Chichen Itza
 
This world famous archaeological site, is located 120 km from Merida via federal highway 180 in the State of Yucatan Mexico. It is the most visited archaeological site in the peninsula of Yucatan, due to its extraordinary architecture beauty and its geographical location.
- Archaeological site: Opens From 8 to 17 hrs, 7 days a week.
- Museum: From 8 to 17 hrs.
- Light & Sound Show in Spanish*:
Winter Hour: 19 hrs.
Summer Hour: 20 hrs.
*You can rent simultaneous translation equipment for English, French, Italian and German; also Mayan translations are available.
Uxmal
Uxmal is a large pre-Columbian ruins of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. It is 78 km south of Mérida, Yucatán, or 110 km from that city on Highway 261 towards Campeche, Campeche), 15 km south-southeast of the town of Muna.
Uxmal is pronounced "Oosh-mahl". The name is Pre-Columbian and it is usually assumed to be an archaic Maya language phrase meaning "Built Three Times”.
Dzbilchaltun
These are tha closest ruins to the capital Merida. It is located in the highway that connects Progreso and Merida. The most famous structure is the Temple Of The Seven Dolls, so named because of seven small effigies found at the site when the temple was discovered under the ruins of a later temple pyramid by archaeologists in the 1950s. On the Spring Equinox, the sun rises so that it shines directly through one window of the temple and out the other.
The other major feature of Dzibilchaltún is its cenote, which is used as a swimming hole by local residents year round. Dzibilchaltun also contains the ruin of a 16th century Spanish church built at the site after the conquest.
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