A
new guided tour of Mexico offers the freedom of independent travel
combined with the expert knowledge of a guide - while enjoying the fun
of a convertible vintage VW Beetle.
Travelling in a convoy of up to six Beetles, travellers rack up 1,675 kilometres over the 14-day Pacific road trip, which begins in Santiago de Queretaro, a two-hour drive from Mexico City, and goes down to the coast.
Accompanied
by a support car, with tour guide and mechanic (on hand 24-hours a
day), guests follow the route from Santiago de Queretaro west to Puerto
Vallarta and Chacala, on the coast, stopping at colonial cities like San
Miguel de Allende and staying at some of Mexico's finest boutique
hotels and haciendas along the way.
Highlights include a stop in the small town of Patzcuaro, where travellers can shop for souvenirs at the many craft shops before driving to the nearby Tarascan ruins of Tzintzuntzan. The four-hour drive from Patzcuaro to Chapala, past lakes and through pine forests, is one of the prettiest on the route. And crossing the mountains of the Sierra Madre to get to the cosmopolitan beachside town of Puerto Vallarta is a particularly memorable part of the journey.
Time spent on the road is kept to a minimum, with plenty of stops at museums (the museum at Guanajuato has an incredible collection of mummified - some naturally - bodies from the 19th century), galleries and historic sites as well as at lakes and beaches.
Highlights include a stop in the small town of Patzcuaro, where travellers can shop for souvenirs at the many craft shops before driving to the nearby Tarascan ruins of Tzintzuntzan. The four-hour drive from Patzcuaro to Chapala, past lakes and through pine forests, is one of the prettiest on the route. And crossing the mountains of the Sierra Madre to get to the cosmopolitan beachside town of Puerto Vallarta is a particularly memorable part of the journey.
Time spent on the road is kept to a minimum, with plenty of stops at museums (the museum at Guanajuato has an incredible collection of mummified - some naturally - bodies from the 19th century), galleries and historic sites as well as at lakes and beaches.
The
real beauty of the trip is that travellers can go at their own speed -
within the national limits, of course - and whizz off by themselves to
find a quiet roadside spot for lunch, or stay a little longer in each
town if they so wish; a GPS system in each of the Beetles ensures that
drivers don't go too far off-the-beaten-track.
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