Region

Gulf Coast

El Tajín, Olmec heads, and Mexico with zero crowds.

Veracruz · Tabasco

Tabasco

Olmec heads, cacao, and more rivers than roads.

Maya ruins built from brick, surrounded by cacao farms.

A hot, humid oil city guarding the Olmec colossal heads.

Coffee mountains, a rowdy port, and the son jarocho heartland.

A volcanic lake, howler monkeys, and a witchcraft industry.

The coffee town everyone means when they say Veracruz coffee.

The Pyramid of the Niches and a flying ritual older than the Aztecs.

Painted river town where son jarocho was basically born.

A working port that eats and dances better than it swims.

Coffee, cloud forest, and Mexico's second-best archaeology museum.