Introducing Villahermosa
This sprawling, flat, hot and humid city, with over a quarter of Tabasco’s population, was never the ‘beautiful town’ its name implies, but it takes advantage of its position on the winding Río Grijalva, with a welcome riverside leisure development a couple of blocks from the pedestrianized city center. Still, when the river burst its banks and engulfed the city in 2007, the result looked like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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Villahermosa’s main visitor attraction is the open-air Parque-Museo La Venta, a combined Olmec archaeological museum and zoo in an attractive lakeside park. There’s also a regional anthropology museum and an improving cultural and entertainment scene that may tempt you to hang around longer than a single day or night.
Oil money has pumped modernity and commerce into some of the outer districts, where you’ll find glitzy malls, imposing public buildings and luxury hotels.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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We travel Mexico 1-2 times a year and have been to Cancun/Rivera Maya several times. It's been 20 years since I saw Usmal and Palenque.…
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RE: Yucatan suggestions Sep 13-30
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RE: Yucatan suggestions Sep 13-30
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