San Cristobal de las Casas Profile
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| Seemingly lost in the mountains, San Cristobal is a colonial town in a blissed-out setting. Wood smoke drifts on the pine-scented air. Vastly popular with international travelers, it is surrounded by many colorful Maya villages. |
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| Bike Riding | | | Bike rentals; a good town for cruising, but cobblestones streets, hills |
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| Hiking | | | Lovely hikes into surrounding hills |
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| Walking | | | Great walking town if you're up for cobblestone streets, hills; in town and outside it |
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| Good Food | | | Lots of eateries that give good value |
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| Art | | | More crafts than fine art, but the town is visually appealing to fine artists |
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| Club Scene | | | Fairly sleepy, but bars and cafes are at least easily accessed |
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| Reading | | | A place to relax for a week or more |
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| Museums | | | Small museums focus on highland Maya culture and crafts |
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| Sightseeing | | | Lots of low-key sightseeing revolving around modern Maya crafts, indigenous culture |
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| Spanish School | | | A popular place to study Spanish in a lovely, small town setting |
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| Handicrafts | | | Centuries'-old weaving, tin and metallurgy, jade and many other fine traditions. |
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| Shopping | | | Small shops and co-ops sell Maya lore, especially textiles but also candles, jade and ambar jewelry |
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| Jungle | | | More like forest: jungly forest |
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| Country | | | Surrounded by lovely countryside and indigenous villages |
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| Village | | | A small town that feels like a village and has many interesting surrounding villages |
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| Town | | | A lovely small town of cobblestone streets, scented by woodsmoke |
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| Humid | | | Low humidity; rains June through late September |
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| Dry | | | Wet and cold in the rainy season, otherwise fairly dry |
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| Single | | | Hardly a scene, but an easy place to be single, too. |
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| Winter | | | Bracing weather in December & January, for Mexico at least |
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| Summer | | | Rains |
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| EnglishSpeaking | | | No lack of foreigners here |
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| Gringos-mixed | | | No lack of foreigners here |
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| Remote | | | Far from cities and borders |
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| Expensive Hotels | | | Just a couple |
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| Mid-Range Hotels | | | Lots of charming, inexpensive lodgings |
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| Budget Hotels | | | Plenty of sweet budget properties |
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