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Mexico City

MEXICO CITY AND YUCATAN INDEPENDENT TOUR CITY EXPLORE

Essentials Duration: 7 days and 6 nights Highlights:

• Visit the huge pyramid complex of Teotihuacán, the first city in the ‘New World’, located about 25 miles from Mexico City • See Chichén Itzá and marvel at ‘El Castillo’, the most impressive building which rises far beyond the site Includes: • 3 nights’ accommodation in Mexico City

Arriving in vibrant Mexico City, get ready to explore and soak up the culture. A tour will help you familiarise yourself with the city, see the presidential palace, Zócalo and the Catedral Metropolitana. Explore Coyoacán, a district of Mexico City that has a slower pace of life. Other attractions include the Frida Kahlo Casa Azul Museum, the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe and an excursion to Teotihuacán, a significant archaeological site. After a busy few days in the city, take a flight to the Yucatán. In Mérida, enjoy a tour through the charming streets and see the horse-drawn carriages. Then discover the Grand Pyramid of Uxmal, an impressive site with decorated façades and vast terraces. Not far away is the Palace of Masks, named after its side that is completely covered in masks of the rain god Chaac. Over the last couple of days, enjoy a boat trip to observe flamingos, explore the ruins of Dzibilchaltún, see the pyramid temple of Kinich Kakmó and finish with a tour of Chichén Itzá. Mexico City | Mérida | Uxmal | Dzibilchaltún | Chichén Itzá

B eaches will always be beautiful, and the great outdoors makes your jaw drop, but there’s something special about the energy that grabs you when you step into one of the world’s biggest and most exciting metropolises. Mexico’s capital is a megacity brimming with culture and offering entertainment to rival Tokyo, New York, Paris, or anywhere. There are magnificent public plazas, Baroque basilicas, Neoclassical mansions and Modernist buildings. Wide avenues are lined with shops, galleries and museums. You’ll find sprawling parks and vibrant neighbourhoods. It even has pyramids! To see the real Mexico of today, you have to visit Mexico City.

• 1 night’s accommodation in Mérida • 1 night’s accommodation in Uxmal • 1 night’s accommodation in Cacalchén • 6 breakfasts • Transfers throughout

• Activities, including a city tour in Mexico City, visiting the Frida Kahlo Casa Azul museum and seeing many ancient Mayan sites • Return international flights and internal flight

Grand Pyramid of Uxmal

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Four-poster beds, Art Nouveau architecture, and one of the world’s largest stained-glass ceilings. There’s also a terrace restaurant overlooking the Zócalo and Centro Histórico. For stays in Mexico City with plenty of style, you’d be hard pushed to outdo the converted 19th-century landmark of the Gran Hotel.

A hacienda-style hotel among the city’s trendiest neighbourhoods, where Paseo de la Reforma meets the Bosque de Chapultepec, Four Seasons welcomes guests to classic luxury in elegant rooms and suites. It’s the perfect base for relaxing between exclusive, hand-picked tours on foot, by bike, or even in a hot air balloon.

Frida Kahlo Casa Azul Museum

Catedral Metropolitana, Mexico City

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