Papantla is a city in the northern part of the state of Veracruz, Mexico.
The city is located at 20° 27' North, 97° 19' West, at a height of 180 metres above sea level. It stands on Mexico highway 180, some 15 km southwest of Poza Rica. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Papantla.
Its formal name is Papantla de Olarte, which was bestowed on it in 1935 in honour of Serafín Olarte, a local Native American who fought alongside the insurgents in the War of Independence.
It was founded by Native Americans from Tuzapán (Tuxpan) around the year 1200. The city is home to a Museum of Totonac Culture, and the important Pre-Columbian site of El Tajín is also in the municipality.
And throughout your visit to Papantla, these heady aromas will remind you of the agricultural riches of this region.
For Papantla is home to the fabulas Voladores, the Totonac Indian fliers who leap from a platform high above the observers and spiral their way to the ground in death-defying flight.
Papantla is located on Highway 180, though, so is accessable by rental car or motorcoach.
It took shape during the late Classic period and reached its peak development during the transition to the Post-Classic, between 800 and 1150 A.D. The word Tajin means "The Sacred city of the Dead and of the Thunder in Storm".
Visit Papantla city in the first days of June (from June 11 to June 18) as during these days the "Corpus Cristi's" is celebrated, where you can experience a mystic environment, see the Papantla's fliers, the "Negrito's " dance, and other celebrations.
The Tajin is at 13 kilometers from Papantla on the highway which takes you to the community of the "Chote".
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