After planning almost the entire year, we had to decide what would be the trip we always do between the months of December and January and which is usually one of the annual long trips.
After going around and taking into account that this year we could enjoy practically the days we wanted after our "New Year, new life", we decided that the time had come to travel to one of the countries we most wanted to know and we were waiting to go when we had more days to enjoy it with time and to the fullest. And finally the time has come. Let's go to…
Mexico for free. Guy Le Page Credit
… Travel to Mexico for free !!
Although we have had to eliminate some of the places we wanted to visit, in the end this trip to Mexico in 45 days will take us through the most tourist and important places in the country, which we wanted to know for a long time and those we are looking forward to .
Mexico for free. Travel preparations
The first of the doubts that arose when we started preparing this travel to Mexico for free It was about the flights.
The initial idea was to fly to Mexico City and from there start the tour, by the end of the trip, we expected the Yucatan area, to catch an internal flight that returned us to the starting point to return to Spain.
After talking with Sergio, from Viajeropedia Travel, who had already traveled to Mexico a while ago, we were clear that the best option was to enter through Mexico City and leave through Cancun, something that also was much better for us, since that, again, Sergio helped us again managing the tickets from his agency, saving us some good euros.
With that extra day earned from internal transfers, it was time to divide the 45 days of the travel to Mexico for free, in a way that allowed us to know all the places we most wanted to know, in addition to taking a few days of relaxation at the end of the trip.
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Itinerary of the trip to Mexico for free
As we have commented previously, our travel to Mexico for free It will start in Mexico City, where we will spend the first days of the trip to get to know the city in addition to some of the most interesting places in the surroundings, such as Puebla, Cholula or Teotihuacán, one of the essentials of Mexico that we could not and did not want to miss.
After these first days in Mexico, we will start a route through some of its colonial cities, which will first take us to San Miguel de Allende, another of the places we did not want to miss on this trip.
One of the doubts that arose in this moment of planning was how to move between all the cities we were going to visit in this first part of the travel to Mexico for free. After assessing different options, among which were the rental car or the plane, in the end we decided on the bus, a transport that allowed us to move with total ease, comfort and safety among all of them, in addition to having schedules that fit perfectly with what we were looking for. To have more information we leave you this article about security in Mexico according to our opinion.
Once we decided that we were going to move between cities by bus, after asking our readers on our Street Travelers page on Facebook we decided on the ETN company, the one they recommended most, both for safety and comfort and with whom we will all the transfers, which we have also been able to book and pay through PayPal.
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So with this decision already made, we can only continue with the itinerary of the trip to Mexico for free. Arriving in San Miguel de Allende we will spend two days in the city, which we will dedicate to know some of its most emblematic places in addition to its historic center, considered one of the most beautiful in the country.
San Miguel de Allende. Ted McGrath Credit
After a couple of days in San Miguel de Allende, we will return to host a bus that will take us to Guanajuato, another of the most beautiful colonial cities in Mexico, where we will spend two days trying to get to know the city and its attractions to the fullest.
From Guanajuato, again by bus, we will go to Zacatecas, where we will spend a couple of days getting to know the city, then go to Guadalajara, another of the cities that we did not want to miss on this trip and with which we will complete a circuit by some of the most beautiful colonial cities in Mexico.
From here we will take a flight, since for distances the bus was unfeasible, which will take us to Tuxla Gutierrez, from where we will take a bus to go to San Cristóbal de las Casas, one of the places that we were recommended with more insistence that we could not miss in our travel to Mexico for free.
San Cristóbal de las Casas. Ronald Woan Credit
In San Cristóbal de las Casas, one of the most romantic Magic Towns in Chiapas, we will spend the next 4 days, knowing both the town and the surroundings, approaching San Juan Chamula and Zinacantán, the Sumidero Canyon and Chiapa del Corzo, which are Some of the most recommended places in the area.
After these days in San Cristóbal de las Casas, we will go to Palenque, this time with the ADO bus company, one of the most recommended of those operating in this area of the country, one of the great reasons we were looking forward to go to Mexico.
Here we will spend three days, also counting the transfers, something that will allow us to know the archaeological site with tranquility, something that we believe is essential in a place like this, in addition to making one of the excursions that we most want to do: Yaxchilán tour and Bonampak, which we hope are other cherries from this cake called Mexico for free.
Palenque Mexico for free
Yaxchilan. Ed Credit
After this day in Yaxchilán and Bonampak, we will take the last bus of this route through Mexico for free, to go to Campeche, where we will spend a couple of days, picking up the last one the rental car that will take us to travel and get to know Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatán.
From Campeche and with the rental car in Mexico, we will go to Calakmul, one of the places to visit in Mexico that is essential and that in the end and although we were a bit far away, we have managed to include in our itinerary.
But before arriving, we will take the opportunity to make two visits that will also be unforgettable for us: Edzná and Balamkú.
Calakmul Credit Paolo Lucciola
After these visits and get to know the archaeological site of Calakmul, one of the most interesting in Mexico, we will make our way to the Laguna de Bacalar, which they say is one of the most beautiful places in Mexico.
Here we will spend a couple of days, before almost the end of the year, we travel the Puuc Route, one of the most famous routes in this area of Mexico, which will take us to know different archaeological sites, among which we hope to get closer to Kabah, Sayil, Xlapak, Labná and Loltún, for the last day, get to know Uxmal, one of the best known sites in Mexico.
From here we will go to Celestún, where we will spend the last and first day of the year, surrounded by nature and somewhat disconnected, as we have been doing for a few years now.
Kabah Puuc route. Andrea Schaffer Credit
After this couple of days, we will try to be a little kat kit in this travel to Mexico for free, we will make our way to Mérida, another of the most incredible cities in Mexico, where we will spend 3-4 days, knowing both the city and the surroundings.
Among the places we will travel will be the Route of the Convents, which will take us to Acanceh, Tekit, Mama, Chuyamel, Oxkutzcab, Peanut, Telchaquillo and Tecoh, and then go to Cuzamá, where we hope to relax after a few days of the most complete.
After this route in Mexico for free, we will approach to Izamal, one of the most beautiful locations in Mexico, and then approach to Río Lagartos and follow the route to Valladolid, another of the most incredible cities in the country, passing before Ek Balam, another of the places we did not want Get lost on this trip.
Once in Valladolid, where we will stay 4 days, we will dedicate ourselves to know the city as well as the surroundings, dedicating one of the days to tour some of the Valladolid cenotes they say, they are more beautiful and incredible in the country, such as the Cenote Hubiku , Hacienda Selva Maya / Cenote Zahamal, Cenote Xla'kaj, Cenote Suytun, Cenote Popcorn or Cenote Agua Dulce.
Cenote Michael Muraz Credit
How could it be otherwise and being in Valladolid, one of the days we will go to visit Chichen Itza, one of the most important places in Mexico, where we will spend the day and from where we will also approach to the Cenotes of Xkeken and Samula.
Chichen Itza. Ted Van Pelt Credit
After this visit, we will get back on the road, this time to go to another of the most visited places in Mexico and also one of those we hope will make us fall in love, which is none other than the incredible Tulum.
Here we will be 4 days, which we will dedicate to know the archaeological site, approach Cobá and how could it be otherwise, relax and know some of the best beaches in Tulum and do some of the best excursions in Riviera Maya.
Tulum Jeff Stvan Credit
At this time of travel to Mexico for free, we will face the last part of it, which we will spend in one of the most incredible paradises in the world: Holbox.
Here we will spend the last days of the trip, specifically 7 days, we hope, be the perfect end to this incredible Mexico for free.
Holbox Credit Christopher William Adach
We know that it is an ambitious itinerary, since in a few days we will know many places, especially in the last part of the trip, that by having a rental car will allow us more freedom of schedules and movements and therefore we have tried to add all the places we thought were interesting
For this same reason, once there, if we saw that it is too much, we would reduce visits to the point where we feel comfortable, although in principle, we will try to see everything we have planned and most importantly: enjoy it and live it to the fullest .
“In twenty years you will be more disappointed in the things you did not do than the things you did. So untie moorings and navigate away from known ports. Take advantage of trade winds in your sails. Explore It sounds. Discover."
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