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for sure. Better start working out to walk those Pyramids and Ruins. Have fun. Tio
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| Originally posted by Kalypso BB, I was in the Yucatan last Feb/March. Here are links to some of the things we saw and places we ate Merdia Hotel Maria del Carmen Casa Balam The Maria del Carmen is $35-$45 at night. It's clean, well maintained, nice pool, good restaurant. Casa Balam is more centrally located, big rooms, on the parade route during Carnival, $75 a night +/-. Local 3 We were not particularly impressed with the food in Merida, but Local 3 was very good. Contemporary Mexican, best sangria, one of the few places in Merida serving and using Mezcal. Sotuta de Peon Tour a working henequen plantation. There is also a cenote in which you can swim and an option to purchase a meal at the end of the tour. Definitely go for the meal, the food is good. Valladolid Taberna de los Frailes very, very good food. Beautiful setting, like eating in someone's back yard under a palapa. Don't be put off by the "gourmet mayan" designation they've given themselves. It's very creative food, well done, but not frou-frou food in the least. Also visit the church next door. One of the first build in the Yucatan. If you see it as the sun is setting the bricks and stones have a wonderfully warm color and glow to them. Lots of regional history there. Ek Balam Valladolid is very close to Chichen Itza, but it's also close to several other fuins. See Ek Balam in the morning before it gets hot. Interesting structures with some features not found at other ruins. Also not overrun with tourists. Coba is also close to Valladolid. Huge site, flat, easy to negotiate, zip line over crocodile infested waters if you're interested Casa de Venados restoration project, now home to a massive folk art collection. Open to the public, worth seeing even if you're not into folk art. Proceeds go to support local medical operations. Hoctun Cemetery Only in Mexico do you send someone to see a cemetery. But this one is worth stopping and walking around in. The locals got very creative after the cemetery filled up in the early '60s. Campeche Hotel Castelmar good location, close to the malecon. Nice rooms, good service, excellent staff Marganzo Not necessarily the best restaurant in Campeche, but it was good, especially for breakfast. Excellent margaritas de tamarindo. La Pigua Another good restaurant Things to do in Campeche Barco Pirata Lorencillo No link, I couldn't find it. But, there is a replica of the pirate boat Lorencillo that does 1 hour tours out into the Gulf of Campeche. It's cheesy, it's fun and if it's hot, it gets you out on the water and some breezes going. Edzna Very large Mayan ruin just outside of Campeche. Go early, take water and a hat, BLAZINGLY hot. Impressive and very climbable pyramides. Rent a car, roads follow a lot of the old Maya routes and are dead stright with scrub jungle growing up to the road. Driving is not difficult, just a little boring Have a great trip. [Edited on 1-22-2012 by Kalypso] |