Esconced on the lower Pacific ¨Emerald Coast¨ in the state of Oaxaca, the town of Puerto Escondido (which means ¨hidden port¨) was up until the 1960s barely a pinprick on the map, with dirt streets and just a handful of residents mostly devoted
Wine grape production dates back centuries in Mexico, to early in the period of Spanish colonization, and finally efforts to bring it up to world standards are coming to fruition, as this recent piece in The Guardian outlines: Salud!
The vacation-oriented coast south of Cancún on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is famed for its resorts as well as their various shopping, dining, nightlife, and a broad menu of daytime activities. And one of the Riviera Maya's top activities is divin
Located at the northeast coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, this L-shape resort island, alongside a city home to hundreds of thousands of Mexicans, many of whom work in the tourism industry, was essentially created by the Mexican government in 1
They fly through the air with the greatest of ease, these Totonac "bird men" re-enacting ancestral traditions in their home town of Papantla, located on forested hills a four-hour drive or one-hour flight from Mexico City in this country's north
Sure, going out for an intimate dinner à deux is pretty much everyone's default on this day for lovers. But to make Valentine's Day extra special, seek out an experience that will make it truly memorable for years to come. High and low, on land and
Rоmаnсе drіftѕ оn thе ocean brееzе and flоwѕ thrоugh the соbblеѕtоnе ѕtrееtѕ of the colonial old town of Puerto Vаllаrtа (it's even called the "Zona Romántica") as well as the towns, villages, and resorts of nearby Nuevo Vallarta and Rіvіеrа Nayari
Great meals accompany great moments - they are usually inseparable. And the resort town of Tulum, on the Riviera Maya of Mexico's Caribbean coast, offers not just gorgeous beaches and the only seaside Mayan ruins in existence (above), but also myria
This is quite a tough list to compile without letting it balloon to a cast of dozens. I have beached all over Mexico, and if I had to narrow it down to the true crème de la sand, I’d cite the following 29 in and around the country’s most
I will never forget, nearly 40 years ago, laying eyes for the first time on my first ancient archaeological site. About an hour’s drive north of Mexico City, this UNESCO World Heritage complex of temples absolutely el
When visiting a fascinating new destination, there’s nothing cooler than staying in equally intriguing accommodations. And so here are 11 of the most fascinating in key Iberia Destinations in Latin America.
For decades one of Mexico's most popular and beloved resort cities, Puerto Vallarta has become reknowned for not just its beaches, dining, nightlife, and ecotourism, but also its art galleries, fed by astonishing talents both local and expat. And it
When I was a teenager visitingMexico’sYucatan Peninsulawith my folks in 1973, as we were flying fromCozumeltoMérida our pilot indicated a skinny, scrubby island below that was about to be developed into the country’s newest resort destination.
Gonzaga Bay (more properly Bahia San Luis Gonzaga), is about two hours east and four hours south of San Diego, about a quarter of the way down the Sea of Cortez coast of Baja California. And several weeks ago, my girlfriend and I enjoyed a great Mem
My girlfirend and I decided to spend this past Memorial Day weekend in Rosarito Beach, the premier vacation-resort city of the northern coast of Mexico's Baja Peninsula. We started out from San Diego around noon and arrived in Rosarito about an hou
Greetings! Working on a piece for Recommend magazine and seeking comments on this new resort especially from travel agents and other industry professionals but welcome from anyone who has been here. Reply here, on my profile, or at david@enlineamedia
Most of us are familiar with tequila, but fewer realize that tequila is just a subset (made only in the Mexican state of Jalisco) of mezcal, the class of liquor distilled from the agave plant. And the state of Oaxaca is to mezcal as Kentucky is to
Unlike as is increasingly the case with Christmas, in Ibero-AmericaSemana Santa(Holy Week, aka Easter week and the last week ofLent), going on right now, is still an almost exclusively religious observance, largely sans the Anglo-Saxon-style Ea
El Cid Resortsrecently unveiled Ventus, a sophisticated all-inclusive conveniently situated just outside Puerto Moreles 20 miles equidistant between Cancún to the north and Playa del Carmen to the south, along Mexico's Riviera Maya.
The unpretentiouspuebloknown as Sayulita is located on the Riviera Nayarit in Mexico and has a magnetic personality that keeps drawing us back. This beach town is just north of Puerto Vallarta, butas we've noted before, it’s a world removed from