Las Coloradas, Mexico: Pink Salt Ponds of the Yucatán Coast
Las Coloradas is a small fishing village on the northern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, and the salt-evaporation ponds behind it turn ...
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Mexico: Stories & Places to Explore
Explore Tulum’s Maya ruins with a focused walking plan, coastal history and practical advice on entrances, tickets and time in the sun. Explore Chichén Itzá beyond El Castillo, with a focused route, Maya history and practical advice for making the most of an archaeological visit.
Start with Tulum Maya Ruins: History, Sea Views and a Better Visit and Chichén Itzá: El Castillo and the City Beyond the Pyramid.
Temple of Santiago at Quechula: The Church in a Mexican Reservoir
In the autumn of 2015 a drought in the Mexican state of Chiapas dropped the Nezahualcóyotl reservoir by about 25 metres, and a 16th-century ...
Xcaret Park, Mexico: Underground Rivers, Maya Ruins and the Evening Show
Xcaret is a large eco-archaeological theme park on Mexico's Caribbean coast, where you can float through underground rivers, swim in cen...
El Castillo, Chichén Itzá: The Temple of Kukulcán and Its Equinox Serpent
El Castillo, the Temple of Kukulcán, is the stepped pyramid at the heart of Chichén Itzá on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Built by the May...
Richart Sowa's Plastic Bottle Islands: Spiral Island and Joyxee, Mexico
For two decades, British artist Richart "Reishee" Sowa lived on islands he built himself from plastic bottles off Mexico's Ca...
MUSA Cancún and Grenada: Jason deCaires Taylor's Underwater Sculptures
Off Cancún and Isla Mujeres in Mexico, hundreds of life-size human figures stand on the seabed, slowly turning green and gold as coral, alga...
Cenote Angelita, Mexico: The Underwater River Near Tulum Explained
Thirty metres below the surface of a jungle sinkhole near Tulum, divers float above what looks like a misty river, its banks lined with fal...
Tulum Maya Ruins: History, Temples and Visiting the Caribbean Clifftop City
Tulum is the Maya city that everyone pictures: grey limestone temples on a cliff, palm trees, and the turquoise Caribbean breaking on a whit...
Cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula: Geology, Maya History and Where to Swim
The Yucatán Peninsula has almost no rivers. Its fresh water flows underground through limestone, and where a cave roof collapses the water ...
Marietas Islands Hidden Beach: Playa del Amor, Rules and How to Visit
Off the coast of Nayarit, at the mouth of Banderas Bay, a small volcanic island hides a beach inside a crater. Playa del Amor, also called P...