The lush oasis of the Jard铆n Bot谩nico Dr Faustino Miranda is a gorgeous place to visit, as well as being a nice respite from the city heat. The collection is entirely endemic to Chiapas and features everything from palms and fig varieties to cacti and medicinal plants. Various puentes colgantes (suspended bridges or 'tree top' walks) provide a lovely means of truly immersing yourself in the jungle. Take a Ruta 3 or 20 colectivo from 6a Avenida Norte Poniente.
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To take your evening paseo (stroll) with the locals, stop by this leafy plaza, just eight blocks west of Plaza C铆vica. The whole city seems to turn out鈥
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Standing beside the main plaza, Chamula鈥檚 main church is a ghostly white, with a vividly painted arch of green and blue. Inside the darkened sanctuary,鈥
Zool贸gico Miguel 脕lvarez del Toro
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Chiapas, with its huge range of natural environments, has the highest concentration of animal species in North America, including several varieties of big鈥
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The Sumidero Canyon is a spectacular fissure in the earth, found north of Tuxtla Guti茅rrez. In 1981, the Chicoas茅n hydroelectric dam was completed at its鈥
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The Sima de las Cotorras is a dramatic 160m-wide sinkhole that punches 140m down into the earth into a crater thick with rainforest. At sunrise, a green鈥
Chiapa de Corzo Archaeological Site
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On a trade route between the Pacific and the Gulf, the sprawling Chiapa de Corzo settlement had close ties to neighboring Maya and Olmec cultures. At its鈥
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Plunging into the sheer R铆o La Venta canyon, El Aguacero is a gorgeous series of frothy stairsteps that tumble and spray. You'll descend over 700 steps to鈥
Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzm谩n
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The large Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzm谩n, one block south of the main plaza, was built in the late 16th century by the Dominican order. Its adjoining 鈥
Nearby Chiapas attractions
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The Museo Regional de Chiapas, an imposing modern building constructed in 1982, was under much-needed renovation at the time of research (it's a fabulous鈥
2. Centro de Convivencia Infantil
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Parque Madero contains a children鈥檚 park, the Centro de Convivencia Infantil, with a minitrain, carnival games, pony rides and other diversions for the 鈥
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This small museum, housed inside an attractive colonial building, contains exhibits on the cultivation and processing of everyone's favorite bean. It's鈥
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Bustling and broad, Tuxtla鈥檚 main plaza occupies two blocks flanked by an untidy array of concrete government and commercial structures. At its southern鈥
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The eye-catching white cathedral鈥檚 clock tower tinkles out a tune on the hour to accompany a kitsch merry-go-round of apostles鈥 images, which emerges from鈥
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To take your evening paseo (stroll) with the locals, stop by this leafy plaza, just eight blocks west of Plaza C铆vica. The whole city seems to turn out鈥
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On the Jard铆n de la Marimba, this small museum showcases 120 years of this ubiquitous instrument, with both antique and modern models on display and a鈥
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Chiapas, with its huge range of natural environments, has the highest concentration of animal species in North America, including several varieties of big鈥