Mexico holidays
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Mexico’s oldest drink was once reserved for Aztec priests, but is now available in cocktails in reinvented bars across the capital
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From eco housing to cowboy cantinas, art galleries to poetry readings, the Mexican border city is moving on from its recent violent past
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Nature, tradition and a touch of the spiritual inhabit these images from the photographer’s inspiring journey around southern Mexico
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In the mid-20th century, poet Edward James created a ‘Surrealist Xanadu’ of concrete sculptures, waterfalls and ponds in the rainforest north of Mexico City
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Looking remarkably like the fabled Mexican artist, Beatriz Vázquez Gómez also draws crowds with her speciality cooking
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The formerly wealthy Colonia Juárez, close to Mexico City’s historic centre, is getting its groove back, with new restaurants, bars and art galleries
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Following their foodie passion, bloggers Lou and Dave savour street food in Valladolid and a Cuban cantina in Mérida
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The film-maker and conservationist is as determined to protect the marine world and indigenous peoples, in places like Mexico and the Amazon, as her famous forebears
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Severe visual impairment didn’t stop me from flying to Mexico and into the helping hands of a chain of fellow backpackers, with whom I enjoyed jungles, raves, zipwires and more
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A new charter flight to Puerto Vallarta has put Mexico’s Pacific coast within easy reach from the UK. But don’t hang around in the big resorts – head north for laid-back beaches and boho shops, whale-watching and rodeos
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Enjoy ocean views from rooftop bars or just step out and get the sand between your toes. From Mazatlán to Pochutla, here are 10 charming beachside escapes
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For one morning every week, people on bikes and on foot rule 35 miles of central city streets, but it is not just about car-free Sundays – the world’s fourth biggest city is also building a network of protected bike lanes
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A community centre that originated from a land-grab by gang members in a suburb infamous for high crime now offers an all-too-rare chance to escape the pressures of the past, and carve out a brighter future for Mexico City
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Un centro comunitario en la delegación más poblada de la Ciudad de México tiene un objetivo: ayudar a la comunidad a ver el mundo con otros ojos
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You can find it on the menu in London’s hipster bars, but mezcal, known as ‘tequila’s father’, is best tasted in southern Mexico. Our writer tries some of the finest on a tour of distilleries and in the bars of Oaxaca city
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On Mexico’s Pacific coast I embraced the bohemian spirit of my guidebook and followed in the fiery footsteps of Ava Gardner in The Night of the Iguana
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Enrique Olvera’s Pujol restaurant is on a quest to find the best corn, chillies and meat in Mexico – with the ultimate aim of producing the country’s finest tacos
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Mischievous and charming, he is moved to tears by a Mexico City demonstration against the drug wars – but there’s no attempt to investigate and tell us more
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The remote cacti-dotted landscapes of Baja California give film-festival founder and adventurer Lois Pryce the thrill of the wilderness. But it’s not all prickliness on the Mexican peninsula, there are great towns, places to eat and seaside hangouts, too
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Beautiful Isla Holbox is fast becoming the place to be seen on Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula – but there are fears it will soon become a victim of its own success, as with nearby Tulum
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Scene of the final brutal conquest of the Aztecs, the massacre of protesters ahead of the 1968 Olympic Games and the collapse of an entire housing block in the 1985 earthquake, Tlatelolco embodies Mexico’s painful history
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The musicianship zings with joie de vivre as Morrissey’s ouevre gets a Latin makeover, led by a twinkly-eyed Camilo Lara
Meet the Mayans: a tour of the real Yucatán, Mexico