The Yucatán Peninsula is ... known for the famous ruins of Chichén Itzá. However, as a travel expert that lives in Mexico, ...

A German tourist was arrested and attacked by locals after he illegally scaled the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Yucatan, ...

But the top attraction is Nohoch Mul – the highest Mayan pyramid on the Yucatán Peninsula ... Several tour operators, such as Mexico Kan Tours, offer round-trip hotel transportation between ...

M argaritas at sunset, palm-fringed beaches, cooling dips in azure waters: picture the perfect break on the Caribbean coast ...

There are dozens of reasons to visit Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, from its white-sand ... Statues and a wall of skulls invoke the Mayan belief that cenotes are entrances to the underworld.

Centuries ago on the two zenith days, Slater explained, it would have performed its bobble dance on what are now the ruins ... Peninsula, I was looking for rituals and beliefs held by modern Maya ...

They hang from the cold, stone ceiling of an ancient Maya ... Mexico City. “They’re always in these small groups—they’re very protective of one another.” Casting a shadow on the ruins ...

Leilani Osmundson Chichén Itzá is a large Mayan archaeological site and one of the most notable and recognized landmarks on the Yucatán peninsula ... focal point of the ruins is the pyramid ...