Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas, commonly called Cabo, is a city at the
southern tip of the Baja
California peninsula, in the Mexican state of Baja
California Sur.
Cabo San Lucas together with San José Del Cabo is
known as Los Cabos.
Cabo is known for its sandy beaches,
world-class scuba diving locations, balnearios, the distinctive sea arch El Arco de Cabo San Lucas, and
abundant marine life. The Los
Cabos Corridor has become a
heavily-trafficked holiday destination with numerous resort sand timeshares along the coast between Cabo San Lucas
and San José del Cabo.
Cabo San Lucas has become an important vacation and
spa destination, with a great variety of sites of interest and timeshares that
have been built on the coast between San Lucas and San José del Cabo. It
is sometimes considered the "Fort Lauderdale of Mexico." The
distinctive El Arco de Cabo San Lucas is a local landmark.
Cabo San Lucas has the largest marlin tournament in
the world.
In the winter, pods of whales can be observed in the
area. They bear their calves in the warm waters of the Sea of Cortez after
completing their six-thousand-mile migration from Alaska and Siberia.
Acapulco
Is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 kilometers southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a
deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the
early colonial period of Mexico’s history. It
is a port of call for shipping and cruising
lines running between Panama and San
Francisco, California, United States. The city of Acapulco is the largest
in the state, far larger than the state capital Chilpancingo. Acapulco is also Mexico's largest beach and balneario resorted city.
The name "Acapulco" comes from Nahuatl language Aca-pōl-co, and means
"where were destroyed or washed away the reeds".The "de
Juárez" was added to the official name in 1885 to honor Benito Juárez, the former president of Mexico. The seal for the
city shows broken reeds or cane.
Acapulco is one of Mexico's oldest coastal tourist
destinations, reaching prominence in the 1950s as the place where Hollywood
stars and millionaires vacationed on the beach in an exotic locale. But nowadays, tourists in Acapulco have been facing
problems with local corrupt police who steal money by extortion, and intimidate
visitors with threats to jail. The
“original” Acapulco, where hotels owned by personalities such as Johnny Weismuller and John
Wayne are located, is on the northern
end of the bay. This is where the boardwalk and main square are and today the
area is filled with modern, Mexican style hotels, with discothèques and
restaurants in walking distance. This
side of the bay is also known as “Tradicional” or “Nautica.”
Riviera Maya
Riviera Maya, also known as the Mayan
Riviera, is a tourism district following the coastal Highway 307 which parallels the Caribbean
coastline of the Mexican state of Quintana
Roo, located on the eastern portion of the Yucatán
Peninsula. This district historically started at the city of Playa del Carmen and ended at the village of Tulum, although the towns of Puerto Morelos situated to the north and between
Playa del Carmen and Cancun as well as the town of Felipe Carrillo Puertosituated 40
kilometres (25 mi) to the south of Tulum are both currently being promoted
as part of the Riviera Maya tourist corridor.
The Riviera Maya is famous for its large scale all-inclusive resorts and a historical tourism base of
smaller boutique hotels as well as the many fine-dining restaurants available
along the highway 307 and on or near the beaches. Luxury travel entities have
been instrumental in increasing luxury villa rentals and yacht charters in the
area however these only represent a small fraction of the total tourism
accommodation available.
A major attraction throughout the Riviera Maya are
coastal and reef aquatic activities dependent on the coastal water and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (also known as the Belize Barrier Reef) which begins near
Cancun and continues along the whole length of the Riviera Maya continuing
southward to Guatemala. This barrier reef system is the second longest in the
world.
Activities at the most visited locations include Jet Skiing, snorkeling, scuba diving, swimming in cenotes, swimming with dolphins, zip-lining, horse riding, sailing, and guided jungle
tours. Archeology is also a big tourist draw in the
area, including the popular archeological sites operated by the Instituto
Nacional de Archeological such as Tulum on the coast, and Chichen Itza and Coba located some distance inland. The
self-named ecoparks of Xcaret and Xel-Ha also include some smaller
archeological ruins as part of their attractions, but these natural water theme
parks operated by private business consortia attract much larger crowds due to
the diversity and range of activities provided, such as swimming with captive
dolphins.
Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan (pronounced /ˈtɛɔˌtiwɑˈkɑn/), also
written Teotihuacán, is an enormous archaeological site in the Basin of Mexico, just 30 miles
(48 km) northeast of Mexico
City, containing some of the largest pyramidal
structures built in the pre-Columbian Americas. The name means "where
man met the gods." Apart from the pyramidal structures, Teotihuacan is
also known for its large residential complexes, the Avenue of the Dead, and
numerous colorful, well-preserved murals.
Additionally, Teotihuacan produced a thin orange pottery style that spread
through Mesoamerica.
The city and the archaeological site are located in
what is now the San Juan
Teotihuacán municipality in the State of México, approximately 40
kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Mexico
City. The site covers a total surface area of 83 square kilometres
(32 sq mi) and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. It is the most visited
archaeological site in Mexico.
Chetumal, Quintana Roo
Chetumal is
a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana
Roo and the municipal seat of the Municipality
of Othón P. Blanco. In 2010 it had a population of 151,243 people.
The city is situated on the western side
of Chetumal Bay, near the mouth of the Río Hondo. Chetumal is an important port for the region and operates as Mexico's
main trading gateway with the neighboring country of Belize.
Goods are transported via a road connecting Chetumal with Belize City to the south, and also via coastal
merchant ships. Because of its location on the Caribbean coastline, it is
vulnerable to tropical cyclones; Hurricane
Janet and Hurricane Dean, both Category 5 storms, made landfall near Chetumal in 1955 and 2007 respectively.
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