A writer, editor, and translator, David Baird has lived several years in different parts of Mexico. Now based in Austin, Texas, he spends as much time in Mexico as possible. Shane Christensen has written extensively for Frommer's throughout Mexico, and is also the author of Frommer's Dubai and Frommer's Grand Canyon National Park. Even though he's a California native, he considers himself an honorary Mexican in heart and soul and returns to Mexico every chance he gets. Joy Hepp is a native Californian who has spent most of her life in Mexico and its former territories. She writes about travel, culture, and music for several print and online publications. Author of Pauline Frommer's Cancun & the Yucatan, Christine Delsol was raised by her Mexican-Chilean grandmother and has been traveling to Mexico for more than 30 years. She has spent most of her career in newspapers, including eight years as a travel editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. She has won an Associated press award, two Lowell Thomas awards, and Mazatlan's Golden Deer Award. Maribeth Mellin is the author of Traveler's Mexico Companion, which won the country's prestigious Pluma de Plata award, and has covered Mexico and Latin America for dozens of newspapers, magazines, websites, and guides.

List of Maps viii 1 THE BEST OF MEXICO 1 2 MEXICO IN DEPTH 16 3 SUGGESTED MEXICO ITINERARIES 56 4 MEXICO CITY 63 5 SILVER, SPAS & SPIRITUAL CENTERS: FROM TAXCO TO TEPOZTLAN 131 6 SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE & THE COLONIAL SILVER CITIES 163 7 MICHOACAN 219 8 GUADALAJARA 244 9 PUERTO VALLARTA & THE CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST 265 10 ACAPULCO & THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COAST 336 11 OAXACA 398 12 EASTWARD FROM MEXICO CITY: PUEBLA & VERACRUZ 425 13 CANCUN 456 14 ISLA MUJERES & COZUMEL 486 15 THE RIVIERA MAYA & THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN COAST 516 16 MERIDA, THE MAYA INTERIOR & CHICHEN ITZA 571 17 TABASCO & CHIAPAS 627 18 THE COPPER CANYON 659 19 LOS CABOS & BAJA CALIFORNIA 680 20 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO MEXICO 741 21 SURVIVAL SPANISH 765 Index 772