Puerto de Veracruz

The Puerto de Veracruz City is located 105 km from Xalapa in the State of Veracruz by the federal highway 140 in Mexico.

Among Veracruz city  main attractions are:

• The San Juan de Ulua Fort, which nowadays is a museum

• The Santiago Bulwark, housing the History Museum

• The Veracruz Aquarium, where marine species from the Gulf of Mexico can be observed

• The antique Cathedral

• The Museum of the the Revolution

• The Plaza de Armas

• The District of La Lagunilla

• El Malecon, where you can take a walk and purchase beautiful handicrafts such as coral beads

Nearby of the Puerto de Veracruz you can enjoy the beaches of:

• Villa del Mar

• Mocambo

• El Payon

• Boca del Rio

beaches where there are restaurants offering the delicious regional cuisine.

Other attractions in the Puerto de Veracruz City are the Mandinga Lagoon and the Island of the Sacrifices.

The most important festivity of the port of Veracruz City is its famous Carnival, which is celebrated with parades, dances and other amusing activities.

Thirty-five miles to the north of the port of Veracruz City is situated the Chachalacas sandbar which has beautiful beaches with soft sand and gentle waves, where you can practice aquatic sports.

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  • Veracruz State •
|  Acayucan  |  Actopan |  Boca del Rio  |  Catemaco  |  Chicontepec  |  Coatepec  |  Coatzacoalcos  |
|  El Carrizal  |  Jalcomulco  |  Las Choapas  |  Las Vigas  |  Minatitlan  |  Naolinco  |  Nautla  |
|  Orizaba |  Papantla  |  Panuco  |  Puerto de Veracruz  |  San Andres Tuxtla  |
|  San Lorenzo - Tenochtitlan  |  Santiago Tuxtla  |  Tajin Archaeological Zone  |  Tamiahua  |
|  Tecolutla  |  Teayo  |  Temapache  |  Tlacotalpan  |  Tuxpan  |  Xalapa ۞ Capital City  |  Xico  |
|  Zempoala Archaeological Zone  |

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