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Yucatan Peninsula / Mexico

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Cenote Ik Kil, its open pool ringed by rock walls and hanging vines, with swimmers in the water — Photo: Shinya Suzuki, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 Author Shinya Suzuki · CC BY 2.0 File source

When to visit 1

When should I visit Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, for the best experience?February into mid-March, across the whole peninsula — the driest weeks of the year, when inland Mérida is still walkable, the Caribbean is calm, and both the equinox…

Things to do 1

What are the most worthwhile things to do in Yucatan Peninsula on a first visit?Chichén Itzá at opening time, Uxmal for the deeper archaeology, a swim in a cenote, and Mérida's colonial center — the four stops that explain the peninsula: Maya…

Food and drink 1

Where should I eat in Yucatan Peninsula, and which local food or drink is worth trying?Cochinita pibil on a Sunday morning in Mérida — at the stalls of the Mercado Lucas de Gálvez — the pork dish cooked in an earth oven that Yucatán's own tourism…

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