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6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Campeche, Mexico

Updated May 30, 2025

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Campeche, Mexico

Fort of San José el Alto

Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.

Xmuch’haltún Botanical Garden

Campeche, Mexico

Xmuch'haltún Botanical Garden

The walls of a colonial-era fort encircle a small, tropical assortment of plant life.

Entrance to the palace, with the inscription “Vox Legis Vox Populi”.

Campeche, Mexico

Palacio Legislativo de Campeche (Legislative Palace of Campeche)

In the middle of this historic colonial city resides a modernist government building known as the UFO.

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Fuerte de San Miguel

Campeche, Mexico

Fuerte de San Miguel

A Spanish Colonial fort now houses an archeology museum.

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Campeche, Mexico

The Bastion of San Carlos

This historic, pentagon-shaped fort houses the City Museum.

The Well of Conquest in Campeche.

Campeche, Mexico

Well of Conquest

A well was built by the Spanish before their conquest of Mexico.

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