Yucatan Peninsula Vacation?
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- lvl_13
Looking to take a trip to the Yucatan Peninsula. Any suggestions as far as what/where we should go? looking for a beach to hang out on and interesting places to explore while not on the beach. I've never been (and beach vacations are actually pretty foreign to me), so any suggestions are much appreciated. Anyone know anything about Tulum? Any other cities we should stay?
Basically what I'm looking for are suggestions on places to stay/things to explore/and any insight for better or worse on the area.
Thanks in advance!
- CALLES0
hope you keep your head on your shoulders
har har
- kenteeko0
Check the Lonely Planet forum. Found lots of good ideas there before I took the trip.
- lvl_130
Also how about Merida? anyone been/stayed there? how long does it take (or how easy is it more importantly) to get to the beach?
- BusterBoy0
I stayed in Playa del Carmen with my wife a few years back. Caught a ferry over to Cozumel, hired two motorcycles and rode around for a day. Fabulous.
- draydog0
I love the Yucatan, have had a couple of great trips down there. Tulum is amazing with gorgeous beaches and although it's getting touristy it's way more mellow than the resorts to the north. I recommend renting a car in Cancun and driving there. The beach is pretty far from the town and if you want to go to store, a cab ride is about 20 minutes. Drive to the Sian Ka'an bio-reserve just south of Tulum there is a Cenote (exposed underground river) just inside the park that you can swim in. Take a day trip to the Coba Mayan ruins less touristy than Chichen Itza. There is also a really cool Cenote just out side the town of Coba. Totally worth cooling off with a swim after visiting the ruins.
Drive back to Cancun, drop of the car and take cab to the bus terminal to grab a bus to Merida. Great colonial city interesting architecture everywhere. Last trip we rented another car in Merida and drove rural roads and worked our way over to Campeche. There are Mayan ruins everywhere, amazing tropical fruit orchards, and Ruins of colonial Henican plantations. We stayed overnight in Campache and drove back to Merida the next day. Tons more recommendations if you want, just shoot me an email. These were pictures from our last trip: http://www.flickr.com/photos/907…
- lvl_130
thanks for the info draydog! do you have any recommendations on where to stay (as far as lodging i mean)?
anyone else have any more info?
- zaq0
5-6 years ago I bought this book http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Can… , rented a car and took off with my girlfriend for a month of exploring Yucatan. It was a fascinating experience: ruins, underwater caves, small fishing villages.
2 years later we returned back and had Mayan wedding with Shaman Don Pedro on a secluded beach.- oh i saw this one. staring j-low or Jennifer aniston? the mariachi guys are goofy and theres a tequila joke around every corner :)sofakingbanned
- ...every corner :)sofakingbanned
- zaq0
new edition: http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Can…
- sofakingbanned0
hey how much did that trip run you and your lady friend? sounds like a good idea...
- zaq0
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