Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Tuxtla Gutiérrez (occasionally Tuxtla) is the capital city of Chiapas. Understand 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. Get in The airport in Tuxtla is 30km outside of the city. A taxi to downtown Tuxtla costs $20. 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. Though colectivos do not come up to the airport itself, they pass by it on a road a short walk from the parking lot and cost considerably less than a taxi. There are direct buses from Angel Albino Corzo airport to San Cristobal de las Casas. Times and prices can be found on the TicketBus website. As of May 2011, the price was 160 pesos and buses left early and mid afternoon, taking about an hour. There is a modern OCC terminal that can be reached by Colectivo (Ruta 35) - ask the driver to stop. From there you can arrange onward travel to most destinations in South Mexico. If you are heading to Oaxaco, it is around 10 hours and costs around M$500, you could always break the journey at Juchitán de Zaragoza (5h - M$222.00). Get around Frequent and cheap Colectivos serve most parts of town, you'll probably need at least a bit of Spanish to get around. See 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 Do Go shopping. Tuxtla has many retail parks, with big retail chains such as Walmart etc present. Buy Things in Tuxtla are very reasonably cheap and affordable in the fact that it was set for the poor living standards of the indigenous that live there. Despite that, it is a very modern city with lots to do and see. There are plenty of shopping malls to shop in and items are very cheap. Eat 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 Drink Pozol. A choclate/maize drink typical to Chiapas, not to be confused with Pozole, a type of stew/soup from further north.  edit Sleep 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, and is only fifteen minutes away by autobus or colectivo. Contact Stay safe Tuxtla feels fairly safe. Just exercise normal precautions. Get out 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. This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!