtec and Zapotec civilizations. Today Oaxaca is a combination of pre-conquest, colonial and modern influences.

Day 02: (Tuesday) 08:30
Oaxaca

• American breakfast at hotel.
• Then short drive out of Oaxaca to visit Monte Alban, ancient capital of the Zapotecs, later inhabited by the conquering Mixtecs. One must wonder at the perfect geometry of this site, where you will visit the Ball Game Court, the Observatory and many other interesting structures. The dramatic frame of the rugged Sierra Madre mountains, and the spectacular view over the city and valley of Oaxaca, make Monte Alban one of the most impressive archaeological sites of the country.
• In the afternoon visit the city of Oaxaca with its Santo Domingo Church, representing the height of Mexican baroque, and its adjacent monastery concerted into the Oaxacan Regional Museum, where the Zapotec gold treasure found in Monte Alban is exhibited.
• Proceed to the "andadores", pedestrian streets flanked by colonial buildings, to the shady "Zocalo" for a visit to the Cathedral, built with Oaxaca's characteristic greenshaded sandstone.
• Accommodation and overnight at hotel.

Day 03: (Wednesday) 08:30
Oaxaca and Tehuantepec

• American breakfast at hotel.
• 08:30 Visit Mitla, "The City of the Dead", its architecture is not monumental but exquisite, it stone mosaics are unique in the world; on the way you will also see the ancient Tule tree, approximately 2,000 years old, and one of the largest ones to be found anywhere on Earth.
• Afterwards drive to Tehuantepec for accommodation and overnight at Hotel.

Day 04: (Thursday) 08:00
Tehuantepec, Sumidero Canyon and San Cristobal

• American breakfast at hotel
• The green landscape of the Golf and the modern communications will take us to the beautiful State of Chiapas.
• At noon, will arrive at Cahuare deck at the Grijalva river.
• By boat we will visit the impressive Sumidero canyon, from within, with its over 1,000 meters height and 30 kilometers length you can see
  the famous Christmas tree.
• Afterwards drive to San Cristobal de las Casas.
• Accommodation and overnight at hotel.

Day 05: (Friday) 9:00
San Cristobal de las Casas

• American breakfast at hotel
• 09:00 Visit of San Cristobal de las Casas; colonial and beautiful city with narrow streets, Spanish residences that look stopped in the time;
• We will visit the Indian market, the Temple of Santo Domingo and the amber museum.
• Afterwards visit of the Indian towns of San Juan Chamula and Zinacantan, both full of Indians in
  colorful traditional garb who come to sell or to buy.
• Evening free to enjoy the city.

Day 06: (Saturday) 8:30
San Cristobal de las Casas, Agua Azul and Palenque

• American breakfast at hotel.
• Transportation to Palenque.
• En-route will be visited the Agua Azul waterfalls and Misol-Ha.
• Accommodation and overnight at hotel.

Day 07: (Sunday) 8:30
Palenque and Campeche

• American breakfast at hotel.
• We start our sightseeing of the famous archeological
  site of Palenque.
• You will see the Temple of the Inscriptions, where the king Pakal's tomb was found (unfortunately it is not allowed anymore to enter the pyramid).
• You explore as well The Palace and the North Group Temples where you enjoy an
  unforgettable view over the area.
• Time for lunch. (not included)
• After lunch transportation to Campeche.
• Accommodation and overnight at hotel.

Day 08: (Monday) 8:30
Campeche, Uxmal and Merida

• American breakfast at hotel.
• After breakfast we take a short tour through the historical center of the town.
• Campeche is well protected by the forts and baluartes walls which were built to stop the continues attacks of the pirates.
• Then we drive to Uxmal.
  You will visit the Magician's Pyramid, located at the entrance to the site.
• This colossus stone is the result of five superimposed stages of building, crowned by a temple at the summit, from which you can contemplate the full grandeur of Uxmal.
  You will be amazed by the Nun's Quadrangle, so called since the Conquest for its similarity to a convent; comprised of four large structures resting on an artificial platform and surrounding a grand central square, 75mts long by 45mts wide. Decorated with god masks, jaguars, owls and human figures.
• In the evening we reach Merida. You have the possibility to enjoy an evening of Folk Dances, organized by the local government to protect the culture.
• Accommodation and overnight at hotel.

Day 09: (Tuesday) 8:30
Merida, Chichen Itza and Cancun

• American breakfast at hotel.
• To begin the day a short tour through the "White City" can not be missed. The beautiful city of Merida is the capital of the State of Yucatan. Founded in 1542 by the Spaniard Francisco de Montejo over the ruins of the Mayan city T'ho
  and receiving its name to evoke the conquerors the city of Merida in Spain. The Cathedral of San Ildefonso was founded with the huge stones dismantled from the pyramids. Merida is known as the White City, nowadays one of the most
  tranquil and safest cities in Mexico. Her remote Mayan roots, superb colonial monuments and the splendor of her turn to the XIX century architecture, has made Merida a captivating mixture of cultural influences.
• Then we drive to Chichen Itza, the most visited archeological site, with the impressive pyramid of Kukulcan, as well called El Castillo.
• You can climb up this structure. Then you have a look at the Observatory and other very interesting monuments, which will be explained by your tour guide such as the temple of the thousand columns and the ball game continuation to Cancun, ending the tour either to the hotel or the airport.