Did you know...

...that Campeche has a wealth of legends and stories about pirates such as Diego el Mulato, Henry Morgan, Lewis Scott, Barbillas and Lorencillos?

...that you can take an evening stroll under the street lamps through the old quarter of Monterrey and feel you are being transported back to the time when this settlement was first built?

...that the Laguna de Mexcaltitlán and the island of the same name set in the middle are regarded as sacred because they may have been the place from which the Aztecs set off on their way to Tenochtitlan?

...that the great poet Amado Nervo was born in Nayarit, the state capital?

...that one of largest canyon system in the world is called Copper Canyon, and that it was named after the mines that produced this metal?

...that the González Ortega Market, remodelled in 1982 as an exclusive mall with boutiques, bazaars and fine cowboy's articles was inaugurated in 1889 and subsequently re-inaugurated in 1903 after a fire?

...that the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir is an ideal place for observing the firmament, which is why an astronomical observatory was set up there?

...that over 90% of students at the Allende Institute and the El Nigromante Cultural Center are foreigners? ...that in addition to being a monastery and a museum, Santo Domingo was also pressed into service as a barracks and stables?

...that Ciudad Universitaria was completed in just three years, between 1949 and 1952, and that because of its characteristics, it is regarded as one of the most important complexes built in the 20th century?

...that in 1591, at the viceroy's request, four hundred families from Tlaxcala set off from the Templo de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves for the Gran Chichimeca to colonize the silver route and that they built towns from Jalisco to Texas and New Mexico?

...that daring adventurers hurl themselves off Cerro Peñón and Peñón del Diablo in paragliders?

...that Tijuana was the site of the world's largest saloon, known as "La Ballena", with a 50m bar where tourists used to quench their thirst?

...that the presence of underground springs in the Yucatán peninsula is due to the calcareous soil that allows water to filter through?

...that in Topolobampo you can ride the ferry to La Paz in Baja California Sur and then take a train from there across Copper Canyon to Chihuahua city?

...that the Los Chimalapas nature reserve in Oaxaca is one of the best for bird watching because the forest has been preserved virtually intact?

...that until 1997, there were over 80 golf courses in Mexico in different parts of the country with first-rate facilities?

...that the pork in pozole, a popular dish eaten mainly in Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco and the tableland, did not feature in the original recipe of the ancient settlers of Mexico?

...that the Yu-Balcah Ecotouristic Park, in the municipality of Tlacotalpa in Tabasco, is open to the public and that it has eight nature paths?

...that legend has it that one night in 1617, a mule appeared outside the Hermitage of St. Sebastian carrying a coffin with the head and hands of the Virgin of Solitude?

...that legend has it that the 800 stone steps leading to the pyramid are warriors bewitched by the Lord of Tepozteco?

...that Manzanillo is one of the most important ports on the Pacific because of its volume of imports, exports, and coastal trade and that it is also a paradisiacal tourist resort?

...that Pachuca is popularly known as "The Windy City" because of the strong winds that buffet it, sometimes reaching speeds of up to 75 km per hour?

...that the gar fish is one of the most resistant to the environment, has elongated jaws rather like a crocodile's and that it is delivered to local markets via the Grijalva, Usumacinta and Mezcalapa rivers?

...that in addition to theater, music and exhibitions, the Centro Cultural Tijuana offers visitors a modern Planetarium Cinema with a 180º circular screen that makes you feel you are actually experiencing what you can see on the screen?

...that dolphins abound and that you can go to the pier on Miramar beach, just 15 km outside the port, to watch them jump?