"The Chocolate Route"
La Ruta del Cacao
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Tabasco is the homeland where cacao was made into chocolate and started a love affair with the world.
Here you can enjoy a delicious and aromatically adventurous journey when you take La Ruta del Cacao where the Chontal -Maya live . The visitor has the chance to go to archeological sites, old Cacao Haciendas and beautiful lagoons and beaches.
NACAJUCA,TABASCO
Attractions
The Waterfront and the Handicraft Square
The San Antonio de Padua Temple
The Center of Tortoise Reproduction
Maya-Chontal Communities
The Cultivated lands of Chontales
Local people speak Maya-Chontal language. They make magnificent handicrafts with palm, cane and wonderful hand embroidering. Visit the Town square and the gothic styled " San Antonio de Padua " Temple. Visit Indigenous Chontal Communities. Tour the Sanctuary for Tortoise Reproduction, the only one in Latin America with seven endemic species and admire the cultivated lands of the Chontales.
JALPA DE MENDEZ,TABASCO
Attractions
“Colonel Gregorio Mendez Magaña” House-Museum
The San Francisco de Asis Temple
The “San Remo” Tabacco Cigar Factory
The Pomposu-Juliva wetlands
In this beautiful local artisans elaborately decorated jicaras (Gourds or Coconuts Shells for drinking Pozol) . Tourists can visit the “Colonel Gregorio Mendez Magaña” House- Museum, a war hero of Tabasco, the San Francisco de Asis Temple which has a neoclassical style façade and enjoy the natural beauty of the Pomposu Juliva Wetlands.
COMALCALCO,TABASCO
Attractions
“La Virgen de la Asuncion” Temple at Cupilco
The Comalcalco Archeological Site (Mayan Culture)
The Cacao Haciendas
The Cacao Museum
Cupilco
This enigmatic town was the trade borderline between Mayas and Aztecs. Here is located the most picturesque church of Tabasco: The Cupilco Church with it's façade is in bright colors. In its interior there are two altars, one for the Holy Eucharist and one for the Virgin of the Asumption, in whose honor the church was built.
The Comalcalco Archeological Site
The most unique Maya city in the Meso-American world had close ties to Palenque. Comalcalco was built at the end of the classical period with baked clay bricks,using ground seashells as motar since there is no limestone in the area as with other Maya sites. Most of the bricks were found to have the measurements and same type masons marks that were being used in Rome and greece during the same period of time, giving evidence of possible Roman ties with Tabasco 1000 years prior to Columbus setting sail. The Burial urns on the site are of the same type used in southeast asia and India. All can be seen in the on site museum. There are four general groupings from the main area of Comalcalco: The North Plaza, The Grand Acropolis and The East Acropolis.
The Cacao Haciendas
Jesus Maria Hacienda and Cacep Chocolate Factory, Hacienda La Herencia and Hacienda La Cholula can be visited to observe the cacao plantations and to taste the delicious Tabasco chocolate , while you are enjoying the colors and scents of the variety of plants and exotic trees.
PARAISO,TABASCO
Attractions
Beaches
Puerto Ceiba Village
Cangrejopolis (República de Paraíso)
The Macoacan Lagoon State park
“Puerto Ceiba” tourist place
Paraiso, has many lagoons which create a wonderful and relaxing landscape. The major attraction of Paraiso is its majestic Gulf coast beaches.
“Puerto Ceiba”
It offers boat trips, games for children, a typical gastronomy and special dishes prepared with fish or seafood, in a relaxing environment.
The Cacao route has exciting boat trips in Puerto Ceiba. Traveling on the Mecoacan Lagoon through the Mangrove swamps arriving at Punta de Tilapa and Boca del Espadal , both of Olmec heritage.
CUNDUACAN, TABASCO
Attractions
The Mirandillas Church
The Battle of Jahuactal Monument
Here you can enjoy a delicious and aromatically adventurous journey when you take La Ruta del Cacao where the Chontal -Maya live . The visitor has the chance to go to archeological sites, old Cacao Haciendas and beautiful lagoons and beaches.
NACAJUCA,TABASCO
Attractions
The Waterfront and the Handicraft Square
The San Antonio de Padua Temple
The Center of Tortoise Reproduction
Maya-Chontal Communities
The Cultivated lands of Chontales
Local people speak Maya-Chontal language. They make magnificent handicrafts with palm, cane and wonderful hand embroidering. Visit the Town square and the gothic styled " San Antonio de Padua " Temple. Visit Indigenous Chontal Communities. Tour the Sanctuary for Tortoise Reproduction, the only one in Latin America with seven endemic species and admire the cultivated lands of the Chontales.
JALPA DE MENDEZ,TABASCO
Attractions
“Colonel Gregorio Mendez Magaña” House-Museum
The San Francisco de Asis Temple
The “San Remo” Tabacco Cigar Factory
The Pomposu-Juliva wetlands
In this beautiful local artisans elaborately decorated jicaras (Gourds or Coconuts Shells for drinking Pozol) . Tourists can visit the “Colonel Gregorio Mendez Magaña” House- Museum, a war hero of Tabasco, the San Francisco de Asis Temple which has a neoclassical style façade and enjoy the natural beauty of the Pomposu Juliva Wetlands.
COMALCALCO,TABASCO
Attractions
“La Virgen de la Asuncion” Temple at Cupilco
The Comalcalco Archeological Site (Mayan Culture)
The Cacao Haciendas
The Cacao Museum
Cupilco
This enigmatic town was the trade borderline between Mayas and Aztecs. Here is located the most picturesque church of Tabasco: The Cupilco Church with it's façade is in bright colors. In its interior there are two altars, one for the Holy Eucharist and one for the Virgin of the Asumption, in whose honor the church was built.
The Comalcalco Archeological Site
The most unique Maya city in the Meso-American world had close ties to Palenque. Comalcalco was built at the end of the classical period with baked clay bricks,using ground seashells as motar since there is no limestone in the area as with other Maya sites. Most of the bricks were found to have the measurements and same type masons marks that were being used in Rome and greece during the same period of time, giving evidence of possible Roman ties with Tabasco 1000 years prior to Columbus setting sail. The Burial urns on the site are of the same type used in southeast asia and India. All can be seen in the on site museum. There are four general groupings from the main area of Comalcalco: The North Plaza, The Grand Acropolis and The East Acropolis.
The Cacao Haciendas
Jesus Maria Hacienda and Cacep Chocolate Factory, Hacienda La Herencia and Hacienda La Cholula can be visited to observe the cacao plantations and to taste the delicious Tabasco chocolate , while you are enjoying the colors and scents of the variety of plants and exotic trees.
PARAISO,TABASCO
Attractions
Beaches
Puerto Ceiba Village
Cangrejopolis (República de Paraíso)
The Macoacan Lagoon State park
“Puerto Ceiba” tourist place
Paraiso, has many lagoons which create a wonderful and relaxing landscape. The major attraction of Paraiso is its majestic Gulf coast beaches.
“Puerto Ceiba”
It offers boat trips, games for children, a typical gastronomy and special dishes prepared with fish or seafood, in a relaxing environment.
The Cacao route has exciting boat trips in Puerto Ceiba. Traveling on the Mecoacan Lagoon through the Mangrove swamps arriving at Punta de Tilapa and Boca del Espadal , both of Olmec heritage.
CUNDUACAN, TABASCO
Attractions
The Mirandillas Church
The Battle of Jahuactal Monument
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