Nauhtlan Coast

The coast of Nautla lies where a river descends from the highlands of Veracruz to the Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries, mangroves and sandy shores meet at the river mouth, with the open sea to the east. Indigenous communities inhabited the region before the Spanish conquest. In the sixteenth century land around Nautla was granted to Juan de Cuenca, whose residence formed part of the settlement’s early colonial history.