Campeche Entertainment

  1. Claustro del Instituto de Campeche

    Catch a free concert, dance or folklore exhibit at the Claustro del Instituto de Campeche .

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  2. Iguana Azul

    Toward the weekend this casual restaurant across from Café La Parroquia hosts local cover bands and jazz combos in its colonial courtyard.

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  3. La Casa Vieja

    There's no better setting for an evening cocktail than La Casa Vieja's colonnaded balcony overlooking the Plaza Principal. Seek dinner elsewhere, however; the restaurant is aimed primarily at the tour-bus trade.

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  4. Lafitte's

    Hotel del Mar's downstairs bar is one of Campeche's more popular nightspots. Waitstaff here dress like pirates.

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  5. Puerta de Tierra

    Incidents from Campeche's pirate past are re-enacted several nights a week in the Land Gate. It's a Disneyesque extravaganza with lots of cannon blasts and flashing lights. The tale is told in four languages.

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  6. Salón Rincon Colonial

    With ceiling fans high over an airy hall and a solid wood bar amply stocked with rum, this Cuban-style drinking establishment appropriately served as a location for Original Sin, a 2001 movie with Antonio Banderas that was set in Havana. Just across the way from the Puerta de Tierra, the classic bar was until recently a male-only enclave. The botanas (drinking snacks) are exceptionally fine; you get a different selection with each round.

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  7. Universidad Autónoma de Campeche

    Has revolving art exhibits, plays and art-house movies (around $25 ) at the Cine Teatro Universitario Joaquín Lanz.

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