Useful Info

Here some links and information concerning Mexico

Acapulco

City: State de Guerrero, 417 km in the south of Mexico City

Information: Tourist bureau, cost. Miguel Aleman, 251 D

Site dedicated to Acapulco

Campeche

City: Coast of the south-west of the peninsula of Yucatan, to 250 km in the south-west of Mérida

Information: Oficina de Turismo, Baluarte San Carlos

Cancun

City: State de Quintana Roo to the N.E. of the peninsula of Yucatan, to 350 km in the east of Mérida, on the Caribbean Sea

Visit Cancun and discover its principal tourist activities

Chichen Itza

City: State de Yucatan, to 119 km of Mérida

Information: With the input of the site, or the Tourist bureau of Mérida

Guadalajara

City: State de Jalisco, about 600 km in the west of Mexico City

Information: Tourist office, AV. Juarez

Discover this city thanks to its history and with a visit of the principal monuments

Mexico City

City: In the heart of the Mexican, capital Republic of Mexico

Information: Office of tourist information to the airport.Secretariat of tourism: AV Presidente Masaryk 172. Tourist bureau:AV. Juarez 92 (Chapultepec).

Site of US embassy goverment in Mexico

Site of Canadian embassy goverment in Mexico

Monterrey

City: State de Nuevo Leon, with 915km in the North of Mexico City and 130 km of Nuevo-Laredo (border of Texas)

Guide city

Oaxaca

City: State de Oaxaca, to 541 km in the south-east of Mexico City

Information: Tourist office, front. Independencia, Municipal Palacio.

Site dedicated to Oaxaca

Palenque

City: State de Chiapas, to 1231 km in the east of Mexico City

Information: In the enter of the ruins

Puebla

City: State de Puebla, about 132 km of Mexico City

Information: Office of tourism, calle 5 Directs (close to the post office).

Visit Puebla through its history and its principal sites of its area

Puerto Vallarta

City: State de Jalisco, to 995 km in the West of Mexico City and to 395 km of Guadalajara

Information: Ask the reception hotels

Official site of Puerto Vallarta

Veracruz

City: State de Veracruz, to 431 km in the east of Mexico City, on the Gulf of Mexico

Information: Tourist bureau, on Zocalo, in Municipal Palacio

Facts for the Traveler

Visas: Citizens of many countries - including the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and virtually all Western European countries - do not require visas to enter Mexico as tourists. However, they must obtain a Mexican government tourist card (tarjeta de turista), available from embassies or at border crossings.

Currency

Currency : 1 US $ = 9.36 Pesos approximately & 1 UK £= 14.62844 Pesos approximately
Taxes : tax IVA is15 %
Propina : in the restaurants and the bars, the tip for the server is not included in the note, therefore it is necessaryto give a tip to the server from 10 to 20%

Transport

Had : This country has a very vast overhead gridwith 57 airports where you can travel in all the country thanks to thecompanies Aeromexico and Mexicana but so full with others.
Bus : These means of transport and very much usedwith Mexico and it are not expensive. The buses serve all Mexico andeven the villages moved back. It is preferable to travel in the busesof first class because you will be on travelling sitted and withouttoo many stops in the villages.
The Car : Several companies of hirings of cars areestablished in Mexico, it thus does not have too many problems thereto rent one of them. On the other hand mistrust on the roads ofMexico, because the highway code is not often respected, therefore itto pay great attention and " to learn how " to use thehorn.

Weather in Mexico