Tabasco · Mexico Capital

Villahermosa

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In the photo: Lagoa de las Ilusiones, Villahermosa — an oasis of tranquility and nature.

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The city

What to expect from Villahermosa.

Villahermosa is the capital of Tabasco, a large, hot city on the Gulf of Mexico plain, cut by the Grijalva and Carrizal rivers and surrounded by lagoons. The La Venta park-museum, on the shore of the Laguna de las Ilusiones, houses colossal heads and altars of the Olmecs, the oldest civilization of Mesoamerica. About 55 km away is Comalcalco, a Maya city built of bricks. There is an airport with flights from Mexico City.

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The local experience

What to see in Villahermosa

Open-air museum

Parque-Museo La Venta

Park-museum on the shore of the Laguna de las Ilusiones with colossal heads, altars and stelae of the Olmecs brought from the La Venta site, along a trail in the forest, with a small zoo.

Archaeological site

Zona Arqueológica de Comalcalco

Maya city of the Classical period on the Tabasco plain, the only major Maya city built with fired-clay bricks, featuring the Great Acropolis and Temple I.

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