Sights in Tuxtla Gutiérrez
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Zoológico Miguel Álvarez del Toro (Zoomat)
Chiapas, with its huge range of natural environments, has the highest concentration of animal species in North America, including several varieties of big cat, 1200 butterfly species and more than 600 birds. About 180 of these species, many of them in danger of extinction, are found in relatively spacious enclosures at Tuxtla’s excellent zoo. The Zoológico Miguel Álvarez del Toro (Zoomat) has several innovative features, including a ‘museum’ about itself with information about the life of its pioneering conservationist founder Dr Miguel Álvarez del Toro. Beasts you’ll see here include ocelots, jaguars, pumas, tapirs, red macaws, toucans, snakes, spider monkeys and three…
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Plaza Cívica
Bustling and broad, Tuxtla's main square Plaza Cívica occupies two blocks flanked by an untidy array of concrete civic and commercial structures. At its southern end, across Av Central, you'll find nice hill views in front of the whitewashed modern Catedral de San Marcos. The cathedral's clock tower tinkles out a tune on the hour to accompany a kitsch merry-go-round of apostles' images that emerges from its upper levels.
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Museo Regional de Chiapas
The Museo Regional de Chiapas, an imposing modern building, has a sampling of lesser archaeological pieces from Chiapas’ many sites, and a slightly more interesting history section, running from the Spanish conquest to the revolution, all in Spanish only.
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Centro de Convivencia Infantil
Parque Madero contains a children’s park, the Centro de Convivencia Infantil, with a minitrain, carnival games, pony rides and other diversions for the (approximately) under-sevens. A lot of rides don’t open weekdays.
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Museo de la Marimba
The small Museo de la Marimba showcases 100 years of this ubiquitous instrument, with both antique and modern models on display and a photo exhibition of the most revered marimba performers.
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Jardín Botánico
Parque Madero contains the lush oasis of the Jardín Botánico – a nice respite from the city heat.
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