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Mexico s a great destination for tourists and has a lot to offer to travelers, it has beautiful beaches with every type of fun and entertainment a beach can possibly have, archeological sites of ancient cultures like the Maya, Aztec and Olmeca, modern and well developed cities, deserts, mountains, parks and forests. Mexico has a travel friendly weather nearly all the year, which is also a plus point, and you can enjoy your holidays in Mexico anytime of the year. Mexico City is the capital of the nation and a great city to enjoy nightlife and other activities.

Chiapas is the southernmost state of Mexico. Located in southwestern Mexico it is bordered at north by the states of Tabasco, to the south by Pacific Ocean and to the east by Guatemala, covering an area of about 28,298 square miles. Chiapas has a humid climate and rainfall per year is 120 inches on average. Sierra mountain ranges are in the center of Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez is the state capital other major cities and towns include Tapachula, Casas and Comitan. Chiapas is known for the ruins of ancient Mayan ruins of Yaxchillan, Bonampak and Chinkultic. Palenque is also one of the famous place to visit the archeological ruins of the Mayans, Palnque was a great Mayan city and these ruins date back to 100 BC to its fall 800 AD, after the fall of this city it was absorbed in the forest and was forgotten by the rest of the world but now it has been exhumed and restored, These ruins attract thousands of visitors and the city of Palenque is now once again famous in the world although not as a city but as a superb archeological site. Palenque is a small site than other sites like the Tikal and Copan, but Palenque has some of the finest artwork and remains of the Mayas that is nowhere else to be seen like the marvelous sculptures, Finest architecture, and the specialty of Maya’s the bas-relief cravings. That makes it more popular amongst the tourists and travelers.

Reaching Palenque is easy the first step is to take a flight to Mexico the closest airport is Villa Hermosa airport and from the airport you can either travel by bus or have taxi to Palenque a taxi would be better as it takes about 3 hours by car.