Arrive into Mexico city or Belize?

I'm going to be travelling to Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatan province
of Mexico in a few months.

Would it be better to fly into Belize and use that as a starting/ending
point for touring the countries, or would it be just as good to fly into
Mexico City and then take another flight down to the Yucatan province?

Also, can anyone recommend a good cheap no frills airline for flying
from Mexico to Yucatan?

Cheers.
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fiddlewidawiddum

Stimp <ren@spumco.com> wrote in
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> I'm going to be travelling to Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatan province
> of Mexico in a few months.
>
> Would it be better to fly into Belize and use that as a starting/ending
> point for touring the countries, or would it be just as good to fly into
> Mexico City and then take another flight down to the Yucatan province?
>
> Also, can anyone recommend a good cheap no frills airline for flying
> from Mexico to Yucatan?
>
> Cheers.

Think about using Cancun airport. Lots of cheap flights in and out, busses
to Belize.

"Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message
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> I'm going to be travelling to Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatan province
> of Mexico in a few months.

There are no provinces in Mexico.

> Would it be better to fly into Belize and use that as a starting/ending
> point for touring the countries, or would it be just as good to fly into
> Mexico City and then take another flight down to the Yucatan province?

Consider flying into Cancun. Its airport handles tons of international
flights since it's so touristy.

Also, depending where you start from, flying into Belize might mean
transiting through Mexico.

> Also, can anyone recommend a good cheap no frills airline for flying
> from Mexico to Yucatan?

Cheap travel in Mexico is done by bus, not plane. You'd probably be looking
at a good 24-hour bus ride so it's not really an option if time is limited.

Richard

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 Richard <this@is.invalid> wrote:
> "Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message
> news:slrndrnhm0.19m.ren@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie...
>
>> I'm going to be travelling to Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatan province
>> of Mexico in a few months.
>
> There are no provinces in Mexico.

ah well I learn something new every day :)

What's Yucatan called ? A 'region' or something?

>> Would it be better to fly into Belize and use that as a starting/ending
>> point for touring the countries, or would it be just as good to fly into
>> Mexico City and then take another flight down to the Yucatan province?
>
> Consider flying into Cancun. Its airport handles tons of international
> flights since it's so touristy.
>
> Also, depending where you start from, flying into Belize might mean
> transiting through Mexico.

probably be leaving from London or Amsterdam, whichever offers better
flight deals

>> Also, can anyone recommend a good cheap no frills airline for flying
>> from Mexico to Yucatan?
>
> Cheap travel in Mexico is done by bus, not plane. You'd probably be looking
> at a good 24-hour bus ride so it's not really an option if time is limited.

that's what I thought. So I'd have to bus it from Mexico City to Cancun
if I went for Mex City? Sounds like it might be a bit of hassle, or is
it an interesting trip to take?

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fiddlewidawiddum

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 Richard Ferguson <fergusonOMITsculpture@omitthisatt
> Check out prices to Merida and Cancun. Usually one can get cheap
> flights to Cancun, as the other posters noted. Once you are in the
> area, buses work well, but the Yucatan is probably a 24 hour bus ride
> from Mexico City. You did not say where you were flying from, but I
> think that there are flights from Europe to Cancun. Certainly you
> should be able to fly to Cancun from any major city in the USA or Canada.

will be leaving from either London or Amsterdam depending on flights. So
Cancun sounds like the best suggestion.

> As the other posters noted, Yucatan is a Mexican State (Estado). The
> Yucatan peninsula is made up of the states of Campeche, Yucatan, and
> Quintana Roo. Cancun is in Quintana Roo, Merida is in the state of Yucatan.

ah ok.. thanks for clearing that up. Ignore the other post I followed
up with!

Thanks for all replies!
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fiddlewidawiddum

Your e-mail appears to have originated in Ireland but from the U.S. one
would fly to Cancun; do that if you can.You can explore the whole Mexican
Yucatan Peninsula by bus from there. If you have the resources rent a small
car. Nothing will be more than a day, day and a half drive away, and you if
you explore site by site there will be no long drives. You can also take a
bus from Cancun to Belize City (you might have to change at the border).
Also there have been scheduled flights from Cancun to Belize City: I've used
them. From Belize City you can explore by bus but best by rental car; new
rental, Car companies generally do not allow you to cross borders. From
Belize City there are buses (one change) to Flores and Tikal in the
Guatemala Peten. The distance is not great, travel should take part of a
day. From there you can take a bus to Guatemala City (long trip) You could
probably fly back economically from Guatemala City. I don't see any reason
to fly to Mexico City. Out of the way for the region your interested in.
Belize City would be a better choice.

"Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message
news:slrndrnhm0.19m.ren@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie...
> I'm going to be travelling to Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatan province
> of Mexico in a few months.
>
> Would it be better to fly into Belize and use that as a starting/ending
> point for touring the countries, or would it be just as good to fly into
> Mexico City and then take another flight down to the Yucatan province?
>
> Also, can anyone recommend a good cheap no frills airline for flying
> from Mexico to Yucatan?
>
> Cheers.
> --
>
> fiddlewidawiddum

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 Philip S Brody <brody_ps@> wrote:
> Your e-mail appears to have originated in Ireland but from the U.S. one
> would fly to Cancun; do that if you can.You can explore the whole Mexican
> Yucatan Peninsula by bus from there. If you have the resources rent a small
> car. Nothing will be more than a day, day and a half drive away, and you if
> you explore site by site there will be no long drives. You can also take a
> bus from Cancun to Belize City (you might have to change at the border).
> Also there have been scheduled flights from Cancun to Belize City: I've used
> them. From Belize City you can explore by bus but best by rental car; new
> rental, Car companies generally do not allow you to cross borders. From
> Belize City there are buses (one change) to Flores and Tikal in the
> Guatemala Peten. The distance is not great, travel should take part of a
> day. From there you can take a bus to Guatemala City (long trip) You could
> probably fly back economically from Guatemala City. I don't see any reason
> to fly to Mexico City. Out of the way for the region your interested in.
> Belize City would be a better choice.

thanks for the advice mate.

Yep I'll be flying from Ireland via either London or Madrid.

As far as I can make out from travel agents, though, the best deal seems
to be to fly to Mexico City (only 600 euros including taxes), but I
can't seem to find an airline that flies direct to Cancun

nuts :(

Ah well I suppose I can head into Guatemala from the north-west and then
loop around into Belize and up to Cancun, then bus it back to Mexico
City taking in Yucatan in the process.

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fiddlewidawiddum

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 tile <supertile@libero.it> wrote:
> Stimp wrote:
> I just came back from Guatemala

<snip>

great, thanks for the tips.
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fiddlewidawiddum