With a unique Spanish flavour and a known Native American heritage, Mexico holidays are colourful, vibrant, diverse and lively. From swimming in the pool of your resort and lazing around on sun-kissed beaches to sightseeing and enjoying a innumerable exciting activities to indulge in, Mexico holidays will be full of adventure.

Mexico attractions and activities

From swimming in the pool of your resort and lazing around on sun-kissed beaches to sightseeing and enjoying a innumerable exciting activities to indulge in, Mexico holidays will be full of adventure and option, thus, if you are planning a vacation to Mexico and wonder what all activities to indulge in and what attractions to head for, then here is all that you can enjoy during your Mexico holidays:

Activities

Scuba Diving

Cozumel and Cabo San Lucas are popular across the world as some of the best diving sites are found here. Scuba diving activity can be enjoyed at Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta, as well in the Sea of Cortez, off Baja California. Professional or experienced scuba divers can enjoy cenotes (sinkholes) and cavern diving as well.

Snorkeling

Snorkelling is a great activity to indulge in during your Mexico holidays, if you are not too keen to try scuba diving. Mexico boasts the world’s 2^nd largest coral reef, which you will find off the Yucatan Peninsula coast, where you can enjoy snorkelling and come across an exotic, beautiful and colourful marine life to discover.

Shopping

You can also buy some local crafts and art at places like Guadalajara. Shop at Bazar del Sabado – a weekly market near Mexico City for beautiful craft work or buy some nice leather goods and jewellery around the Polanco area. Buy silver jewellery in Taxco, while you can purchase dinnerware in Puebla at Taravera Pottery, which is one of the most popular and well known shops in the whole world for the same.

Rock Climbing

Scale any of the various volcanoes and peaks in Mexico during your holidays here and there are good rock climbing spots located just about a few miles from Mexico City: climb the snow crested volcanoes of Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl. You can know more about rock climbing around the region by getting in touch with Exploration Club of Mexico City.

Golf

There are more than a hundred golf courses in the country and some best ones can be found at Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos. Puerto Vallarta boasts seven championship golf courses.

Kayaking

You can head to the Sea of Cortez to enjoy some beautiful kayaking. La Paz to Cabo San Lucas is cluttered with secluded inlets and tiny coves which ought to be explored.

Parks & Plazas

Enjoy your time at the various plazas across the country, which are always buzzing with activities and people, like the Zocalo in Veracruz and Oxaca. Alameda in Mexico City is a lively place as well.  Queretaro and Guanajuato boast the cosiest plazas, while you can also check out Merida's El Centro, especially on Sundays.

Music & Regional Folk Dancing

Enjoy the famous mariachi music in Mexico City’s Plaza de Garibaldi, at Guadalajara and in Tlaquepaque under the archways of El Parian. From the Folclorico Ballet in Guadalajara to the Folklorico Ballet in Mexico City or dances in the park in Merida, you’ll enjoy their colourful culture, events, traditions and activities whole heartedly.

Attractions

Churches

Visit the Catedral Metropolitana in the capital city or San Sebastian y Santa Prisca Church in Taxco, which boasts Miguel Cabrera paintings. Morelia’s Cathedral is one of the beautiful ones in Mexico and Santo Domigo in Puebla is worth a visit too.

Monarch Butterfly

Visit the Biosphere Reserve during the winters on your Mexico holidays because as you stand there, in a splendid forest in the mountains, you’ll be fenced by trillions of flapping monarch butterflies, which is a beautiful sight you should not miss.

Whale Watching

In the period between December and April, you can see the grey and the huge humpback whales that come to the waters of the Banderas Bay, to breed their young ones, in Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta.

Biosphere Reserve

There is a Biosphere Reserve set in the mountains of La Paz which boasts amazing diversity of plants and animals. See animals like the mountain lion, coyotes, kangaroo, foxes, gophers, rats, desert mule deer, badgers and many more. This place attracts loads of naturalists, hikers and mountain bikers.

El Zocalo

This is the world’s 2^nd largest city square and is located in Mexico City, where you will come across the Presidential Palace, Metropolitan Cathedral, a colonial building and the Cathedral. The place is full of activities, buskers, vendors, Aztec traditional dance performances, tourists and families.

San Angel

This little town is famous for the craft market which is held every Saturday in Plaza San Jacinto, attracting crowds, colour, a festive ambience with excellent handicrafts and art on sale. You can also visit museums here like the Studio Museum where you’ll find works of the famous artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

Teotihuacan

This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located approx 60 miles off Mexico City. This is Mexico’s site of the biggest ancient city dating back 300 to 600 BC. You’ll also find the Templo de Quetzalcoatl here along with the Tepantitla Palace. There is a museum here as well which houses beautiful exhibits of the artefacts of the city, site diagrams and models.

Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza is the most travelled ancient Mayan site in the Yucatan, famous for its temples and pyramids. The site is located in a jungle and people say that it was populated for 2,000 years or more. You can see El Castillo or the Pyramid of Kukulkan here as well as El Caracol is an interesting observatory at this site.

Guanajuato

Guanajuato is a UNSECO World Heritage Site and is one of the colonial gems of the nation. It has a magnificent architecture and historical buildings which includes many museums and churches. Many cultural events and festivals are held here through the year and every weekend, the callejoneadas or the musicians, dressed traditionally, guide processions singing, strumming, narrating stories to the people that follow them.

Copper Canyon

This is a great network of canyons and when seen or combined together, this network is much larger and huge compared to the Grand Canyon. You can explore it while travelling on the Railway Chihuahua al Pacifico. The route passes through eighty six tunnels and over thirty seven bridges that rise nearly about 7,900 feet above sea level, with stunning views below of the Grand Canyons.

Riviera Maya

This place has more than 80 miles of sun dyed coastline which stretchs between Tulum and Cancun and has cenotes, beautiful inlets, cloistered beaches, blue bays and caverns. On your Mexico holidays, you can go and discover the ruins of the pyramids and temples of the Mayan era here or simply enjoy taking a dip in the sea.

Isla Partida

Espíritu Santo and Isla Partida in the Gulf of California are UNESCO protected places. It has plunging rocky cliffs that plump into water below. La Partida is made up of volcanic ash layers that are pink in colour and black lava. This place is apt for activities like scuba diving, boating and sailing.

Mexico is enclosed in a modern stereotype, a romantic mystery and an ancient myth. If you spend a lot of time during your Mexico holidays, searching for the “bigger picture”, you’ll miss out on the stunning details that exist between truth and myth, and these are the little details which will make your holidays to Mexico fun-filled and lively.