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Must-see: Colonial Architecture in the City Center
gdilieto Says: Tlacotalpan's city center is small and compact and can be easily walked around in a hour or so. The key attraction is the elegant colonial architecture - legacy of the time when the town was flourishing - and the "most elegant houses in Mexico" (according to the...
Nice-to-do: Museo Agustín Lara
gdilieto Says: Agustín Lara (1897-1970), musician-poet and bohemian, is one of Mexico's most prolific and dearly loved musicians of all times. His career spanned nearly 50 years and he is arguably considered a Mexican legend. A number of distinguished international interpreters have...
Nice-to-do: Daily life on the riverfront
gdilieto Says: Head to the riverfront in the morning hours to see people from other villages coming into town via the river to sell their staples such as cheese and seafood. Just a taste of local daily life.
Must-do: River Boat-tour on River Papaloapan
gdilieto Says: Tlacotalpan is a river town and you will get the best of it only from the river. At any time of the day just head and hire a boat at the muelle, the small dock located one block off the Main Square, or ask in any of the restaurants on the riverfront and they will arrange a...
Posada El Refugio: Friendly Budget Place
gdilieto Says: Friendly budget guesthouse right in the center of the town. I ended up here by accident after finding the place of my choice sold out. I paid for a one-night stay in a single room MXP 280 or ~US$ 20 (Mar 2009). When you stay at this category of hotels, a decent room with...
Restaurants on the Riverfront: Seafood Dining in a Rustic Environment
gdilieto Says: At time of my visit, with very few exceptions, all restaurants were lined up along the riverfront in the city center, in the area just named Zona de Restaurantes. There are few restaurants, one next to the other, and they all seemed to me selling the same food at the same...
-: No Nightlife in Tlacotalpan
gdilieto Says: If you after any kind of nightlife by coming here you are way away from your target. There is no nightlife whatsoever in Tlacotalpan, at least that I noticed, and all what you can get is a meal and a drink in the Main Square. Occasionally some shows take place in the Main...
gdilieto Says: Tlacotalpan is easily reached from the city of Veracruz by a ~2-hour bus ride, with buses running hourly during the day hours. In Veracruz, get to the ADO bus station and ask for buses to Tlacotalpan (buses are not operated by ADO but the bus station is the same). Buses make...
gdilieto Says: There is no much to see or do in Tlacotalpan and you can strictly visit the town in a couple of hours. From Veracruz you can make it in a day-trip if you don't mind the four hours total trip. That I know, few tours address Tlacotalpan in day-trip from Veracruz along with a...
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Head to the riverfront in the morning hours to see people from other villages coming into town via the river to sell their staples such as cheese and seafood....
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