Destinations · Intro México

The Mexico we'll show you

From the heart of the capital to the coast, the sierra and the jungle.

Every route below is a starting point — we shape each one around your dates, your pace and the kind of traveler you are. Pick what calls to you; we handle the rest.

Guanajuato at dusk
Mexico City

Seven ways to fall for the capital

One of the world's great cities — layered, chaotic, delicious. These are the days we'd start with.

Palacio de Bellas Artes
Tlaltecuhtli monolith
Half day · History

Centro Histórico & Templo Mayor

Walk the Aztec city beneath the modern one — from the Zócalo to the ruins of the Great Temple and the cathedral above it.

Balloons over Teotihuacán
Temple of Quetzalcóatl
Full day · Iconic

Teotihuacán by Balloon

Float over the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon at sunrise, then walk the Avenue of the Dead with a private guide.

Trajinera at Xochimilco
Frida Kahlo's Blue House
Full day · Culture

Xochimilco & Coyoacán

Drift the ancient canals on a painted trajinera, then wander Coyoacán and Frida Kahlo's Blue House.

Aztec Sun Stone
Angel of Independence
Half day · Museums

Antropología & Paseo de la Reforma

The finest museum in the Americas — the Aztec Sun Stone and rooms of living cultures — then the grand Paseo de la Reforma and the Angel of Independence.

Mexico City market
Street tacos
Evening · Food

Markets & Street Food

Eat your way through the city — tacos al pastor, mole, mezcal — with someone who knows every stall worth stopping at.

Basílica de Guadalupe
Plaza de las Tres Culturas
Half day · Faith & history

Basílica de Guadalupe & Tlatelolco

Mexico's spiritual heart and the Plaza of the Three Cultures, where Aztec, colonial and modern Mexico meet.

Chapultepec forest
Chapultepec Castle
Half day · Nature & history

Chapultepec & the Castle

The city's great green lung and a hilltop castle with imperial history and views clear across the valley.

Beyond the capital

Where else we'll take you

Add any of these to your trip, or build the whole journey around them. Every one is operated by us, end to end.

Oaxaca market
Monte Albán
Culture · Gastronomy

Oaxaca

Markets, mezcal and Monte Albán. The soul of Mexican craft, food and color — and some of the country's best eating.

Tulum ruins
Tulum beach
Coast · Archaeology

Riviera Maya

Caribbean water, Maya ruins and cenotes — Tulum on the cliffs, Cobá in the jungle and the reef just offshore.

Talavera pottery in Puebla
Popocatépetl volcano at dusk
Colonial · Food

Puebla & Cholula

Talavera tiles, mole poblano and the largest pyramid on earth — crowned, improbably, by a church.

Chichén Itzá
Mérida Cathedral in Yucatán
Archaeology · Nature

Yucatán

Chichén Itzá at first light, colonial Mérida after dark, and swimming in cenotes carved from the limestone.

Palenque
Agua Azul falls
Jungle · Living culture

Chiapas

Palenque rising out of the rainforest, highland San Cristóbal, and waterfalls the color of jade.

Guanajuato
San Miguel parroquia
Colonial · Art

Guanajuato & San Miguel

Silver-town alleys, rooftop sunsets and colonial streets made for wandering with nowhere you need to be.

Spirit of Mexico

Journeys of connection

Beyond the classic routes — ceremony, myth and the living traditions of ancestral Mexico. Experiences from our sister brand, Spirit of Mexico.

Teotihuacán
Ceremony · Underworld

Caves of Teotihuacán

Descend into the tunnels beneath the ancient city, where the old world read the cosmos in the dark.

Ritual · Wellness

Temazcal

An ancestral sweat-lodge ceremony in a mountain village — heat, herbs and song to cleanse body and spirit.

Tepoztlán town
Ceremony · Sacred town

Ceremonies in Tepoztlán

Ritual and myth in the town of Quetzalcóatl, beneath the cliff-top Tepozteco pyramid.

Janitzio candles
Marigold ofrenda
Season · Nov 1–2

Día de Muertos in Michoacán

The candlelit vigils of Janitzio and Pátzcuaro — the most moving Day of the Dead in Mexico.

Archaeology · Sacred

Malinalco

A temple carved whole from the living rock, sacred to the eagle and jaguar warriors.

Myth · Nature

Amatlán de Quetzalcóatl

The mythic birthplace of Quetzalcóatl — waterfalls, caves and trails through the sierra.

Palenque
Journey · Maya world

Ruta Maya

Across the Maya world — Palenque, Yaxchilán and Bonampak, and the rainforest between them.

Sea of Cortés
Ocean · Wildlife

Orcas in the Sea of Cortés

Sail the Gulf of California to meet orcas and whales in what Cousteau called the world's aquarium.

Start your trip

Found one that calls you?

Tell us which places pulled you in and when you'd like to travel. We'll build the route and operate it from start to finish.