Xalapa & Coatepec Sightseeing Tour from Veracruz – Veracruz (State), Mexico

EXPERIENCE:

Travel to the city of flowers, Xalapa, and enjoy the beautiful scenery on the road. Visit two museums in Coatepec where you will admire 19th century furniture and learn something about mexican culture. Enjoy lunch before returning to Veracruz.

Departure heading towards the city of the flowers, the state capital Xalapa. You’ll see sugar cane, mango, tamarindo and papaya plantations. All along the roadside you’ll see people selling fruit that is harvested in the area.

We’ll arrive at the museum that was once the hacienda “El Lencero” in Coatepec, the world-wide capital of coffee, where you will see a fine exhibition of furnishings from the epoch between 1800 and 1900. This furniture has been donated by philanthropic descendants of these long gone plantation owners.

We will continue on to the country’s second largest museum (second only to the Mexico city Museum). You will really be able to appreciate the splendor of the Veracruz roots in this setting: Huasteca, Totonaca, Olmeca.

We’ll head some restaurant for a delicious lunch. We’ll return to Veracruz going through the downtown.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Travel to the city of flowers, Xalapa
See sugar cane, mango, tamarindo and papaya plantations
Visit an exhibition of 19th century furniture in Coatepec
Learn something about the Veracruz roots in the second largest musem of Mexico
Enjoy a delicious lunch in a restaurant

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