Author
Nick Rider is a freelance travel writer and editor, based in London.
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Shafik Meghji
Publishing Director Georgina Dee
Publisher Vivien Antwi
Design Director Phil Ormerod
Editorial Ankita Awasthi Tröger, Michelle Crane, Dipika Dasgupta, Rachel Fox, Fay Franklin, Freddie Marriage, Lucy Richards, Sally Schafer
Cover Design Maxine Pedliham, Vinita Venugopal
Design Tessa Bindloss, Bharti Karakoti, Rahul Kumar, Bhavika Mathur, Priyanka Thakur, Stuti Tiwari, Vinita Venugopal
Picture Research Susie Peachey, Ellen Root, Lucy Sienkowska, Oran Tarjan
Cartography Tom Coulson, Martin Darlison, Suresh Kumar, Casper Morris, Animesh Kumar Pathak
DTP Jason Little
Production Luca Bazzoli
Factchecker Julie Schwietert Collazo
Proofreader Clare Peel
Indexer Helen Peters
First edition created by Blue Island Publishing, London.
RevisionsSumita Khatwani, Shikha Kulkarni, Kanika Praharaj, Azeem Siddiqui, Priyanka Thakur, Stuti Tiwari, Vaishali Vashisht
Commissioned Photography Demetrio Carrasco, Linda Whitwam
Digital Operations, Delhi
Senior Manager Lakshmi Rao
Producer Suruchi Kakkar
Techno Editor Sheetal Dayal
Software Engineer Rachana Kishore
Production Manager Nain Singh Rawat
Production Coordinator Manish Bhatt
Picture Credits
The publisher would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce their photographs:
123RF.com: Franck Camhi; macmonican; manganganath; Borna Mirahmadian.
Alamy Stock Photo: age fotostock / Blaine Harrington, / Cem Canbay, / Gonzalo Azumendi, / Jordi Camí, / Stuart Pearce, / Leonardo Díaz Romero, all; The Art Archive / Gianni Dagli Orti; Danita Delimont / Julie Eggers; Reinhard Dirscherl; Michael Dwyer; John Elk III; Robert Fried; Eddy Galeotti; Nicholas Gill; Granger Historical Picture Archive; Hugh Hargrave; hemis.fr / Gil Giuglio; Marshall Ikonography; imageBROKER / Vision; incamerastock; Brian Jannsen; Konstantin Kalishko; Larry Larsen; Alain Machet (3); Michael DeFreitas Central America; John Mitchell; Mostardi Photography; Eric Nathan; NatureWorld; Brian Overcast; George Oze; Stefano Paterna; Pictures Colour Library; Chuck Place; robertharding / Michael DeFreitas; Grant Rooney; Fedor Selivanov; Septemberlegs; Witold Skrypczak; David South; Johnny Stockshooter; Topcris; Jane Tregelles; Ken Welsh; Andrew Woodley; Xinhua; Ariadne Van Zandbergen.
Alux Restaurant & Lounge
Aqua World
Azul Gallery
Carlos ‘n Charlie’s
Casa de Piedra
Casa Denis
Dreamstime.com: Sahar Aga; Agcuesta; Jean-luc Azou; Yulia Belousova; Florian Blümm; Flavia Campos; Salvador Ceja; Rafał Cichawa; Sorin Colac; Maciej Czekajewski; Czuber; Eddygaleotti; Eutoch; Vlad Ghiea; Richard Gunion; Pablo Hidalgo; Irishka777; Javarman; Karlos4kintero; James Kelley; Patryk Kosmider; Kravka; Jesús Eloy Ramos Lara; Lev Levin; Lucagal; Lunamarina; Giulio Mignani; Danilo Mongiello; Thiago Henrique Neves; Olga Nosova; Piotr Pawinski; Boris Philchev; Seaphotoart; Siempreverde22; Jo Ann Snover; Softlightaa; Ivan Soto; Jose I. Soto; stockcreations; Jennifer Stone; Alyaksandr Stzhalkouski; Subbotina; Barna Tanko; Slobodan Tomic; Peter Zaharov; Suriel Ramirez Zaldivar.
Evolution Music Inc./Cancun Jazz Festival
Experiencias Xcaret: Park / Erik Ruiz.
FLPA: Minden Pictures / Donald M. Jones, / Pete Oxford.
Getty Images: Tony Anderson; Witold Skrypczak; Dallas Stribley.
Conaculta-INAH-MEX: Authorized reproduction by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
La Chaya Maya
La Parrilla
Grupo Mandala: Palazzo.
MUSA: Elier Amado Gil / The Stills LifeStyle Agency / Gino Caballero.
Photoshot: Mahaux Charles; Frank Fell; Victor Korchenko; World Pictures / Stuart Pearce.
Piedra de Agua Hotel Boutique: RolloDigital2014.
Robert Harding Picture Library: Michael DeFreitas.
Señor Frog’s: Stanly photo.
SuperStock: age fotostock, / Blaine Harrington, / Cem Canbay, / Jan Wlodarczyk, / Jeff Greenberg, / Richard Maschmeyer; Luis Javier Sandoval Alvarado; F1 ONLINE; Franz Marc Frei; Hemis.fr; imageBROKER / Katja Kreder; LOOK-foto; Minden Pictures / Pete Oxford; Photononstop; Travel Library Limited; Travel Pictures Ltd.
Front Cover – Dreamstime.com: Ivan Soto.
All other images are: © Dorling Kindersley. For further information see www.dkimages.com.
As a guide to abbreviations in visitor information blocks: Adm = admission charge; D = dinner; L = lunch.
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