Located on the Gulf of Mexico, Veracruz City is a historic and culturally rich coastal hub that has served as a key maritime gateway since the 16th century. Off its shores lies a small island marked ...

They dance on the streets in Veracruz City. A couple of nights a week, locals and visitors dress up in their Sunday best and assemble in the town square to enjoy Veracruz’s famous dance, the danzon.

Soar above the historic port city of Veracruz, Mexico, with this captivating drone video. Witness the vibrant life of the ...

For centuries, the port of Veracruz and its neighbouring city of Xalapa were the gateways to New Spain. Viceroys and serfs, china and silver, all moved through this once mighty port on the Gulf of ...

Awash in the sounds and sights of the past, the state and city of Veracruz are refreshingly, movingly Mexican—home to some of the country’s most spectacular (and mysterious) archaeological haunts and ...

This first-person historical perspective was submitted to us by Bellvue resident and adventure cyclist Charles Lynch. Imagine living five hundred years ago during Spain’s Golden Age of maritime ...