Central

• Ciudad de Mexico
  • Catedral y Sagrario, noblest ecclesiastical building in the Americas (7)
  • Palacio Nacional, 205 meters wide facade (3)
  • Templo Mayor, Aztec ceremonial center (6)
  • Museo Mural Diego Rivera, containing "El Sueno" (4)
  • La Profesa, baroque church (3)
  • Tlatelolco, Aztec city (5)
  • Pedro Ramirez Vasquez's Museo Nacional de Antropologia, one of the world's great museums (8)
  • Tenayuca, Aztec pyramids (6)
  • Universidad Nacional (1950) (architect Carlos Lazo, murales by Rivera et al)
• Teotihuacan, most important pre-Aztec city (10): Pyramid of the Sun, Temple to Quetzalcoatl
• Tepoztlan: Convent of 16th c, main baroque building in Mexico (7)
• Tula or Tollan, ruins of the ancient Toltec capital (8)
• Nevado de Toluca
• Xochicalco, ancient fortress (7)
• Teotenango, ancient Matlazinca city (6)
• Malinalco, Aztec ruins (5)
• Tasco: San Sebastian church (5)
• Amecameca: hike up Popocatepetl, november-february (7)
• Calixtlahuaca, ruins of the ancient Toltec city (6)
• Huejotzingo: San Miguel Arcangel church (4)
• Cholula (2)
• Puebla: La Immaculada Conception cathedral (6)
• Cacaxtla, ancient Olmec city (7)

West

• Guadalajara, second largest city (3) with Hospicios Cabanas
• Morelia, third largest city (3) with La Trasfiguracion de Cristo, cathedral
• Cuitzeo, Sta Maria Magdalena church (2)
• Yuriria, San Pablo convent (3)
• Queretaro, colonial town with imposing churches (Santa Clara, Santa Rosa) and convents (5)
• Zacatecas, baroque cathedral (6)
• La Quemada, ruins (4)
• San Luis Potosi, El Carmen church (4)

East

• Cempoala, ancient capital of the Totonacs (7)
• El Tajin, most important ruin of the Totonacs (8)
• Veracruz (2)

South-west

• Oaxaca: Santo Domingo (2)
• Monte Alban, ancient Zapotec ceremonial site (9)
• Yagul, Zapotec ruins (4)
• Mitla, Zapotec ruins (5)

South

• San Cristobal de las Casas (4)
• Tzotzil villages (8)
• Villahermosa: Archeological park with colossal Olmec sculptures from La Venta, Museum (7)
• Palenque, most important Maya ruin in Mexico (10)
• Bonampak, Maya ruin (6)
• Yaxchilan, Maya ruin (6)
• Uxmal, Maya ruin (7)
• Chichen Itza, Maya ruin (10)
• Tulum, Maya ruin (5)

Must see

1. Palenque, most important Maya ruin in Mexico (10)
2. Teotihuacan, most important Aztec city (10)
3. Chichen Itza, Maya ruin (10)
4. Monte Alban, ancient Zapotec ceremonial site (9)
5. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, one of the world's great museums (8)
6. Xochicalco, ancient fortress (8)
7. Tzotzil villages (8)
8. Amecameca: hike up Popocatepetl, november-february (8)
9. El Tajin, most important ruin of the Totonacs (8)
10. Cacaxtla, ancient Olmec city (7)
11. Teotenango, ancient Matlazinca city (7)
12. Uxmal, Maya ruin (7)
13. Cempoala, ancient capital of the Totonacs (7)
14. Catedral y Sagrario, noblest ecclesiastical building in the Americas (7)

Links

• Pictures of Mexico
• Ancient Mexico

Notes