Mexico

Despite hearing several times that ‘mezcal isn’t the same as tequila’, fuzzy recollections of my college and university days left me wary of dipping my toe into mezcal’s mysterious waters.

If you’re planning a trip to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, there’s a destination you should definitely add to your radar: the sun-yellow town of Izamal.

Mexico’s heart beats in the salsa clubs and street corn vendors, the midnight Mariachi and Maya ruins. If you want to know what it’s really like, check this out.

Brought to you from the smoky markets, carts and cantinas of Mexico, here are our favourite street-side snacks.

With 6000 cenotes in the Yucatan alone, it’s time to learn more about Mexico’s best swimming holes.

No trip to Mexico is complete without visiting at least one of these archaeological wonders. Here are seven of the best, and how to navigate your way around them.

From the weird and wonderful to the religious or spiritual, there’s one thing these festivals have in common: they’re all worthy of your time.

“I was keen for a local to show me a new side of a cuisine I thought I wasn’t keen on – to discover what Mexican food really is.”

Tulum may be famous for its incredible cliff-top ruins, but the region has so much more to discover. From underground swimming holes to ancient pyramids, here are 5 of our favourites.