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Magical land where the past becomes present every day, ancient land of wonders and endless stories of friendly people and traditions that contrast with its modernity, its amplitude to the world, centers of technology, its industry, its port of height.
Cuisine with a fascinating blend of ancient Mayan recipes and folk influences opens an almost infinite range of choices for the palate. Where it is easy to get lost among the songs of birds and the music of the snails that adorn the lyrics to the melodies of his songs. Yucatan is diverse, its history is on the streets, their homes, museums, centers for meetings.
Full of archaeological sites, like the great pyramid of Kukulkan, the monumental Uxmal and Ek Balam mystic, all wonderful, in addition to its colonial cities, tropical forests and mysterious cenotes.
Yucatan is a land of contrasts and mergers from its calm shores to its vibrant nightlife. Their farms are proud witnesses of its past, its people, a living Mayan culture, tireless travellers and visitors who own land provides warmth and gentle refreshing morning dew.
Weather
Yucatan has a sub-tropical climate with temperatures that range most of the year between 28 º and 35 º C. In winter the climate is cooler.
TIPS FOR TRAVELERS
We recommend using comfortable clothes, shirts and loose pants, closed shoes comfortable outside the city and sandals for the beach. It also recommends the use of sunscreen, hats or caps are particularly useful.
Due to its geographical position, Yucatan is a destination open to the world, enabling a fast and secure connectivity, air, sea and land.
Both Cancun and the Riviera Maya offers a unique position that allows visitors to explore further the Mundo Maya: Yucatan.
The International Airport of Mérida Manuel Crescencio Rejón "and Chichen Itza International Airport, just minutes from the archaeological site, a World Heritage site, providing visitors access to the state.
Yucatan has many roads, including two federal highways and a modern highway.
Highway 180 runs from Cancun to Mérida, and is the fastest way to access to colonial cities and archaeological sites as Izamal, Chichen Itza, Valladolid, among others.
Federal Highway 261 runs from Mérida to Uxmal, and also facilitates the connection between different parts of the area and Mayan archaeological sites, as well as the routes of the convents and Puuc.
The port of Progreso in the Yucatan Peninsula is a focal point for tourism and a border open to trade with the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
The modern port facilities, as well as productive sectors and trade in the region, given the security and safety of import and export between North and South America, islands in the Sea of the Antilles, Europe and Africa.
It has a viaduct and a tax-free shopping, restaurants, craft shops and boutiques.
Yucatan is located southeast of Mexico. Located in the central part of the Yucatan Peninsula, bordered on the north by the Gulf of Mexico, east and south east with Quintana Roo and Campeche to the west and southwest. The extension of the state is 43,379 km2 and consists of 106 municipalities, with the capital
Important Dates
1910 In Valladolid, Yucatan comes "The first spark of the Mexican Revolution."
1975 Queen Elizabeth II of England, visits the Yucatan and opens Spectacle Light and Sound Uxmal.
1988 Chichén Itzá was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
1993 Pope John Paul II, visited Yucatán (Mérida Izamal e).
1996 Uxmal and Kabah are designated World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
1997 Luciano Pavarotti gives a concert in Chichén Itzá. "Voices in Chichén Itzá."
Description Mérida 2000 as "The American Capital of Culture."
2001 Appointment of Izamal as "Pueblo Magico de Mexico."
2007 Castillo de Chichén Itzá was designated as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Plácido Domingo offers a 2008 concert in Chichén Itzá "Concert of the Thousand Columns".
