15 Dec 2019
Toniná might not be as impressive as Palenque overall, but has a few things going for it. It’s much easier to reach from San Cristóbal de las Casas, which itself is a gorgeous amazing city. There are very few other tourists. The main pyramid is taller than the Sun Pyramid at Teotihuacan. It has a small but nice museum, which apparently is run by the big Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. And it’s in a gorgeous setting on the side of a mountain, looking out over a beautiful green valley. It’s rather romantic, really.
There are fewer mosquitoes in Toniná than Palenque as well! Lol.