Chiapas and Tabasco Travel Guide

Chiapas is Mexico's southernmost state. And if the villages here resemble those of the Guatemalan Highlands, it's because Guatemala lies just beyond the eastern border. To the west lies Oaxaca, and to the south is one of Mexico's last stretches of relatively undeveloped coastline. Inland, mountain roads are full of hairpin turns hugging the edges of ravines. To the north is the mostly flat, pastoral state of Tabasco.

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Things To Do in Chiapas and Tabasco

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  • People & Culture

    In Chiapas you'll still find remote clusters of grass-roofed huts and cornfields planted on near-vertical hillsides. Things haven't changed much... Read more

  • Top Reasons to Go to Chiapas and Tabasco

    Taking in mist-covered ruins: Much of the enormous complex of Palenque has yet to be excavated, so you can see how thoroughly the jungle claimed... Read more

  • Chiapas & Tabasco Background

    As early as 1000 BC, Chiapas was in the domain of the Maya, along with Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and much of Mexico. The Maya controlled the... Read more

  • A Voice of Many Voices

    In the early hours of January 1, 1994, while most of Mexico was sleeping off the New Year's festivities, the Zapatista National Liberation Army... Read more

  • Shopping in Chiapas

    The weavers of Chiapas produce striking embroidered blouses, huipiles (tunics), bedspreads, and tablecloths. Other artisans create leather goods... Read more

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