A region of Veracruz
The northern end of Veracruz, part of the wider Huasteca that also takes in corners of San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo and Tamaulipas. The river port of Tuxpan and the great Tamiahua lagoon are on the coast; inland are cattle country, Nahua villages in the hills around Chicontepec and the music of the son huasteco, played on violin, jarana and huapanguera.
12 places to visit
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Places to visit in Huasteca Veracruzana 12
12 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Villages · 6 Towns · 4 Cities · 1 Lagoons · 1
Villages
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Chahuatlán · Village · Veracruz
Nahua village of Ilamatlán in the lower Huasteca, at 358 m on the valley floor; pemuche-wood masks, embroidery and an atole festival in August. -
Colatlán · Village · Veracruz
Nahua village of the Veracruz Huasteca on the Álamo–Huejutla highway; Sacred Heart feast in June and huapango music in December. -
Guayalejo · Village · Veracruz
A Huasteca Alta village in the far north-west of Pánuco, near the Tamaulipas line; the road in passes through Ébano in San Luis Potosí. -
Las Sabinas · Village · Veracruz
Second-largest village of Citlaltépetl, at the foot of the Sierra de Otontepec in the Veracruz Huasteca; it honours Saints Peter and Paul every 29 June. -
Mamey la Mar · Village · Veracruz
Tamalín village in the Veracruz Huasteca, about 4 km from the shore of the Tamiahua lagoon; 608 people, zacahuil and huapango country. -
Potrero del Llano · Village · Veracruz
Oil-country village of Álamo Temapache on Highway 180; its name was carried by the tanker sunk in 1942 that drew Mexico into World War II.
Towns
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Chicontepec · Town · Veracruz
A hill town of the Veracruz Huasteca, "the balcony of the Huasteca", at the heart of a Nahua region with Sunday markets and Santa Catarina's fiesta. -
Chontla · Town · Veracruz
Huastec municipal seat at the foot of the Sierra de Otontepec, 32 km from Naranjos; Santa Catarina feast on 25 November and a hilltop mass on 3 May. -
Naranjos · Town · Veracruz
A Huasteca town born of the El Águila oil boom on the Tancochín River, with a huge carnival, a living Way of the Cross and zacahuil. -
Tamiahua · Town · Veracruz
A fishing town at the south end of the 85 km Tamiahua lagoon, famous for oysters and seafood, with boat trips to the lagoon islands and Isla Lobos.
Cities
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Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano · City · Veracruz
Tuxpan, a Huasteca river port and the closest to Mexico City: the Granma sailed from here in 1956; beaches, seafood and a candlelit 7 December.
Lagoons
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Laguna de Tamiahua · Lagoon · Veracruz
Mexico's third-largest coastal lagoon, an 88,000 ha Ramsar site: mangroves, islands, shrimp caught by lamplight and the Cabo Rojo sand barrier.
Top tours in Huasteca Veracruzana
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Getting around Huasteca Veracruzana
Fly into Poza Rica (PAZ).
Cities to start from: Tuxpan
Most of the region is reached by road: a rental car is the easiest way to see several places in a day, and buses link the larger towns.