Papantla

Veracruz · Mexico

Papantla, Mexico
Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to April; June for the Corpus Christi festival
Budget
$
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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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