Merida offers bus service daily for round trips to  
Chichen Itza. First class and second class buses go
daily to Chichen Itza.. Second class service reaches  
nearby Dzibilchaltun and the beaches at Puerto
Progresso.
Merida Hotels near the main square  
  • The Hotel San Juan,
370 Pesos offering a pool, in room WiFi, AC Ventilator,
hot water and a short walk to the square.  
Merida Lodging, Yucatan, Mexico,  Hotels
and Bus Service for trips to Chichen Itza, Uxmal
Merida Hotels, Lodging:
Hotel San Juan offers all the amenities at a
budget price.  Pool, hot water, in room WiFi
and proximity to the main square or Zocalo,   
370 Pesos and up.

  • Posada Toledo
Nice location a few blocks north of the Zocalo
in a beautiful 1880 building, 350 Pesos and
up.

  • Hotel Caribe
Merida's Elegant old Hotel Caribe is ideally
located near the cathedral on a small park.  
Offering rooms for 722 Pesos and up, indoor
dining, open atrium dining.
  • The Gran Hotel
The Gran Hotel is adjacent to the Caribe,
outdoor dining, 580 Pesos night, a block
from the main plaza.
  • Hotel Casa del Balam
The Hotel Casa del Balam is an elegant
hotel near to the main plaza.   Restaurant
1500  Pesos.

Merida is a modern city of about one million,
founded by the Spanish in the 1540s.  The
city offers a preserved colonial center with a
striking plaza, a cathedral, museums, and
great weekend nightlife.   Streets near
the Zocalo, Parque Francisco Canton and
Parque Hidalgo are often closed to traffic at
night for a street festival of dance and
music.
Keep this in mind when looking for a hotel
Merida grew and prospered due to the growing and processing of sisal a fiber made from the plant
henequen, an agave processed for the making of rope.
Merida offers a variety of lodging.  The
cosmopolitan city in northern Yucatan has
long been a base for travelers headed for the
Mayan ruins of Mexico.

ADO bus service reaches Merida  
Merida offers bus service daily for round trips to  Chichen Itza. Local buses go daily to nearby
Dzibilchaltun
Merida Ruin Dzibilchaltun
From Merida,  Chichen Itza is 75 miles and reached by bus  ADO first class buses reach the town of
Piste, 2 km from Chichen Itza,  where you can find hotels and camping.  |The Ado Buses continue on to
the ruin entrance where they pick up and drop off passengers.
.  Find Merida's first class bus terminal   four blocks south and four blocks west of the main square.  There
you will find first and second class bus stations,  corner of Calle 69 and 70
To Dzibilchaltun from Merida:  
To reach the ruin site of Dzibilchaltún take the second class Autoprogreso Bus from a small terminal on
Calle 62, two blocks south of the main square.  Take the bus bound for Chablekal or Dzibilchaltun.

Buses for Chichen Itza, Uxmal, and other sites leave from the second class station located four blocks
south and four blocks west of the Zocalo
Parque Francisco Canton
Parque Francisco Canton, the center of town at the Zocalo.  The
Cathedral in the background is on the northeast corner.
Merida's Elegant old Hotels include the Caribe,
above, located near the cathedral,  offering rooms
for 722 Pesos and up.
Merida in the Yucatan of Mexico offers Plentiful Hotels and a
variety of lodging options.  
Bus Service is available to the ruins of Chichen Itza and
Uxmal from the preserved colonial center with a striking
plaza, a cathedral, museums, and great weekend nightlife.
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A Mayan temple complex once stood where the massive
Cathedral of San Idelfonso, built in the later half of the 16th
century, now stands.


The Cathedral occupies the northeast corner across from
the main plaza.   
The streets around central plaza are rimmed by other
colonial buildings and museums including the Palacio
Municipal built in 1735, and the Palacio de Gobierno built
in 1892 and housing murals by Fernanco Castro Pacheco.


Many Merida streets are numbered.  The even numbered
streets run north south, the odd numbers run east west.