The Other Mexico 8 Nights
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Day 1: Mexico City
Arrival, meeting and transfer to your selected hotel. Overnight.
Hotel Options: Tourist: Casa Inn Mexico, First Class I: Aristos or century
Day 2: Mexico City
In the morning enjoy a half-day sightseeing tour. Visit the Main Square, the National Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Square of the Three Cultures, Chapultepec Park and the residential area. In the afternoon, you will have a half-day tour visiting the famous Archaeological Zone of San Juan Teotihuacan and the Guadalupe Shrine. Overnight. Pyramids of Teotihuacan and shrine of Guadalupe. On the way to the sanctuary short stop by The Plaza of the Three Cultures where you see three different periods in the history of Mexico represented by three different kind of buildings: an archeological site, a catholic church and a modern building of foreign affairs ministry. You continue the tour to the Basilica, where you will see the original image of Mary appeared on a simple piece of fabric belonging to the Indian Juan Diego. You will see both Basilicas, the one of the XVIII century and the one devoted to the virgin almost three decades ago. On a modern highway we will reach the site of teotiguacan, where men become Gods, during your tour you will have the time and opportunity to climb the amazing pyramids as well as to visit the Palace of Quetzal-Butterfly, the feather snake Temple and the avenue of the dead.
Day 3 Mexico City - Puebla - Oaxaca
In the morning departure for Puebla. On the way you will make a stop in Cholula to visit the archaelogocal site. The Great Pyramid appears like a natural hill in the center of the now university town of Cholula. The largest pyramid in America by volume, the platform contains many layers of construction that span nearly ten centuries. Archaeologists have tunneled approximately five miles of corridors within the pyramid.
Then continue to Puebla to visit the city. In the afternoon, transfer to the bus station and on to Oaxaca. Arrival and transfer to your hotel. Hotel options: Tourist: Calesa Real, First Class I: Mision San Felipe.
Day 4 Oaxaca
Visit the city of Oaxaca. What you see today when you walk through the historic district of Oaxaca is largely the product of 3 centuries of colonial society. Beautiful green volcanic stone, for which the city is famous, dresses most of the buildings. Oaxaca has its own style of colonial architecture, characterized by thick, heavily buttressed walls, low arches, and stout churches without lofty bell towers. This was an adaptation to the frequent earthquakes that plagued the region in colonial times.
Day 5 Oaxaca
Visit the Archeological site of Monte Alban. Monte Alban is a hill-top site, centrally located within the valley of Oaxaca. It controlled much of the modern state of Oaxaca during the Classic Period of Mesoamerican prehistory. The archaeological zone of Monte Alban, belonging to the Zapotec culture, is one of the most important in the area of Oaxaca. Its cultural development and monumental architecture has become representative of the region, and the Mesoamerican culture area. The prehispanic capital is located at the summit of a hill that rises in the southwest of Oaxaca City. It is located at 1948 meters above sea level
Day 6 Oaxaca - Puerto Escondido
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Puerto Escondido (Not Included). Arrival and transfer to your hotel.
Hotel Option: Tourist and First Class I: Posada Real Puerto Escondido
Day 7 & Day 8 Puerto Escondido
Day at leisure
Day 9 Puerto Escondido - Mexico City
Transfer out. Flight to Mexico City (Not Included)
Package Includes
Accommodation for 8 nights Round-trip airport to hotel transfers Meals and tours as per itinerary Hotel taxes and service charges English-speaking guides
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