How to go to San Cristóbal de las Casas México

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Day 14: Guadalajara - How to go to San Cristóbal de las Casas México

Today we finish the first stage of this trip to Mexico in 45 days in which we have known such interesting cities as Mexico City, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Zacatecas or Guadalajara, to set course for a new area of ​​the country, in which touches go to San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico, entering this way in Chiapas.

Our flight from Guadalajara to Tuxtla Gutierrez, which is the way we have chosen to go to San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico, leaves at 10:40 in the morning from the Guadalajara airport, so when it is 6 in the morning we go down to the breakfast room of the One Guadalajara Centro, which has been our accommodation in Guadalajara these days, where after breakfast and make the corresponding check-out, we ask for a taxi to take us to the airport.
Initially, today the forecast is that there is some traffic in the city, but we only need a few minutes to check that at this time of the morning, despite being the beginning of the week the city is practically asleep, so in 45 minutes We are already at the flight terminal of the Guadalajara airport, ready to catch our flight to Tuxtla Gutierrez, from where we will take a bus to go to San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico.

Guadalajara airport

After checking our luggage, we wait for the time to ship coffee in hand for when it is time to go to the boarding gate to see on the monitors that all flights are delayed by fog almost 4 hours.
In the end, after the scare, we try to take it easy and take advantage of these hours to work and read, embarking when it is 1:30, several hours after the scheduled departure of the flight.

Waiting for our flight to go to San Cristóbal de las Casas México

How to go from Guadalajara to San Cristóbal de las Casas México

After assessing the different options we had, the fastest option for go to San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico from Guadalajara has been choosing to fly to Tuxtla Gutiérrez and from there take an ADO bus at the same airport with which go to San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico.
The ADO bus journey from Tuxtla Gutierrez airport to San Cristóbal de las Casas is approximately an hour and a quarter, they connect with all the arriving flights and the price is 260 pesos per person and route.
It is best to buy the tickets when you arrive at the same airport, the ticket office is at the same exit and so if you have any delay have no problems.
We have made the flight with Volaris Aerobus, a Mexican airline, with which we have booked in addition to the ticket, the plus package since we carry checked luggage of 15 kilos in addition to a small handbag.


We arrived at Tuxtla Gutierrez at 4:55 p.m., going directly to pick up our luggage and then running to the ADO / ACOO counters, which are next to the car rental offices, right in the departure lounge, to buy tickets for go to San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico for 260 pesos per person and route.
If there is something that has surprised us is that the Tuxtla Gutierrez airport is very small, something that we did not imagine, since we do not know exactly the reason we imagined it much larger, in addition to the hot air that receives us, giving us to understand that each Again we are approaching higher temperatures.

Tuxtla Gutierrez Airport

As we mentioned before, we must bear in mind that the Tuxtla Gutierrez airport is very small and the buses that make connections with San Cristóbal de las Casas wait for the flights, so it is a super efficient service, as well as comfortable.
And so on our bus, after 55 minutes, we finally arrived in San Cristóbal de las Casas, practically 5 hours later than we thought, but very happy to finally be in Chiapas.
Once we arrive at the San Cristóbal de las Casas bus station, the first thing we do is go to the ADO ticket offices, which is the company that operates in this area of ​​the country and the one we have read is safer and with whom we have the bus routes from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Palenque and from Palenque to Campeche.

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The reason to go at this time is that from your website you can make reservations for tickets, but not admitting foreign cards, payment must be made directly at the windows of any of its branches, in order to have physical tickets with which to access the buses.
This is something to keep in mind, in addition to knowing that to pick them up you have to be 2 hours before the departure of the bus, since in case of not paying the reservation at that time, it is canceled. Knowing this, it is best to have them paid before and thus be able to go to the station with the right boarding time, just as we are doing now.

From the bus station of San Cristóbal de las Casas and already being almost 7 in the afternoon, we take a taxi that for 60 pesos takes us to the Hotel Posada El Zaguán, which will be our next accommodation in San Cristóbal de las Casas 4 nights.
We make a quick check-in that allows us to leave our bags in the room to go directly to the charming streets already lit at this time of day, looking for a restaurant where to dine and say goodbye this day, somewhat rough, but we are sure , will be the beginning of the incredible stage of the trip to Mexico for free.

After looking at several options, we decided to have dinner at Te Quiero Verde, a vegan restaurant in Sancris, as they call San Cristóbal de las Casas affectionately, where we ordered a pasta with vegan pesto, quesadillas and hummus, plus two honey juices for 216 pesos We have to confess, it's exquisite! Do not miss it if you come to San Cristóbal de las Casas, since in addition to good food the atmosphere and music are worth it.

Dinner at Te Quiero Verde

And so, after dinner and when it is practically 9 pm we return to the Hotel Posada El Zaguán where it is time to rest and load energies for tomorrow, start to know San Cristóbal de las Casas, one of the sour cherries of this incredible cake Mexico.

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