Puebla

Because the location was roughly the half-way point between the port of Veracruz where ships from Europe docked and México City, the Spaniards built the city of Puebla. It became the very first city constructed by them from scratch as compared to what they usually did which was to build over the ruins of a conquered existing city.

Today, travelers to this state capital city can explore its diverse museums, colonial architecture, the oldest library in the Americas, and even hidden underground tunnel passageways.

In other regions of Puebla state, visitors can discover its deep canyons, waterfalls, hot springs, and ancient city ruins sites. At one of these ancient sites, you can view the world’s largest pyramid by volume in the town of Cholula.

Several hours south of the city, travelers will find themselves in a vast region of cactus; as far as the eye can see. Because of this and also the large population of animals and plant species in this region, it has been designated as ecological conservation biosphere reserve.