Day 1. Mexico City

Meeting at the Airport by a Mexican driver. Transfer and hotel accommodation. Free evening.

Day 2. Mexico City – Teotihuacan – Basilica (around 8:00 hrs) 

At 08:30 City center tour includes a tour of Zocalo Square – the political center of the country, the Cathedral, the Presidential Palace with famous wall paintings by the famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera. You will also drive along the most beautiful street in Mexico City – Paseo de la Reforma, which is famous for its huge number of monuments. Then you will discover the “city where people become gods” – Teotihuacan and see the famous pyramids of the Sun and the Moon. During the tour you will visit the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadeloupe (patron saint of Mexico), covered with legends and miracles. Return to the hotel.

Day 3. Mexico City – Tula´s Atlants (96 km) – Guanajuato (295 km). 

Breakfast. Departure from Mexico City to the ancient capital of the Toltecs – Tula. See the majestic Pyramid of the Morning Star, the famous stone sculptures of warriors – ATLANTS, a frieze depicting jaguars and eagles devouring human hearts and much more.
Then you will go to the colonial city of Guanajuato, the name of the city in the language of the local Indians, means “a hilly place of frogs”. The legends spoke of rich deposits of precious metals, so the Spaniards when came first of all began to mine them. They left the city dotted with numerous mines, a visit to one of them is planned during the excursion.
Ancient churches, colonial buildings, cozy squares and narrow streets on steep hillsides give the city a special beauty. Accommodation at the hotel.

Day 4. Guanajuato – Cty Tour – Mummies Museum – Guadalajara (274 km)

Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of the city of Guanajuato, also called the” city of lovers “, here is the Kissing Alley, which got its name from the narrow passage: two opposite balconies are separated from each other by a distance of only 69 centimeters. According to legend, a wealthy family lived on this street, and their daughter fell in love with an ordinary miner. They were forbidden to see each other, but the miner rented a room in opposite side, and the lovers exchanged kisses from these balconies.
Also you will visit the Museum of Mummies – the only museum in the world that stores the bodies of people who have been naturally mummified. Researchers believe that the mineral composition of the soil and the dry atmosphere created ideal conditions for mummification (open any day except Monday). Transfer to Guadalajara and accommodation at the hotel.

Day 5 Guadalajara – Tequila tasting at Casa Sauza – Tequila town (70 km) – Puerto Vallarta.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure towards the famous distillery Casa Sauza, in the state of Jalisco, which has been producing tequila since 1873. Casa Sauza, like other its factories, is under the protection of UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. On this tour, you will walk along blue agave plantations, visit to hacienda, as well as listen a story about the production process of tequila with its further degustation.
In the second half of the excursion, a visit to the picturesque town of Tequila, which gave the name to the Mexican drink – tequila. And the City of Tequila itself was named after an extinct volcano with the same name. On the slopes of the volcano at an altitude of one and a half kilometers above sea level, more than half of all Mexican agave used in the country grows, and the drink can only be called tequila if it was produced in the states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Nayarit and Tamaulipas.
After tequila degustation you will go to Puerto Vallarta – a resort town located on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Colonial town with stone paved streets and tiled buildings harmoniously coexist with ultra-modern hotels.
End of program. Free time and beach vacation at one of the hotels on the coast.

ADDITIONAL 6th day. Humpback Whale Watching (December to March) in Puerto Vallarta.

We recommend you to take advantage of the unique opportunity to watch humpback whales in their natural habitat. Early departure from the hotel. Today you will see one of the wonders of nature – the Humpback Whale. A trip on a special inflatable boat will allow watch these amazing animals up close. Imagine: a huge ten-story house suddenly came to life and floats in the sea, letting out fountains. Sometimes it jumps out of the water and falls back, raising tons of splashes into the air. Such a spectacle is worth a lot!
The Greek word “whale” is translated like a “monster”. But this description does not fit humpbacks in any way. Of course, it is difficult to call humpbacks handsome from a human point of view. But these majestic animals have such incredible charisma and cheerful disposition that they are not able to leave a person indifferent to their personality. They are the most playful of all cetaceans, flapping their tails and fins to foam the sea water. Their rotation in the water is like a dance. Despite their huge size, humpbacks jump out of the water with extraordinary ease like a candle, falling down raising tons of splashes. And all this is accompanied by complex melodic series of sounds. Some of these sounds are in the range we can hear. These sounds can be called songs. One such whale song can last up to 30 minutes. During mating games, humpbacks gently touch each other, gently rub their sides and poke their noses.
Return to hotel (tour on a group basis in English is not included in the price).