TAJIN AND PAPANTLA FROM VERACRUZ

A journey to the north of the state along the Gulf of Mexico highway through the Emerald Coast enjoying the landscape of beaches, orange tree plantations, banana trees, sugar cane, a cattle ranches, we find the most important pre-Hispanic city of the Totonac culture in Mesoamerica. TAJIN “place of thunder”. In an area of ​​12 hectares approx. 168 buildings are erected which constitute one of the most important political-religious centers of this pre-Hispanic culture. We can admire 41 buildings, among which the majestic Pyramid of the Niches and the Plaza de Arrollo stand out. It is the pre-Hispanic city with the largest number of ball games that add up to 17 in addition to seeing the ceremony of the flyers, time to shop for handicrafts and souvenirs and go to the city of Papantla Known for its ritual of the “Papantla Flyers” and the production of the aromatic vanilla also named Magical Town of Mexico because it keeps its ancestral traditions, its folklore, and we can see the color of the typical costumes of its communities here are suggestions for eating.