what's up guys i'm dan from the new
travel
and today we're going to be talking
about 10 cities you need to visit
in mexico
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and i can think of no better place to
start than the city that i've been
living in for most of the past
year mexico city how can i even begin to
describe mexico city
it's it's a place that you think you'd
probably need a hundred lifetimes to
fully explore
mexico itself has a lot of depth and
mexico city perhaps has the most depth
of any city
it's just the variety of neighborhoods
that it has
the variety of markets that it has
the food the people the culture the
sports everything
is big
sometimes it can get overwhelming with
the crazy traffic and the noise and
sometimes the pollution but you have to
dig deeper you have to look past
that uh surface level kind of
grit and that surface level toughness
because there is a toughness when you
first arrive in mexico city that
can be off-putting to some people but
you have to dig a bit deeper and you
will see
everything that makes that place so
magical it's such a great place to
begin your journey through mexico not
only because it's an amazing city
but also because it is very
strategically located
in central mexico where you can easily
get to many other destinations
including number two dax goal
dexco is what's known as a pueblo magico
pueblo magico means a magical town and
mexico has a lot of magical towns
but if i had to recommend you to only go
to one
it would probably be tax go dexco is
a journey into another time you walk
through these
these cobblestone streets of texco and
all the white painted buildings and
you feel like you're in some like 16th
century
town from italy or something like that
it just
it blew my mind that this place existed
in mexico and wasn't like
swarming with international tourists
because
i've been to europe and taxico is as
beautiful as any of the towns i've seen
in europe
but yeah if you only have a short stay
in mexico city and you're looking for
another place to visit
i highly highly recommend tax go it's
only about two and a half hours away by
bus
city number three guanajuato
it probably took me about a month to
properly pronounce guanajuato
it's one of those places that people
kept recommending that i visit and i'd
be like
guanajato guanajuato
i i just couldn't get it right guadalupe
is another place that blows your mind at
every corner i mean just look at this
place what can i say it's it's
beautifully preserved it's got these
long cool tunnels that you can walk
through it has museums it has art
galleries it has culture
and guanajuato is actually very famous
as a mexican tourist destination it's a
place that a lot of
you know central mexicans like to visit
and it's their vacation spot
but it's not as well known for foreign
tourists
which is good because that keeps the
prices down
um and it's it's highly highly
recommended
city number four san miguel dayende
san miguel is in some ways similar to
guanajuato
they're both these like old beautiful
cities in central mexico in fact san
miguel was once
voted the world's most beautiful city
and as you walk the streets it's it's
easy to notice why
it's cultural it's artistic it's well
preserved it's
it's very similar to guanajuato in some
ways
but with a much stronger foreign expat
community
a lot of americans a lot of canadians
were tired to san miguel
it still has an authentic mexican
feeling but
be prepared for the prices to be a bit
higher
actually a lot higher the restaurants
are probably double what you're paying a
place like guanajuato
but it's also going to be a lot easier
for english speakers to get around
you might feel more comfortable if this
is your first
visit to mexico so it's it's all about
what you want do you want a place where
more mexican tourists go
or do you want a place where more
english tourists go
either option can be good uh but yeah
that's the differences between
guanajuato and san miguel and they're
both
beautiful city number five
puebla it actually took me a long time
to visit puebla because
i had in my mind an idea that it would
be just very similar to mexico city
because it's only a couple hours away
from mexico city it's it's a major city
it's central mexico
but then i finally went there and i
realized puebla has
its own thing going on it has an amazing
food scene
it has all these foods like chilean
nagada
which originates in puebla it has its
own kind of tortas its own kind of tacos
it's a very unique place the center of
puebla the
the well-preserved historical center of
puebla is
uh incredible it's it's it's
mind-blowing how beautiful it is
to be honest i had three days in puebla
and i only scratched the surface of it
it's another one of those enormous
cities where
you know it would take months or even
years to fully appreciate puebla
so i don't have much to say about it
other than it was beautiful
it has an amazing cathedral i think it
has the tallest cathedral in all of
mexico
so definitely check out puebla if you
have a bit more time in mexico
another bigger city and number six on my
list is
guadalajara it is known for being
traditional mexico it's where a lot of
mexican traditions
originated or are celebrated the
strongest
uh the town of tequila where tequila
originated
is only an hour or two away from
guadalajara it's the birthplace of
mariachi
so you have lots of musical talent in
guadalajara
it felt to me like a less chaotic
version of mexico city
maybe a slightly cleaner version of
mexico city
sorry to my chilangos who are watching
but mexico city can get a bit crazy
sometimes
guadalajara felt like it had everything
that mexico city has to offer but a bit
more peace and quiet
uh and and again i i didn't have too
long in guadalajara so maybe that was
just
my impression maybe i'm wrong i'm sure
it gets crazy too
but yeah it just it had a lot of cool
artwork on the streets
it had a really unique feeling to it and
something else i learned about
guadalajara is it's kind of the silicon
valley of mexico it's where a lot of new
tech companies are moving in
so even though it has this very
traditional side it also has a very
modern side
and it's cool to see those two elements
playing together
all right city number seven oaxaca
if you've done a bit of research about
mexico uh
you probably know oaxaca because along
with the coastal region like
cancun and tulum and all that stuff and
maybe along with mexico city
i think oaxaca is one of the most
popular
tourist destinations for foreigners
it's very traditional it's very
indigenous which means that you have
strong indigenous elements everywhere
you have these incredible
incredible artwork you have these
incredible
cultural traditions and you have foods
and drinks that
well you can find in other parts of
mexico but not like oaxaca oaxaca
is oaxa is like the king of
mole of mezcal of chapellines
which are crickets if you've never eaten
them
don't make fun of them until you try
them qrikets actually can be very good
if you have
uh the right ones but yeah as beautiful
as the cities in central mexico can be
if you want something that feels like
has preserved the authentic traditions
of old indigenous mexico
uh look to a place like oaxaca all right
now a lot of these cities like oaxaca
and san miguel if you're a foreigner and
you've done a bit of research you've
probably heard of them before
but here's one you might not know
morelia
i didn't know where morelia was uh for
my first few months in mexico i'd never
heard of it before
morelia is the capital of a state called
michoacan
and when i finally made it over to
morelia
my mind was blown my mind was blown that
everyone isn't talking about this place
because the historical center of morelia
to me at least
was every bit as beautiful as puebla or
or
mexico city or any of these very popular
places morelia is
amazing and to give you a bit of history
back when the spanish first arrived
morelia was one of their major cities so
they built a lot there's a there's a
huge aqueduct running through the city
there are these like old you know
spanish-style alleys and it's just
it's incredible place to walk around so
if you're into old architecture and you
like that
classic feeling city don't forget about
morelia
now you guys have probably noticed that
i've completely ignored the beaches of
mexico
and the reason for that that's
intentional because i find that
mexico's beaches are beautiful but
that's the only thing that most tourists
think about you know they all want to go
to cancun they all want to go to tulum
so i'm trying to show people that
there's other options
but there is one city on the beach
that i cannot forget about because i had
such an incredible time there
and it is puerto vallarta now puerto
vallarta is touristy yes there's a lot
of canadians
there's actually a lot of people from my
city winnipeg we have direct flights
to puerto vallarta because it's so
freaking cold outside i mean
yeah that's what we're dealing with so a
lot of us fly to puerto vallarta
uh but there's a reason for it it's just
it's a really really beautiful place
there's nature nearby
there's beaches there's beach resorts
you can go stay at but
i would recommend staying in the center
of vallarta because
it's a really beautiful place and
everyone there is relaxed everyone there
is easy going and when i compare it to
my time on the riviera maya
which is beautiful as well but the
difference is that
there's just so many tourists there now
that it brings out another side of
mexico
some of the sales people get very pushy
and sometimes aggressive when you're
walking on the street they're trying to
sell you things all the time
for me there's a point of tourism where
it gets too high
and then it takes away from the
experience but for me puerto vallarta is
it's just the right amount it's it's
it's a great place to visit
and last but not least number 10 what's
it gonna be
those of you who are mexican know uh
know why i'm laughing because
teotihuacan
is technically a city but not really a
city
it's an ancient city it's a city that
the thiwakanes
the people who lived in central mexico
before the aztecs even they were a very
ancient
group of uh indigenous people to the
mexico region
and they built this mind-blowing ancient
city
with the pyramid of the sun and the
pyramid of the moon and
you just have to see it for yourself
it's one of those bucket list
things that i think you can't go to
mexico city without seeing theo teokan
if you have the chance because yeah if
you're into history at all or if you're
just
into visiting epic places uh
teotihuacan is one ancient city that you
have to visit i hope if nothing else
this has given you a few ideas for your
next trip to mexico
and it's it's shown you that
there are no shortage of options for
places to go in mexico
that is for sure