The picturesque town of Salvatierra stages a colourful festival giving thanks for good weather and a fruitful harvest.

On 20 November the whole of Mexico reaches fever pitch with Revolution Day celebrations, Aniversario de la Revolución Mexicana. Cancún is no exception with the traditional grand parade locally…

The island of Cozumel's Revolution Day celebrations on 20 November include lively patriotic parades along the seafront to the City Hall as well as traditional acrobatic displays performed by…

Mariachis, troubadours, singers and musicians nationwide gather in the local towns and villages of Mexico to celebrate the Festival of Santa Cecilia, patron saint of music. Check with regional…

The small desert town of Tepehuanes stages a festival in honour of its patron saint, Santa Catarina. Festivities include colourful processions, fireworks displays and an abundance of local…

The Police are back together and on a world tour. This date finds them performing at the Arena Monterrey.

Thousands of pilgrims pour into the enormous Basilica of Mexico City on 12 December to pay their respects to the Virgin of Guadalupe. Mexico's patron saint is behind the conversion of tens of…

Although the main Virgin of Guadalupe celebrations are just outside Mexico City, the 12 days of festivities on Cozumel form one of the most popular saint's days in the country.

Every year from 16-24 December, Mexican streets and households host vibrant parties and processions, known as posadas, in remembrance of Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem. The term posada…

For the nine days preceding Christmas, processions (Las Posadas) take place throughout Mexico. Children proceed by candlelight through local neighbourhoods re-enacting Joseph and Mary's…

The Day of the Innocents is said to be a religious commemoration of the day that Herod sent out his troops to kill all newborn children in an attempt to eradicate the threat of a new "king".…

Celebrate the Epiphany (as it is usually called in English) the Mexican way, with gifts for the children and a feast with family or friends.

What with cat-chasing, unmarried fornication and keeping neighbours up at night, can you be sure that Rex will be going to doggie heaven?

Throughout the Christmas season Mexico's craft markets sell thousands of figures for the nacimientos - the elaborate nativity scenes created in homes, churches and even offices throughout the…

During the annual Spring Night Festival, the streets and plazas of Mexico City's historic centre fill with music and dancing till dawn. Acrobatics, street theatre, jazz, classical and other…

From November to March, visitors can watch migrating humpback whales in the warm waters of Banderas Bay. Local eco-tour operators maintain the strict regulations of the National Environmental…

Various companies arrange expeditions to go whale watching in the lagoons of Baja California Sur in Mexico, where the tough restrictions of the United States do not apply.

Whale watching is a must in Los Cabos between the months of January and March, with a rare opportunity to see humpbacks, grays, blues and sperm whales spouting offshore.

One of only 13 Special Biospheres in the whole of Mexico, the Celestun Biosphere Reserve boasts a wealth of flora and fauna to keep every nature lover content. American Flamingoes spend the…

What comes to mind when you think of a cactus? If all you can conjure up is a mental picture of a shrivelled, God-forsaken thing in the front room at your aunt's then it must be time you…