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Tuxtla Gutiérrez (occasionally Tuxtla) is the capital city of Chiapas.

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Tuxtla Gutierrez is a fairly new city. It has the main airport for Chiapas (located 30km outside of the city). The city itself is not particularly interesting. Ideally, you will want to move off to one of the more historic cities.

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The airport in Tuxtla is 30km outside of the city. The only way to get away from the airport is to pay a taxi driver $20 to drive you to downtown Tuxtla. The taxi's are part of a taxi cartel put together by the government. You will have to buy a ticket for the taxi in the airport. There are no shuttles or buses.

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• Parque de la Marimba. A park where they have regular marimba concerts. The concerts start at about 6 and go on until late.  edit
• Parque Central. Central park, a nice place to walk around.  edit
• Museo de la Marimba. Museum of the Marimba, right beside the Parque de la Marimba.  edit
• Palacio de Gobierno. The state government buildings.  edit

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• Casa Blanca. delicious pork tacos, cheap, clean, fast. Near the Quality Inn off 5a Norte  edit

• Mole. A type of sauce from the south. Ordering a 'mole' will normally get you chicken and rice smothered in this sauce, sometimes tortillas are served underneath, sometimes they're given seperate.  edit

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• Pozol. A choclate/maize drink typical to Chiapas, not to be confused with Pozole, a type of stew/soup from further north.  edit

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The hotels in Tuxtla are generally of a very low quality and often quite expensive. If possible you'll want to avoid sleeping in Tuxtla. Chiapa de Corzo is a good alternative city when looking for accommodation.

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• Chiapa de Corzo - Colonial town, where the Cañon de Sumidero is, also the castle on the Chiapas crest.
• Palenque - Ancient city, about 6 hours away, close to the Agua Azul and Misol Ha waterfalls
• Bonampak - Ancient city
• Comitán - about 3 hours away, go here to get to the Lagos de Montebello
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas - Beautiful colonial village with lots of indigenous artesanship. Lots of foreigners and nice cafés.
• San Juan Chamula - 10km from San Cristóbal, a Tsotsil indigenous village.
• Campeche - 11 hours away by bus.
• La Realidad - A Zapatista caracol or autonomous village, can be difficult to get to. Zapatista buses leave from Las Margaritas every day at 7am.
• Tapachula - City about five hours from Tuxtla, go here to get buses to Guatemala City.

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