UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of significant cultural and natural heritage.

As of 2018, there are 35 World Heritage Sites in Mexico, including 27 cultural sites, 6 natural sites, and 2 mixed sites. The country ranks 1st in the Americas and 7th worldwide by the number of UNESCO Heritage sites.

Sites considered for nomination for UNESCO World Heritage

  • Chapultepec forest, hill, and castle
  • Historic Villa of Alamos
  • Temple of Santa Prisca de Taxco and its surroundings
  • Pre-Hispanic city of Cantona
  • Great pre-Hispanic city of Chicomostoc-La Quemada
  • Historic town of San Sebastián del Oeste
  • Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Studio House Museum
  • Valley of the Cirios
  • Cuatrociénegas Flora and Fauna Protection Area
  • Historic Villa of the Real de Minas de las Oncemil Vírgenes de Cosalá
  • Huichol Route through the sacred sites to Huiricuta
  • Lacan-Tún Region – Usumacinta
  • Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve
  • Tecoaque, an archaeological site, located in Tlaxcala
  • Cuetzalan and its historical, cultural, and natural environment
  • Historic city of Izamal
  • Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
  • The Pools of Xilitla
  • The Arc of Time of the La Venta River
  • The cenotes ring of the Chicxulub Crater
  • Las Labradas, Archaeological Site of Sinaloa

Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mexico

  • Indigenous festivals dedicated to the dead
  • Ritual ceremony of the Voladores
  • Peña de Bernal, a 433-metre monolith in Querétaro.
  • Parachicos in the traditional January party of Chiapa de Corzo
  • La pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépechas
  • Traditional Mexican cuisine and community culture
  • The Mariachi, string music, singing and trumpet
  • The charrería, an equestrian tradition in Mexico
  • The pilgrimage of Zapopan

  • Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (1987)
  • Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Monte Albán (1987)
  • Historic Centre of Puebla (1987)
  • Palenque, Archaeological Site and National Park (1987)
  • Teotihuacan, Archaeological Site (1987)
  • Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve (1987)
  • Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines (1988)
  • Chichen Itza, Ancient Maya City (1988)
  • Historic Centre of Morelia (1991)
  • El Tajín, Ancient City (1992)
  • Historic Centre of Zacatecas (1993)
  • Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (1993)
  • Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno (1993)
  • 16th Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatépetl (1994)
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro (1996)
  • Uxmal, Ancient Maya City (1996)
  • Hospicio Cabañas (1997)
  • Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (1997)
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan (1998)
  • Xochicalco Archaeological Site (1999)
  • Historic Fortified Town of Campeche (1999)
  • Calakmul, Ancient Maya City and Tropical Forests (2002)
  • Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda (2003)
  • Luis Barragán House and Studio (2003)
  • Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2005)
  • Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila (2006)
  • Central University City Campus of the UNAM (2007)
  • Sanctuary of Nazareno de Atotonilco (2008)
  • Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (2008)
  • Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (2010)
  • Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca (2010)
  • El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (2013)
  • Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System (2015)
  • Archipelago de Revillagigedo (2016)
  • Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: Originating Habitat of Mesoamerica (2018)