8 Attractions Package with Aquarium and Museum - Veracruz

Description

Get to know the most representative places in the city!

We begin with the tour at the Veracruz Aquarium, where you can admire the representative fauna of the State. At noon, we will visit the San Juan de Ulúa fortress, which was built on the orders of Hernán Cortés, as it protected Veracruz from pirate and corsair attacks at the time. A guide will tell you all the history and legends that the oldest prison in Mexico houses. At the end of this visit, you will be able to visit the Wax and Ripley's museums, where you can find wax figures of famous people in the world and a strange collection of objects that will surprise you. To end the tour, we will visit the historic center of Veracruz aboard a traditional tram, from where we will be able to observe the most important and beautiful places in the city.

Itinerary:

10:15 am: Admission to the Veracruz Aquarium. On this tour you will see 10 exhibition rooms where you will be able to see thousands of specimens that will captivate your senses and make your visit an incredible experience.

12:00 pm: Tour to San Juan de Ulúa. We will be waiting for you outside the Plaza Acuario, to board the unit that will take you to see the most feared prison in America in a guided tour that will fascinate you. Tour the fort built over nearly 500 years ago. Enjoy the view offered by the Tower of San Pedro, from where you will have the best photographs of the port. Learn about the legend of Chucho "El Roto", the thief who stole to help the poor. Visit the cells where Chucho "el Roto" and "Mulata de Córdoba", two of the most famous legends of this place, were imprisoned.

IMPORTANT: The entrance to the San Juan de Ulúa fortress is restricted to groups of 10 people every 10 minutes, with a maximum of 400 visitors per day. Reserve in advance.

3:00 pm: Tour begins at the Wax Museum. You can admire wax figures of famous people in the world, it currently has 14 rooms and more than 120 wax figures including athletes, singers, actors, politicians, religious figures. You can even get your own wax hand and keep it as an unforgettable memory of your visit.

4:00 pm: Ripley's Museum tour begins. Inside, you can admire amazing objects such as an Egyptian room that recounts the mysterious events related to the tomb of Tutankhamun, a collection of jewels, a couple of fertility kings and fun interactives such as a bed of nails.

5:00 pm: Start activities in the rotating tunnel, 4D simulator and mirror maze. In addition to the museums, you can visit 3 other very fun activities, which are the revolving tunnel, which is an illusion that makes it difficult for you to walk across a bridge, the fun mirror maze, where you will test your skills to get out, and the 4D Cinema, where you will experience a video game type movie as if you were the star character.

7:00 pm: Tram tour of the Historic Center. There is no better way to get to know the historic center of Veracruz than on board a picturesque tourist tram; It is a 40-minute panoramic tour where the architecture, history, and culture of the Port of Veracruz will surround you, passing through 21 historical monuments that were a important part of our history.