Pyramids and Tombs in Santa Elena

Uxmal Archeological Zone

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Km 78 on Highway 261

Whether as a day trip from Mérida or part of a longer stay in southern Yucatán state, the splendor of Uxmal is not to be missed – it is truly one of Mexico's cultural treasures...
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Ruta Puuc Tour

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Highways 261 and 180

When visiting Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, take a day trip along the Puuc Route and visit the Mayan ruins at Uxmal, Labna, Kabah, Sayil, Xlapak, and Mayapan, pre-historic Loltun Caves, and the interesting small towns of Santa Elena, Ticul, and Oxkutxcob...
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Xlapak Archeological Zone

on Highway 31, near the intersection with Highway 261

When exploring the Ruta Puuc chain of Mayan ruins south of Merida, Yucatan near Uxmal, stop at Xlapak, whose largely unexcavated state makes for a jungly, Indiana Jones-style visit a Mexican archeological site...
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Labna Archeological Zone

Near the intersection of Highways 261 and 31

The hill town of Labná flourished between 600 and 900 AD. Its exquisite Mayan arch is alone worth a visit to the site, one of five archeology zones in the Ruta Puuc south of Merida and Uxmal, on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico...
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Sayil Archeological Zone

Sayil is located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) south of the archaeological sites of Kabah, 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) from Xlapak and 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) from Labná.

Sayil is one of four Mayan archeological sites on the Ruta Puuc south of Merida and Uxmal on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The striking North Palace was the three-story residence of this Mayan city's ruling family...
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Kabah Archeological Zone

Highway 261, 9 km from Santa Elena

One of most fantastic buildings in all the Maya world is found at Kabáh on the Ruta Puuc south of Merida and Uxmal on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula: the Codz Poop, or "Wall of Masks." Covering the facade are 260 stone masks depicting the rain god Chac, one for each day of the Mayan sacred calendar...
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