A Socially-Distanced Weekend: Valladolid for Families
Have you ever considered spending a weekend around Valladolid? Yucatán’s second city has so much to do and see that a weekend isn’t, in truth, enough time to really see…
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Have you ever considered spending a weekend around Valladolid? Yucatán’s second city has so much to do and see that a weekend isn’t, in truth, enough time to really see…
Continue readingMonday Are you ready for a week in Yucatán? Discover Mérida’s Centro Histórico and the charm of colonial architecture in buildings like the Catedral de San Ildefonso, Casa Montejo, and…
Continue reading1. As every year, we begin our New Year’s resolutions and one of the most popular by far has to be working out. How about mixing things up a bit…
Continue readingIt seems that I spend an inordinate amount of time and space in this magazine writing about food; nevertheless, here I go again. There is, after all, nothing better when…
Continue readingMonday You’re in Mérida! Start with a tour of Centro Histórico and discover the MACAY museum, the San Ildefonso Cathedral, and the murals at the Palacio de Gobierno by Fernando…
Continue readingMonday Welcome to Yucatán! Check into Hotel Mansión Mérida where you’ll receive the royal treatment at this charming Casona turned hotel. Then spend the day discovering the Centro and…
Continue readingValladolid is a charming colonial city with its own personality and great attractions that make it a must on your visit to Yucatán. Its geographic location leaves it at the…
Continue readingYou’re in Yucatán. You breathe in the fresh air and your options are endless. Yucatán is a place with all the necessary ingredients of a fantastic tale – beach, colonial…
Continue readingTo arrive in Valladolid is to put the world on pause. The hands on the clock slow down, people breathe with gusto, and the colors of the sunset saturate sublimely….
Continue reading“Over there at 11 o’clock,” the nature guide Ismael Arellano Ciau whispers without moving while he uses the dial of an imaginary watch as a reference to guide my eye…
Continue readingValladolid, Pueblo Mágico Located halfway (two hours from each) between Mérida and Cancún, Valladolid, named “Pueblo Mágico” in August 2012, is a bustling Maya city with a special colonial flavor. This…
Continue readingValladolid: vibrant, authentic, charming, and multifaceted. It’s a city with such a unique personality that it was voted #1 Emerging Destination in North America of 2019 in a survey taken…
Continue readingI finished the tour and stepped back out onto the street. It wasn’t until then that I was able to fully see the relationship between this great museum and this…
Continue readingThe not-to-be-missed Casa de los Venados (House of the Deer) is an 18,000 sq. ft. private home/museum of Mexican folk and contemporary art owned by John and Dorianne Venator, who…
Continue readingValladolid, a Vibrant City Valladolid, its tranquility and cozy ambiance surrounded by pastel toned colonial buildings, is much like its people, the gentle, genuine, and friendly locals. Travelers mostly tend…
Continue readingThe “first spark of the Mexican Revolution,” also known as the Dzelkoop Plan, was an insurrection which began on June 4, 1910, by Maximiliano R. Bonilla and other leaders of…
Continue readingThe lead photo is a night shot of Valladolid, including the Church of San Servacio on the main plaza. Valladolid is an important small city in the eastern part of…
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