SURROUNDING AREAS, TOURING AND NOTABLE PLACES

 

Route to the Montebello Lagoons ? Departing from San Cristobal, take Highway 190 in a southeastward direction until you reach Comitan de Dominguez (a 95-km ride). In this city you can visit important historic buildings, such as the Templo de Santo Domingo, a 16^th-century edifice with Moorish influences. You can also check out the Casa Museo Belisario Dominguez, where you?ll see the well-preserved building, office and personal objects of famed doctor and local politician Beilsario Dominguez. Continue along the same route until you arrive at the Tenam Puente archaeological zone, 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Comitan. Here you can see courtyards, buildings and ball courts on terraced platforms. Follow the same highway for 16 km (10 mi) until you reach La Trinitaria, where you?ll find the turnoff to Highway 307, which leads to the Chinkultik ruins. On the tiered limestone platforms of this ancient Mayan city you?ll see the main structures and a ball court. The last stop of this tour is 5 km (3 mi) east of Chinkultik, at the Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello (Montebello Lagoons National Park), which lies 150 km (93 mi) southeast of San Cristobal. There you can visit a group of more than 60 gorgeous lagoons with turquoise-blue waters and sinkholes surrounded by a coniferous forest. In the surrounding areas you can do outdoor recreational activities such as horseback riding, hiking and mountain biking.