Product Description

The guide balances practical advice and information on the best places to dive, kayak and para-sail, with engrossing background detail. It features informed and sensitive commentary on the culture and history of the Yucatan, its Spanish colonial heritage and modern Mayan communities. The author lived in Spain for many years and has traveled extensively in Mexico. Special sections provide insights into the area’s prolific ancient Mayan legacy: the magnificent ruins of Tulum and Chichén Itzá and the Giant Catacombs at Loltún. The guide encompasses the staggering diversity of the southern states, revealing empty tropical beaches, wild-turtle islands, old pirate villages and the most glorious coral reefs in the world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1581135 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 540 pages

The Times
‘A pragmatic, warm and entertaining read’

Belfast Newsletter
‘Cadogan Guides are brilliant – Spain and Mexico, for example, are miles ahead of anything else on those countries’

The Daily Telegraph
‘Highly readable’