Calma selection · Mexico
Twenty Pueblos Mágicos
for slower travel.
How many
20 towns
How
By how they're lived
Mexico has more than a hundred Pueblos Mágicos. Many are wonderful; others less so these days. These are the twenty we'd choose today — not by the official ranking, but by how they let the day happen.
We've sorted them into three ways of traveling — rest, reconnect, discover — so it's easy to find the one that's yours this year.
Six towns for slowing down
Rest.
Calm sea, a lagoon, cool highlands. Places where the day gets long without trying.
Bacalar
Quintana Roo
A lagoon, soft light, cabins and days without a clock.
See stays in BacalarMazunte
Oaxaca
The Pacific, nature and a more barefoot kind of energy.
See stays in MazunteCapulálpam de Méndez
Oaxaca
Highlands, fog, forest and community.
See stays in Capulálpam de MéndezTodos Santos
Baja California Sur
Desert, sea, design and a sophisticated quiet.
See stays in Todos SantosTepoztlán
Morelos
An easy escape: mountains, wellness and good weather.
See stays in TepoztlánCuetzalan
Puebla
Jungle, coffee plantations, mist and a less obvious trip.
See stays in CuetzalanSisal
Yucatán
Calm sea, mangroves and a discreet alternative to the crowded Caribbean.
See stays in SisalIsla Mujeres
Quintana Roo
An accessible Caribbean, clear water and island pace.
See stays in Isla MujeresSix towns for getting back to your people
Reconnect.
Forest, a fireplace, long meals. Escapes for a group or a pair, with time to look and eat slowly.
Valle de Bravo
Estado de México
Forest, lake, big houses and weekend escapes.
See stays in Valle de BravoPátzcuaro
Michoacán
Tradition, fireplaces, a lake and a long table.
See stays in PátzcuaroSan Sebastián del Oeste
Jalisco
Mountains, history, country houses and close to Vallarta.
See stays in San Sebastián del OesteComala
Colima
A white town, volcanoes, good food and long meals.
See stays in ComalaTapalpa
Jalisco
Forest, cabins, a fireplace and trips with a group.
See stays in TapalpaSayulita
Nayarit
Sea, shared houses and a more social side of the Pacific.
See stays in SayulitaFive towns with a different story
Discover.
Desert, coffee, jungle, a surrealist garden. The Mexico that gets told less, without the generic postcard.
Xilitla
San Luis Potosí
A surrealist garden, jungle and architecture you don't see coming.
See stays in XilitlaCoatepec
Veracruz
Coffee, rain, old houses and everyday rhythm.
See stays in Coatepec
Izamal
Yucatán
Yellow light, bicycles, a convent and an easy trip from Mérida.
See stays in IzamalReal de Catorce
San Luis Potosí
Desert, silence, horizon and a trip with a story in it.
See stays in Real de CatorceMineral de Pozos
Guanajuato
Ruins, design, mining history and a creative weekend.
See stays in Mineral de PozosPalizada
Campeche
A river, colored townhouses and a Mexico almost nobody tells you about.
See stays in Palizada