Mexico
San Cristóbal de las Casas
Highland mist, amber workshops and arcaded streets meet in a walkable Chiapas city.
Morning mist works down the red roofs while the coffee, grown in the hills of Mexico's great coffee state, works against it. San Cristóbal is best learned on foot, arcade by arcade, market stall by market stall.
San Cristóbal de las Casas is a walkable highland city of arcaded streets, baroque churches, museums and markets, where Tzotzil and Tzeltal makers sell textiles and amber work. Pox, the highland maize spirit whose Tzotzil root means medicine, is sold in the shops of the walking streets. Community visits beyond the city should be locally led and respectful, and Sumidero Canyon sits within easy reach.
Solo
Walk the arcades, museums and markets, and take the highland mornings slowly.
Couple
Pair coffee-house mornings with textile workshops and an evening on the walking streets.
Friends
Use the city as a highland base for Sumidero and the lake country.
- San Cristóbal is a walkable highland city of arcaded streets, museums, markets and baroque churches.
- Tzotzil and Tzeltal makers sell textiles and amber work, with community visits locally led and respectful.
- The city works as a base for Sumidero Canyon and other established Chiapas routes.
Pox, the Tzotzil maize spirit whose name means medicine, is sold in shops along the walking streets.
Chiapas is Mexico's great coffee state, and the city's cafés pour its highland harvest all day.
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