San Cristobal de las Casas

With a complex colonial and indigenous history, San Cristobal de las Casas combines colourful colonial churches and cobbled streets with a rich indigenous cultural heritage showcased in the traditional Tzotzil and Tzeltal villages of the surrounding hills. Set in a pine-swathed highland valley, the city is within reach of important Mayan sites such as Bonampak, Yaxchilan and Palenque.