Day 1: Arrival to Mexico City, transfer to the hotel.
Day 2: Mexico City Tour – National Museum of Anthropology – Teotihuacan (10 hours)
Impressive megapolis with its anthrological symbiosis: Indians, Mestizos, Creoles and Europeans. Cultural and archeological center of the most interesting country of the American continent. The city of mixed emotions, splendid colors and of spicy tastes. You will see: “Zocalo”, the main square of the country, the ruins of the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, the National Palace. See the murals of Mexico’s greatest artist, Diego Rivera. These colorful murals cover Mexico’s pre-Columbian Indian history, the colonial period and the Revolution.
Visit Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology in Chapultepec Park. See archaeological treasures of pre-Hispanic civilizations, including the Toltec, Mexica, Aztec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Olmec and Mayan. See the immense Aztec Calendar Stone.
Than visit Mexico’s grandest archaeological site, ancient Teotihuacán (80km away from the Mexico City), built by the Nahua. The sixth largest city in the world in 400 A.D., Teotihuacán was mysteriously abandoned 300 years later, centuries before the Aztec occupation. Visit the Jaguar Palace and the Temple of the Plumed Conch Shells. See the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. Walk the Avenue of the Dead, flanked by temples and palaces. Return to the hotel.
Day 3: Mexico – 125 km – Puebla – 363 km – Oaxaca
Your journey toward Caribbean cost starts. Morning drive to visit the historic center of colonial Puebla, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Puebla is the city of the clean air and of a quality of life, the city of the legendary chocolate sauce of “mole”. Further travel to Oaxaca. Arrival to the hotel.
Day 4: Oaxaca – 10 km – Monte Alban – 250 km – Tehuantepec
Tour to Monte Alban. This city-state is strategically situated at 2000 m above the sea-level and used to be a religious center of the tribe of Zapoteks. Fascinating in its geometry, the city contains the ball games field, the observatory, the world-famous wall portrayals of the dancers etc. Arrival to the city of Tehuantepec. Check-in to the hotel.
Day 5: Tehuantepec – 370 km – San Cristobal de Las Casas
To the famous Sumidero Canyon by land, further – by the water boats. The exotic plant figures, caves and altars – Canyon of Sumidero is one of the most fascinating places in Mexico. Again by land to the most Indian city, the former capital of the state of Chiapas, the city of San Cristobal de Las Casas. Check-in.
Day 6: San Cristobal de las Casas – 241 km – La Mesilla – Atitlan (Mexico & Guatemala)
Arrival to Guatemala, transfer to the Lake of Atitlan, the Lake most beautiful of the World, according to the English novelist Aldoux Huxley on his visit to Guatemala, this natural beauty is surrounded by three spectacular Volcanoes, Toliman, San Pedro and Atitlan, at night transfer to the Atitlan hotel for their lodging.
Day 7: Atitlan – 120 km – Antigua (Guatemala)
Transfer to Antigua Guatemala. UNESCO declared this charming colonial style city a Heritage of Humanity. You will visit the central square and its unique Mermaid Fountain, the Cathedral and other stunning landmarks. Check-in.
Day 8: Antigua – 290 km – Copan (Guatemala & Honduras)
Visit the Archaeological City Copan (Honduras). We will transfer them to the Archaeological place that stand up for its Astronomers and Sculptors of those times, they visited the Great Square, famous for the Steles and Altars that are decorating it, its Acropolis and temple that it opens us a window to the past. Hotel