Villahermosa
This fascinating outdoor park and museum was created in 1958, when petroleum exploration threatened the highly important ancient Olmec settlement of La…
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Villahermosa
This sprawling, flat, hot and humid oil-rich city, with more than a quarter of Tabasco’s population, was never the ‘beautiful town’ its name implies. What it lacks in the looks department, though, it makes up for with its buzzy atmosphere, welcoming inhabitants and the best range of hotels and restaurants in Tabasco. The city also makes a good base for day trips to some of the state's more alluring attractions.
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Museo Regional de Antropología
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Villahermosa's excellent regional anthropology museum (even the shiny modern building it's housed in is impressive) holds some stunning exhibits on Olmec,…
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This lovely historic home, diagonally opposite the Palacio Gobierno, is more interesting for its Spanish tiles, than its museum contents (which tell the…
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This Tabascan safari park, 17km east of Villahermosa (4km past the airport), is hardly a Kenyan game drive, but the space and greenery do offer a break…
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Named after Tabasco's best-known naturalist, the small Museo de Historia Natural has good displays on dinosaurs, space, early humanity and Tabascan…
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