Campeche: Highlights, Museums and Downtown Tour
- 2–3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Feel like a true "campechano"! There are several ways in which you can join the daily life of a campechano, from learning the Mayan slang to drink the local drinks. I invite you to take this Walking Tour, in which you'll do both while visiting the Historic Center of San Francisco de Campeche. During that time, you will visit the colonial streets of this colonial city, but with a huge insight on the details and gossiping of neighbors, legends, the embarrassing details of the churches and temples, ex-prisons and other controversial places of this city with almost 500 years of existence. You'll visit the boardwalk of the city, travel back in time as soon as you cross the Puerta de Mar, re-imagine the city that used to border the beach, visit the Cathedral of the city, learn about underground tunnels, old cinemas, religious Colonial art and the spooky tales of the Mayan region. This is for the people with a love for stories! Oh!... and bring your most comfortable sneakers!
Inclusions
What's included
- Bottled water
- All Fees and Taxes
- Local-made fresh beverage made with seasonal fruit (depending on the month of the year)
What's not
- Tips
Itinerary
What's the story behind the ancient walls in Campeche? I'll tell you all about them in here
Ancient maison with an inside patio and furnitre, architecture elements and style from the Mexican colonial era
If there's a reason on understanding why our Cathedral is on a platfrom, I'll tell you everything about it. Also, if open, we'll access to our Holy Sacred Art Museum to get astounished by our XVII pieces of art.
Why would people build a church just one block away from the Cathedral? A clue: there's a long history of racism, even in Mexico and even at this tiny port!
If available, we'll go up and walk along this walled part of the city to discover why pirates wouldn't be attacking us by sea, but by land
Ancient church made by the carpenters of colonial Campeche, made beautiful by the Jesuits and transform to become the first University of Campeche.
"El progreso de Campeche", mural made by Jose Chavez Morado, one of the Mexican representative artist from the "Muralism" art movement
Ancient prison of Campeche, famous of its several ghost stories
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- We'll meet up at Román Piña Chan Street (59 Street prolongation), next to a convencience store called OXXO. It's in front of the Sea Gate. Send me a text if you get lost. Also, you can send me a message and I'll meet you right out of your hotel, hostal or AirBnb apartment
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 10 travellers
- Operated by
- El Hectourcito
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Campeche
- Its from-price is 78% below the median of the 41 experiences we list in Campeche.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 1 of 41.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Campeche
Campeche is a walled colonial port on the Gulf of Mexico, with pastel houses, old fortifications built against pirates and Maya ruins inland.
Campeche stands on the Gulf of Mexico on the western side of the Yucatán Peninsula, and its historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanish builders surrounded the city with walls and bastions in the seventeenth century after pirate raids, and sections of the wall, a land gate and several bulwarks survive. Streets of pastel-coloured houses lead to the cathedral on the main plaza.
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