Lying in the southeast of the country, Tabasco lives up to its Nahuatl name: "place where the ground is damp." This is the land of the Ulmecs, "the rubber people." Tabasco borders on Veracruz, Chiapas and Campeche and is washed by the Gulf of Mexico. Its landscape consists of forest, jungle, savannah, mangrove swamp, swamp and coast that support a wide range of land and sea fauna. This territory of water and exuberant vegetation produced one of the most important cultures in ancient Mexico: the Olmec, the mother of all Mesoamerican cultures. The inhospitable terrain prevented the Spaniards from founding cities. Nevertheless, in 1519, Cortés established Santa María de la Victoria. Another difficulty the Spaniards encountered were the constant pirate attacks the territory suffered from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

Villahermosa is both a destination and a starting point and the city provides a wide range of opportunities for visitors to enjoy themselves. You can stroll through the Zona Luz and its pedestrian zone with open-air cafés or sail down the Río Grijalva on an old-fashioned boat. Alternatively, you can visit the CICOM?s remarkable museums. whose structures are based on Mayan building techniques, and which obtained first prize in the World Biennial Architectural Competition. Another place worth visiting is Tabasco 2000, the state?s administrative center whose state-of-the-art facilities are surrounded by hotels, banks, department stores, convention centers and offices. Tabasco?s natural richness can be enjoyed in its parks and lagoons, such as the Parque Tomás Garrido, La Pólvora and the Parque de la Luz.The city of Villahermosa is located 80 km away from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico at the junction of the Carrizal and Grijalva rivers. Its urban grid is determined by the ubiquitous presence of water: water from the rivers, and waters from the Lagunas de las Ilusiones, Pólvora, del Espejo and del Negro. Over half the territory of the state of Tabasco is covered by water and the capital, Villahermosa, is no exception.