Life spills into the El Alto outdoor market of Puebla, where "present and past coexist and harmonize," says Francine Prose. Landon Nordeman Despite (or because of) its monumental scale, its crowded, ...

Puebla is the fourth-largest city in Mexico, just a two-hour drive from the capital (it’s 67 miles, but there’s no accounting for Distrito Federal traffic). Yet it often gets tacked on as a day trip ...

Mexico's big cities and beach resorts tend to get the lion's share of travelers' attention. But the country's real magic lies in its small towns. In 2001, Mexico's Secretariat of Tourism created a ...