SURROUNDING AREAS, TOURING AND NOTABLE PLACES
Touring the
Sumidero Canyon ? Departing from Tuxtla Gutierrez, take Highway 190 east for 17 km
(10 mi) to Chiapa de Corzo. At this place you can visit important architectural monuments, such as the emblematic
Fuente Mudejar, a 16th-century
construction built in the form of
a chapel, and the Templo and Ex-Convento de San
Domingo, a gothic renaissance-style edifice with
three naves and murals from the
colonial era. Here you also can visit the Regional Lacquer Museum (one of
the town?s most representative crafts). After that you can hire
a boat and set out on a tour of the Sumidero Canyon, one of
the nation?s most impressive natural attractions. The tour lasts about two
hours and includes tales about hidden treasures found at the
bottom of the Grijalva River. Along the way
you?ll see curious rock formations such as the canyon?s
famous "Arbol de Navidad" (Christmas Tree). The 20-km (14-mi) tour ends at Presa Chicoasen,
one of the
country?s largest and most important
dams. There electrical energy is generated for
use in Mexico and Central America.
