Attractions

“The three times constructed” presents to us:

• Green areas with Romance program for Dinner within the gardens of the Villa.
• Archaeological site Uxmal.
• Holistic activities within the villa, meditation in our exuberant gardens.
• Observation of the celestial map with binoculars of high power.
• Bonfires to the light of the moon, with Mayan stories and Mayan and pre-Hispanic regional music.
• Archaeological zones in “the Puuc Route” (Puuc means knolls) well-known as the point of the spear, includes the archaeological sites and of interest of Uxmal, Santa Elena, Kabah, Sayil, X-Lapak, Labná and Grottos of Loltún, Ticul, Oxkutzcab and Mani. In them structures can be found totally recovered, others in process and some even covered with grass, trees and dense vegetation. These last ones are looked much like which the first explorers found at the end of the last century. Puuc, Mayan name of a series of hills of little height with a cultural zone and very singular style. Uxmal, is one of the best examples but near there, also we can delight with other zones same style and that at its moment they were important Mayan cities.
• Santa Elena, the population of Santa Elena belongs to the Municipality of the same name, is located 98 km. to the south of the city of Mérida. One better reference is than it is located in the Puuc region and between the archaeological sites of Uxmal and Kabah. In the middle of century XIX the community was Nohcacab, Mayan name that means “Great Villa”, although such denomination can make reference to a place, a great town or be related to a specific type of ground, meaning then “fertile black land”.
• The Church, in the population center, emphasizes the building of the church of the uprooted villa and on a natural elevation in which evidences of the laying of foundations of Hispanic constructions still exist. This temple of the Order of Saint Francis apparently was constructed in 1779, as it is indicated in a stone embedded in the frontispiece of the temple. They complemented the architectonic adjustment of the church, the vestibule and Sacristy that annexed in the flank is oriented. To this one, the priest house leans that subsequently grew towards the North flank. In this way both constructions divide the space in two patios.
• Kabah is located to 23 km to the Southeastern of Uxmal by the highway 261; deviation to the right in km. 16, it has been interpreted as “Gentleman of the strong or powerful hand”. The city was always in the conscience of the Mayans, even after the Spanish conquest and it is mentioned to him in old texts of the Chilam Balam and the Chumayel; for that reason one assumes, was a site of importance similar to the one of Uxmal.
• Labná is located to 42 km. to the Southeastern of Uxmal by highway 261; deviation to the left in km. 30 by state highway 31. Labná, means “old or left House”. This site has been reason for attention by his world-wide known arc, for remarkable perfection and fine ornamentation. It must have been the entrance to an enclosure dedicated to great events or celebrations. In its facade it includes streamlined representations of palm houses and serpents. Some details are had lost, but the existing vestiges give idea of the purity of their Puuc style, in which columns of stone constitutes their seal of quality.
• Sayil is located to 33 km to the Southeastern of Uxmal by highway 261; deviation to the right in km 34. Literally means “Place of the labor ants”. In the Mayan language, the word say is used to talk about to this species of insects that is used to cutting and taking pieces of leaves. In contrast to most of names known for pre-Hispanic sites, this one could have a true antiquity. Constructed in a long valley, surrounded by low hills, something sometimes steep. The locality presents/displays a difficult perspective for the human life, due to the complete water absence in its surface. By this situation, the Mayans constructed a great amount of deposits or underground cisterns, known as “chultunes”, in order to capture and to store the rainwater.
• Grottos of Loltún, that in Mayan means “Stone Flower”, (throughout the grotto there are shaped flowers in the walls) the grotto is located in the south of the State which has been evidence of men of 400 to 700 years ago. The Mayans used them to provide themselves with clay, with that they made his utensils, and, also, like religious center and refuge. Another attractiveness of much interest is the cave paintings: in a wall hands in negative are appraised, in another one are located elaborated paintings more than they represent faces and animals.
• Ticul “the Pearl of the South” is a small city that is located to 85 Kilometers of Mérida on federal highway 184, between the populations of Muna and Oxkutzcab. Ticul comes from the Mayan word “Ti” which means –there- and “Culi” -to be based-, that is “was based there”. The geographic situation of Ticul is very strategic since it is located within the “Puuc Route” which turns it the ideal city to take it as base and to be able to explore the archaeological sites, natural wells, properties, and architectonic historical buildings that are to the south of the state of Yucatan. The city of Ticul is very famous in the state of Yucatan by its works of footwear, in almost all the city we will be able to find factories where the footwear for lady, horsemen and children is practically made of artisan form and with an excellent quality. Now which if it wishes to take a memory from Yucatan to accessible prices does not forget to visit some of the pottery factories which they are from the entrance to the town of Ticul, some factories specialize in retorts of wakes, glifos and Mayan utensils, other factories are specialized in modern designs like vases, small frogs, iguanas, flamingos, turtles, lights, etc.
• Market of Oxkutzcab, the orchard of the State, Oxkutzcab is one of more dynamic municipalities of Yucatan, thanks to its agricultural production and the market of fruits that are a pole in the region, characteristics that have distinguished it from colonial times. With an excellent geographic situation it is closing of a tourist circuit, the route of the convents and starting of another one, the Puuc Route, at the present time this immersed one in modernity but conserving this air characteristic of the towns of Yucatan, good natured and traditional.
• Mani, Perhaps the last and more important point of the Route of the Convents is Mani (12 km), where it will find an enormous church, a convent and a museum with explanations in Spanish, English, French and Mayan. It is here where Fray Diego de Landa ordered the burn and destruction of many documents and Mayan statues during the Franciscan movement to turn from natives to Christianity. 5,000 idols, 13 altars, 27 parchments in skin of deer and 197 pots of different forms and sizes were destroyed. When occurring of its great error, Fray Diego began to write everything what could remember. This document is called “Relation of Things of Yucatan”. Today, Mani is a religious site of much importance.

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          December 22, 2009.

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Uxmal Exclusive Tours*

Uxmal Archaeological Zone

• Duration: 3 Hours
• Entrance: $116 Mexican Pesos per Person
• Guide: $550 Mexican Pesos per Group
• N° of Guests: 1 to 25 Maximum
• Reservation: Minimum of 2 hours anticipation
• Attraction: Normal route at archaeological site

Santa Elena

• Entrance: $200 Mexican per Person
• Guide: $550 Mexican Pesos per Group
• N° of Guests: 1 to 25 Maximum
• Reservation: Minimum of 2 hours anticipation
• Attraction: Mayan town route at Puuc zone and Chaman mayan ritual
• Does not include transportation

Puuc (hill) Route

• Duration: 6 - 8 Hours
• Sayil - 5 level Palace - Entrance: $35 Mexican Pesos per Person
• Kabah - 2nd most important city after Uxmal - Entrance: $35 Mexican Pesos per Person
• Labnah - Arc - Entrance: $35 Mexican Pesos per Person
• Loltún - 10 thousand years evidence grottos - Entrance: $85 Mexican Pesos per Person
• Own vehicle is required
• Guide: $550 Mexican Pesos per Group
• Videocamera: $35 Mexican Pesos every zone
• Reservation: Minimum of 2 hours anticipation

Dzibilchaltun & Merida

• Duration: 1 day
• Entrance: $111 Mexican Pesos per Person
• Guide: $550 Mexican Pesos per Group
• Reservation: Minimum 1 day anticipation
• Attraction: Natural well and Museum
• Does not include transportation

Ekbalam (Black jaguar) & Valladolid - Colonial City from XVI century

• Duration: 1 day
• Entrance: $35 Mexican Pesos per Person
• Guide: $550 Mexican Pesos per Group
• Reservation: Minimum 1 day anticipation
• Attraction: Stucco over stone. Visit from Chichen or Coba
• Does not include transportation

* Exclusive Tours for Villas Arqueologicas guests, offered by authorized and certhified Guides by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Tours can be booked directly at the Hotel reception according with the time and anticipation to reserve.