Mexico

Mexico is one of the world's great civilisations wearing one of its most beautiful coastlines, and it deserves far more than a resort wristband. Mexico City has become a global capital of food and art: world-top-ten restaurants beside taco stands of equal genius, Frida's blue house, murals, markets and canals. Oaxaca distils the country's soul into one city of colour, mole negro and mezcal poured by the families who make it. The Yucatán stacks Mayan pyramids beside cenotes, jungle sinkholes of crystal water made for swimming. And the coasts run the full register: Tulum's bohemian beach clubs, the Riviera Maya's polished resorts, Los Cabos where desert meets Pacific, and Puerto Vallarta's easy charm. Whale sharks, monarch butterflies, Day of the Dead. Mexico is generous beyond measure. Let us take you past the obvious.