Xalapa
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Xalapa is surrounded by mountainous landscapes, which make its Colonial architecture even most attractive. Xalapa is "The flower city", state capital, is a cultural center where it's conserves the traditional colonial structure, but also is a city with a intense social and economic life, where is express the wealth of this Mexican region, that has everything. Rich in artistic expressions like sculpture, theater, literature, music and dance; city museums are the contact spots with the native cultures that lived in the zone: Totonaca, Olmeca and Huasteca, also the buildings and monuments of colonial origin. Anthropologic Museum, is one of most important in Latin America, conceived inside the Veracruz University, reunite archeological pieces recollected over 50 years of research and investigation, making one of the most complete collections about prehispanic cultures in the continent.
The colonial life, its secrets, the ways in those who came to the new continent developed their existence in a complete different world, are reflected in the El Lencero museum, the old ranch where once the poetess Gabriela Mistral lived in. The furniture, utensils, and objects of the colonial time, are conserved and reunited in the rooms of this antique hose, alternated with courtyards and gardens where you can breathe the magic air of ancient times. Among Xalapa main attractions are:
Regarding gastronomy, in Xalapa you can taste delicious dishes such as:
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