Chiapas and Tabasco Features

Chiapas and Tabasco Features

• 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

• 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