Yucatan is located at southeastern of Mexico. Near of Campeche and Quintana Roo. At this state you can visit the called White City of Merida, the state capital, in order to visit its main avenue with beautiful palaces and old buildings, the Paseo Montejo, interesting museums, hotels that were henequen haciendas, spas and restaurants.
Near Merida is located Valladolid and Izamal, Valladolid is a beautiful small town excelent to swimming or diving. In the other hand, Izamal is a magical town where you can visit the Ex-Convent of San Antonio de Padua, which has a largest atrium.
In Yucatan you can also visit the Mayan archaeological zones, Yucatan has many of them, like Labna, Sayil, Uxmal, Kabah, Dzibilchaltun and of course Chichen Itza, it was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. At Chichen Itzá you can visit the Pyramid of Kukulcan (this is the famous pyramid where you can see every spring equinox the shadow of a plumed serpent going down on the pyramid’s stairs), the Ball Court and don’t forget to go to the Caracol which was an observatory.
If you want to enjoy the beautiful pink flamingoes you have to go to Celestun, it has hundreds of flamingoes. Another place to visit is Ria Lagartos, at this place you can kayaking.
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