Native Trails MyTrails 2025 292 Veracruz 38 Visit of the Museo Arqueologia Olmeca Dr. Luis González Calderón Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Easy The Museo de Arqueología Olmeca is accommodated in the replica of a pyramid in old Mexican style that was built next to the sea. Starting with a donation by Dr. Luis González Calderón, its collection presently contains more than a thousand original objects of mainly Olmec, but also Totonac origin. The Olmecs are known for the huge stone heads they made about 2,500 years ago, but in this museum you will see that they created significant works on a smaller scale, too. Among the figures sculpted from various materials, including jade, there are, for example, crawling babies as well as warriors with markedly senile faces – what may they have meant? 39 Visit archaeological site Laguna de los Cerros Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Medium You visit the archaelogical zone of Laguna de los Cerros at the foot of the Sierra de los Tuxtlas. It dates back to the Classic Period of Mesoamerica. The town was one of the four main centers of Olmec civilization besides San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, La Venta, and Tres Zapotes, with the latter having the right to install the town governor. Favorably located in the Río San Juan area, it was for a long time a post on one of Mexico’s most important transport routes. The zone features more than 100 burial mounds, the highest of them rising to nearly 30 m (100 ft.). Laguna de los Cerros is famous for its very many stone sculptures and tools that were made of volcanic rock won in mines nearby. 40 Visit of a pineapple plantation Duration: 02:30 h · Level: Easy With a visit to a pineapple plantation in the cultural landscape of La Isla, you will learn everything that’s worth knowing about the cultivation, the harvesting and the selling of the tropical fruit. The large fields stretch across several hundred hectares and separate the cultivation area from the livestock production, which moves onto the pineapple fields after two harvests have taken place. The plants, which belong to the Bromeliacae family, grow on the ground and are very different from each other in terms of size and taste, depending on the species. However, all of them have real natural healing properties thanks to the number of vitamins and enzymes they contain. 41 Visit of the archaeological zone of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Easy Where today is the archaeological zone of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán with its three separate sites, the Olmecs had built their first capital more than 3.000 years ago. The strategically favorable location allowed them to control the entire trade. During the excavations, some enormous stone heads weighing several tons each were found, apart from many other objects.Their raw material had been transported over a distance of about 60 km (more than 35 mi.). During your visit, you see some of the heads and other stone sculptures and thus get an impression of the achievements of the then people. 1 Restaurant Los Moros Duration: 01:00 h · Price: $$ Located directly on the 180 Main Street between Casitas and Monte Gordo you’ll find the alluring Los Moros restaurant. Specializing in fish and seafood, it is considered to be the best restaurant of its kind in the whole region. Close to the beach, the salty sea smell in the air, already anticipates the dishes prepared with fresh, local products such as Chicharrón de Róbalo and Manos de Cangrejo (crab shears). The waiters and the entire service are very attentive and the place is family-friendly. Upon arrival, you’ll be welcomed with small octopus snacks. 2 Restaurant Doña Josefina Duration: 01:00 h · Price: $ Seldom is one able to experience a restaurant as colorful as this one. The merry flower garlands on the ceilings, the traditional cuisine served on beautiful old clay pots, the location at the lively Zócalo and the ever friendly waiters underline the Mexican architecture and the traditional ambience of Doña Josefina. The owner couple can always be found on the spot and, depending on the tastes of the guests, recommend specialties of the house and from the small town of Naolinco de Victoria – how about Chile's Rellenos and the famous Mole Naolinqueño?
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