This guide contains accounts of towns and villages on and off the beaten track, from a survival guide to Mexico City to accounts of empty Pacific beaches and vast modern resorts. Scores of pre-Columbian sites are covered - Aztec and Maya, Toltec and Zapotec - and a background is included to the country's history and archaeology, its indigenous cultures, and varied landscape and environment. Practical information covers the best places to stay, eat and drink as well as how to cope with local buses and trains.