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Tabasco Travel Guide

Capital: Villahermosa

A colossal Olmec head from La Venta, Tabasco. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Tabasco is the hot, wet Gulf state of the Olmecs: Villahermosa's La Venta park-museum holds the colossal stone heads of Mesoamerica's first great civilization, moved here from the La Venta site. The state is also Mexico's cacao heartland.

Comalcalco is the unusual Maya city built of fired brick, near the cacao haciendas of the Chontalpa where chocolate is still made the traditional way.

Destinations in Tabasco

  1. A colossal Olmec head from La Venta, TabascoParque-Museo La Venta4.3The outdoor museum of colossal Olmec heads in Villahermosa.
  2. The church and municipal palace, Comalcalco, TabascoComalcalco4.2The Maya city built of brick, with its cacao hacienda route.
  3. Pantanos de Centla3.9The vast Centla wetlands: boat trips through mangroves and lagoons.
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Top Cities & towns in Tabasco

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Regional food

  • Pejelagarto: the prehistoric-looking gar fish, grilled
  • Chocolate de metate in the cacao haciendas

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Getting there

Villahermosa (VSA) takes domestic flights. Comalcalco is about 90 minutes northwest; La Venta park is in the city.

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