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Veracruz
State of Mexico

Veracruz

Veracruz, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Located in eastern Mexico, it is bordered by seven states: Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco. Veracruz is divided into 212 municipalities, and its capital city is Xalapa-Enríquez, commonly called just Xalapa.

Get in

Getting to Veracruz

Veracruz has a small international airport, 1 General Heriberto Jara International Airport. The only direct US flights are from Houston, Texas. There are many options from other Mexican cities, including Mexico City. The airport is about 10 km west of downtown. The ADO bus station is a short distance from the city centre.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    San Juan de Ulúa Castle

    Last fortress of the Spanish Empire, later used as a prison during Porfirio Díaz's government, known as one of the most cruel prisons of that time, you can hear horror stories of torture.

  2. 02
    Casa Museo de Agustín Lara

    The former house of famous music writer Agustin Lara is now a museum.

  3. 03
    Zocalo de Veracruz

    Come here for some enchanting "danzon" (traditional Cuban dance) impressions and views of the cathedral and palacio municipal.

  4. 04
    Museum of the City

    Traces the history of the city with dioramas and exhibits.

  5. 05
    Museo Naval México

    Display of model ships and exhibits about the Mexican navy up to the present day.

  6. 06
    Museo Baluarte de Santiago
Do

Things to do

Carnival. The largest carnival in Mexico, hosted around February each year and lasting nine days with six major parades along with large public concerts, parties, special events and promotions in just about all the city's restaurants, bars and nightclubs.

  1. 01
    Aquarium
  2. 02
    Playa Villa de Mar

    Veracruz's beach with brownish-grey sand.

  3. 03
    Take a jog

    Manuel Ávila Camacho skirts Veracruz's waterfront.

  4. 04
    Estadio Beto Avila

    Paseo de Las Jacarandas 224, Boca del Río.

  5. 05
    ScubaVer

    Francisco Hernández y Hernández 563, Faros,.

  6. 06
    Mundo Submarino Buceo Veracruz

    Full service dive shop offering a range of PADI-certified courses.

Eat

Where to eat

Meals depend on where you eat, you can eat great sea food in Boca del Rio and Mandinga and Alvarado (but for this last one you have to travel about 45 minutes). Look for the palapas (huts) and you can have a great meal for little money. Jarocho cuisine is unique among Mexico's regional cuisines in its pronounced Spanish and Afro-Caribbean influences. The long coastlines make Veracruz a seafood paradise.

  1. 01
    Tampico Mariscos

    91700, Av.

  2. 02
    Antojitos doña Bella

    Nicolás Bravo 3015.

  3. 03
    Tacos Pepe

    Av.

  4. 04
    Antojitos Charito

    91700, C.

  5. 05
    Hao Lai

    Av 5 de Mayo 1171.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.