{"id":2324,"date":"2014-11-25T22:23:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T22:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2014-11-26T12:25:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T12:25:39","slug":"holidaying-in-mexico-fun-for-all-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/holidaying-in-mexico-fun-for-all-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidaying in Mexico: fun for all the family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexico\u2019<\/a>s iconic culture\u2014sugar skulls, colourful skirts, mariachi<\/em> music, and regional cuisine from ceviche<\/em> to tacos<\/em>\u2014offers something for any visitor to fall in love with. Scratch the surface of this diverse and historic land, however, and you\u2019ll find plenty of hidden treasures and activities that you didn\u2019t even know were there\u2014and best of all, it appeals to the entire family. Travelling with children can be daunting, whether they\u2019re young enough to require constant attention or old enough to roll their eyes at \u201cfamily time,\u201d so we\u2019ve put together a list of some of our favourite attractions in this culture-rich country, so you can begin planning the Mexican holiday of your dreams.<\/p>\n

Get outdoors<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are plenty of alluring sites for outdoorsy types of any age. Marvel at the Mayan ruins outside of Cancun<\/a>, where you and your family can feel over 3000 years of history come to life in the buildings, temples, and agriculture of these legendary people. If you\u2019re in Mexico City<\/a>, explore Chapultepec Park<\/a>\u2014it contains over 680 hectares of green space in the heart of the city. For the more adventurous, there are more beaches, national parks, rivers, and gardens than you could hope to explore in a lifetime.<\/p>\n

We particularly love the family-friendly fun available at the Barranca de Oblatos, a forested gorge that you can visit from Guadelajara; you\u2019ll find historic sites from the Spanish Conquest as well as untouched wilderness. There\u2019s plenty of ways to enjoy Mexico\u2019s famous sunshine and scenic landscapes with your family.<\/p>\n

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Mascota, Jalisco\u00a0\u00a9 Christian Frausto Bernal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Get up close and personal with the wildlife<\/strong><\/p>\n

No matter where you are in Mexico, from the waterfronts of the Yucatan and Quintana Roo to the forests of Jalisco and the steep slopes of the Sierra Madre, you\u2019re sure to encounter flora and fauna you won\u2019t find elsewhere. Coatis, parrots, and a rainbow of butterflies\u2026 wherever you look, there are wild and beautiful creatures that will entrance both you and your children.<\/p>\n

You can make the most of this abundance at local petting zoos, larger zoos, and working farms; we love the Vallarta Zoo<\/a> for its abundance of animal species, including a tiger area.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re more independently-minded, you can gaze at local wildlife while doing a mangrove cruise, or from the hiking trails that travel through the eight cooperative communities of Los Pueblos Mancomunados\u00a0in Oaxaca. There\u2019s plenty to point out along the way, as you trek through farms filled with local plants and animals.<\/p>\n

World-class museums<\/strong><\/p>\n

Travelling with young ones doesn\u2019t have to be difficult, especially when Mexico\u2019s cities have done such a wonderful job of creating family-friendly museums to keep everyone entertained. Mexico City is home to an exciting childrens’ museum, the Papalote Museo del Ni\u00f1o. Housing an IMAX theatre, as well as plenty of well-trained staff and hands-on activities, it has enough to do that you could even spend an entire day here\u2014leaving the little one\u2019s tired enough, perhaps, for the adults to enjoy a quiet dinner afterwards!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re heading to Baja California for your holiday, the Museo Interactivo Sol del Ni\u00f1o<\/a> in Mexicali offers plenty to do, from science exhibitions to technology programmes and environmental attractions, to teach the whole family about this region\u2019s unique ecology.<\/p>\n

Dive into history<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chichen Itza, near Cancun<\/a>, is world-renowned for its Mayan archaeological sites, but there are plenty of other spots worth exploring with the family. Consider the Riviera Maya, where this ancient people left a fortress city in Tulum, and today you can climb the 130-foot-high pyramid, Nohuch Mul, in Coba.<\/p>\n

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Yaxchil\u00e1n, Building 33 \u00a9\u00a0Arian Zwegers<\/a><\/p>\n

Yaxchilan <\/a>is a lesser-known archaeological site located in the state of Chiapas, where you can explore the ruins of ancient buildings and see how people lived as long ago as 600 BC. Your kids will love feeling as though they\u2019ve stepped right into a school textbook\u2014but with much more beautiful colours, and the excitement of climbing over the historic stones themselves.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s plenty to love about Mexico, no matter your age\u2014but if you\u2019re travelling with the whole family, it\u2019s especially brilliant for sightseeing that doesn\u2019t leave the youngest explorers overwhelmed, or the grown-ups bored. Find your own magical Mexican holiday, and make memories that you\u2019re all sure to keep for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

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Mexico\u2019s iconic culture\u2014sugar skulls, colourful skirts, mariachi music, and regional cuisine from ceviche to tacos\u2014offers something for any visitor to fall in love with. Scratch the surface of this diverse and historic land, however, and you\u2019ll find plenty of hidden treasures and activities that you didn\u2019t even know were there\u2014and best of all, it appeals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_views_count":1904,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[242,313,427],"class_list":["post-2324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","tag-resort-cancun","tag-resort-mexico","tag-resort-mexicocity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2327,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions\/2327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}