Hacienda Xcanatun in Mexico’s Yucatan is a step back in time to a luxury boutique hotel that was once an actual working hacienda.
Holiday Inn, Mexico style
July 17, 2011 by
The Holiday Inn in Merida, Mexico, the capital city of Yucatan, might not be what you would expect in a Holiday Inn.
Haciendas in the Yucatan and strolling the square in Merida
June 24, 2011 by
We visit the Hacienda Yaxcopoil, once a thriving sisal plantation of 22,000 acres. It dates to the 17th Century, but today it is a sleepy museum. Since very little has been done to restore the buildings, it feels real, almost as if the hacienda could even today be a working farm, albeit an aged and run down one. But there is beauty in the faded paint on the walls.
Dzibilchaltun–gateway to Mayan ruins
February 21, 2011 by
If your cruise ship docks at Progresso, Mexico on a Western Caribbean itinerary, don’t miss an opportunity to visit Mayan ruins at the archaeological site of Dzibilchaltun.
