Puebla, Mexico Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

East of Mexico City, a fast road climbs steeply, with glorious views of the snowy heights of Popocatépetl and Ixtaccíhuatl, to PUEBLA . Little more than an hour on the bus from Mexico City, this is the Republic's fifth-largest city after Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Tijuana, and one of its hardest to pin down. On the whole it's a disappointment, with the initial impression of industrial modernity imparted by the huge Volkswagen factory on the outskirts compounded by the permanently clogged, raucous and rushed streets of the centre. Yet this is as historic a city as any in Mexico, and … more »