Lagoons of Mexico: The Yucatán’s Coastal Lagoons & Beyond
Laguna de Bacalar, the Lagoon of Seven Colors, Quintana Roo
Some of the most dazzling water in Mexico is not in its lakes or its sea, but in its lagoons — the shallow, sheltered, jewel-coloured lagunas that ring
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Lakes of Mexico: The Complete Guide
Lake Chapala, the largest lake in Mexico, at sunset
Mexico is far better known for its beaches than its lakes — yet the country is laced with extraordinary inland waters, from the vast highland sea of Chapala
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Lake Tequesquitengo, Morelos: Watersports & the Sunken Church
Lake Tequesquitengo, Morelos
When Mexico City wants speed and sunshine on the water, it heads for Lake Tequesquitengo. Affectionately known as “Teques”, this warm, open lake in the lowlands of Morelos
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Lake Zirahuén, Michoacán: A Pristine Highland Lake
Lake Zirahuen, Michoacan
If Pátzcuaro is the cultural heart of Michoacán’s lake country, Lake Zirahuén is its quiet, clear-water jewel. Tucked into the pine-clad highlands just down the road, this small,
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Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán: Mexico Second-Largest Lake
Lake Cuitzeo seen from the highway, Michoacan
Drive north out of Morelia and the road suddenly runs straight out across the water: you are crossing Lake Cuitzeo, the second-largest lake in Mexico. A vast, shallow
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Lake Catemaco, Veracruz: Witches, Monkeys & Eco-Tourism
Lake Catemaco, Veracruz
Few lakes in Mexico are as wild, green and mysterious as Lake Catemaco. Set in a volcanic bowl deep in the rainforests of Los Tuxtlas, on the Gulf
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Lake Pátzcuaro & Janitzio: Day of the Dead Lake Guide
Janitzio island on Lake Patzcuaro
No lake in Mexico carries more soul than Lake Pátzcuaro. Cradled in the highlands of Michoacán and ringed by the villages of the Purépecha people, it is the
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Valle de Bravo & Lake Avándaro: Mexico City Weekend Lake
Lake Avandaro at Valle de Bravo at sunset
When Mexico City wants to escape to the water, it comes to Valle de Bravo. Just a couple of hours west of the capital, this cobbled Pueblo Mágico
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Cenotes of Mexico: The Complete Guide to the Yucatán Sinkholes
A cenote in the Yucatan, Mexico
Nowhere on earth has anything quite like the cenotes of Mexico. Scattered in their thousands across the flat limestone of the Yucatán Peninsula, these natural sinkholes open onto
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Cenote Dzitnup: X’keken & Samula near Valladolid
Cenote Xkeken (Dzitnup) near Valladolid
Just outside Valladolid, two of the Yucatán’s loveliest cavern cenotes sit side by side at the village of Dzitnup: Cenote X’keken (often just called Cenote Dzitnup) and Cenote
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