Papantla
Good to know
- Best time to go
- November to April; June for the Corpus Christi festival
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A hillside Totonac town near the ruins of El Tajín, celebrated as the heartland of vanilla cultivation and of the voladores ceremony, in which dancers spiral down from a 30-meter pole. Murals and a hilltop volador monument overlook streets scented by vanilla shops and traditional markets.
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