Everything you need to know about Mexico
Mexico stretches from desert canyons to tropical forests, with mountain cities and coastlines facing two oceans. Explore its states, cities and waters, discover the history and traditions behind the places, then practise Spanish for everyday conversations.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Mexico
Follow the Sierra Madre ranges between northern deserts and the tropical south. Mexico faces the Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, with a high plateau at its center.
Know the shape of the country
Start with the 31 states and Mexico City. Then place the cities and follow the rivers, lakes and surrounding waters. Each map opens a game with clues about the places you find.
Places worth visiting
Essential ยท Maya city
Chichรฉn Itzรก
The stepped pyramid of El Castillo rises over the Maya city. At the equinox a shadow serpent slides down its stairs.
Pair Mexico City with the pyramids of the center and the Maya cities of the Yucatรกn, then go further to the canyons and colonial towns of the north. Essential is our shortlist for a first trip, and worth a detour goes further. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Spanish with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
Keep going one country deeper
When you have had your fill of Mexico, the countries in white have a guide like this one, and every other has maps of its own.
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