How to do it

Journey Latin America

(020 8747 8315; journeylatinamerica. co.uk) can arrange a 16-day holiday, taking in Mexico City, a streetfood tour, the Teotihuacán pyramids,

guided tours of San Miguel de Allende and

San Cristóbal de las Casas, the Mayan ruins

of Palenque and Chichén Itzá, a cookery class in colonial Mérida and a three-night stay on Holbox island. From £3,860pp, including B&B accommodation

(plus two lunches), transfers, international

and domestic flights