Mérida is the capital of the Yucatan, a vibrant city with Mayan and colonial heritage, surrounded by sisal haciendas.
Throughout the colonial period, Mérida was by far the most important city of the province and was very aristocratic, segregating the Indians and mestizos from the Spaniards who lived in the centre of town. The residents of Merida once liked to think or it as the "Paris of the New World" and at the turn of the last century, the city became very rich from the profits from henequen. The colonial zocalo is ideal for watching the world go by, and it is nigh on impossible to resist one of the beautiful hammocks that the city is also well-known for.
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Valladolid - Merida - Chichen Itza - Holbox Beach Village
Discover the ancient and colonial history of the Yucatan, from Uzamal to Chichen Itza, explore and swim the "cenote" sinkholes and unwind on the isolated, car free island of H…
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Valladolid - Merida - Chichen Itza - Holbox Beach Village
Mexico
Viceroy Tour
7 Nights from
£1,186
Mexico City - Guanajuato - Dolores Hidalgo - Queretaro - San Miguel de Allende
Explore Mexico City and the nearby pre-Aztec pyramids at Teotihuacan. Discover the magical towns where revolutionary history, cobbled streets and colonial architecture abound.…
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Mexico City - Guanajuato - Dolores Hidalgo - Queretaro - San Miguel de Allende
Mexico
Aztec Tour
7 Nights from
£1,100
Mexico City- Puebla - Oaxaca
A wonderful combination in the south of Mexico: explore trendy Mexico City, with it's colonial heritage and colourful markets, and the magnificent pre-Aztec pyramids.
Journey the backroads discovering seldom visited corners of the Yucatan. History unfolds in the colonial splendour of Merida and pyramids of ancient civilisations.
Cuban Revolutionary heritage and way of life, contrasts sharply with the impressive Mayan pyramids of the Yucatan and capitalist influences in coastal resorts but both have in…
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Havana - Mérida - Chichén Itzá - Playa del Carmen
Mexico
Zocalo Tour
12 Nights from
£2,586
Mexico City - Mérida - Playa del Carmen
Explore Aztec and Mayan pyramids, small villages, cosmopolitan Mexico City and the Yucatan peninsula with colonial history and a wide variety of stunning beach resorts.
Journey to the mighty Aztec and Mayan civilisations, exploring cosmopolitan cities, exhuberant rainforest to admire ancient pyramids, colourful markets and colonial heritage i…
Opulent country Haciendas are now luxury hotels for you to experience. Visit massive Mayan pyramids, archaeological sites, colonial cities and unwind by the Caribbean Sea.
Mexico City - Oaxaca - San Cristóbal - Palenque - Mérida - Chichén Itzá
A land steeped in ancient history, colonial past and scattered with Mayan and Aztec pyramids. We include the stunning Chiapas region with villages nestled in mountains.
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Mexico City - Oaxaca - San Cristóbal - Palenque - Mérida - Chichén Itzá
Discover the fortress cities built by the ancient Mayas with huge pyramids and the pioneers in the observation of the universe. After the culture, relax on the beach!
Visit the Aztec remnants of the past; Tulum, Calakmul for the pyramids of mighty civilisations, small villages, Chichen Itza, the walled city of Campeche and colonial Merida.
Visit Mayan villages, colourful weavers and the massive pyramids built by powerful civilisations that mysteriously abandoned their cities to the encroaching jungle.
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