Visit Querétaro

Silver-mining city of candy-coloured houses stacked up a ravine, with streets in tunnels and student minstrels serenading the alleys.

Cobbled colonial town of pink Gothic church spires and rooftop bars, repeatedly voted the best small city in the world.

Talavera tiles, 70 churches, mole poblano and the Popocatepetl volcano on the horizon.

A silver-mining city of pink cantera stone with a cable car over the centre and a mine to walk through.

A cathedral lit up every Saturday, an aqueduct and the monarch butterfly forests two hours away.

A pastel walled city built against pirates, the quietest colonial capital in the Yucatan.

A whole town of trulli — conical drystone houses found nowhere else, white and strange in the Puglian sun

Visit Cancún, a resort city on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Explore the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá (a UNESCO World Heritage site with the iconic El Castillo pyramid), snorkel in the crystal-clear waters of the Great Mesoamerican Reef (the second-largest coral reef system in the world), and experience the vibrant nightlife and beaches of the Hotel Zone. Don't miss trying local Yucatecan dishes like cochinita pibil (slow-roasted pork) at a traditional market.