Yucatan
in Mexico
The peninsula has layers and rewards those who go looking for them. Chichén Itzá is extraordinary and deservedly visited, but it is one ruin among dozens, and some of the finest, Uxmal, Ek Balam, Coba half-buried in jungle, see a fraction of the crowds. The colonial city of Mérida runs at its own languid pace, with market breakfasts of huevos motuleños and evenings that end late on the main square. Beneath the entire peninsula runs a network of cenotes, freshwater sinkholes of luminous turquoise blue, which the Maya considered sacred and which remain among the most beautiful swimming holes on earth. Tulum has been discovered. The rest of the Yucatán is still finding its audience.
how long to go for
a week, a long weekend
when to go
november, december, january, february, march
holidays
independence day (16 sep), day of the dead (1 to 2 nov), revolution day (20 nov), christmas day (25 dec)
how to get there
fly into mérida or cancún, then hire a car to move freely between ruins, cenotes, and coast.
how to get around
by car, by bus, by colectivo
nice to know
Mérida's Sunday market closes the main square to traffic and fills it with food stalls, musicians, and the whole city seemingly out at once. Plan your weekend around it.
local language
spanish, yucatec maya
currency
mexican peso
in an emergency
call 911
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