A walled Maya port city on cliffs above the Caribbean Sea, with El Castillo standing over a turquoise cove. It's small but beautifully set.
Go early. Swim in the nearby cenotes such as Gran Cenote and Dos Ojos. Tulum town has beach hotels; the Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve is south.
The Yucatán Peninsula has thousands of cenotes, natural sinkholes filled with clear fresh water, sacred to the Maya.
A great Maya city in Yucatán, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, with the stepped pyramid of El Castillo, where at the equinoxes the shadow o…
A small island off Cancún, with Playa Norte's calm turquoise water and an underwater sculpture museum (MUSA).
A cluster of jungle cabañas, campsites and restaurants on the road between Palenque town and the Maya ruins, inside the rainforest at the edge of the…
A Maya city set in rainforest in Chiapas, with the Temple of the Inscriptions, where King Pakal's tomb was found, and the Palace with its tower.
A colonial highland town with colourful houses, churches and markets, a centre of indigenous Maya culture.
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