Buses leave the second class bus station in
Merida next to the ADO station daily for trips
to
 Chichen Itza.
  • ADO Buses from the first class station
    serve to the town of Piste
a 2km  walk or cab ride to the ruins. (lodging,
camping)
The ADO Bus then reaches the ruin entrance
to pick up and drop off passengers
ADO Buses make three trips Daily, 6:30 AM, 9:15
AM, 12:40 PM. As of Jan, 2012.  (subject to
change)  
  • Dzibilchaltun Ruin Site
Local buses from Estacion Progresso, two
blocks south of the main center on Calle 62,
make many trips daily to the crossroad for
nearby Dzibilchaltun on their way to the
beaches at Puerto Progresso and the cruise
terminal.
  • Take the Chablekal  bus  (village of
Chablekal)  from this station to reach the
Dzibilchaltun ruin entrance.
Merida, Yucatan Bus Travel To Chichen Itza Ruin Site,
Merida Bus Service
Merida
  • Bus
The Cathedral pictured left occupies the corner opposite the
northeast corner of the main square in the historic center of
Merida. The first and second class bus terminals are
3 blocks
south and 3 blocks west from the southwest corner of the Zocalo.
  • Nightlife
On weekends the street pictured left near the central Zocalo and
the Cathedral San Idelfonso closes down and bands set up to play
into the night in a large block party.  
The weekend nightlife gets
rolling when streets near the plaza are closed to traffic for the
street festival of dance and music.
Food vendors open stalls with tables and visitors dance salsa.
  • Sightseeing
The modern city of Merida is home to  about one million.  The
Spanish founded the city in the 1540s, and built a colonial city over
the Mayan temples.  
The
temple complex once stood where the massive Cathedral of
San Idelfonso, built in the later half of the 16th century, now stands.
  • Museums
The large central plaza is 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. Next to the Cathedral, find the art
museum, several blocks north, the anthropology museum.
Merida was a prosperous city 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 great museum of anthropology a
few blocks north of the center and an art museum
just beside the Cathedral in the center
Dzibilchaltun Ruin Site,  Merida
Buses leave Merida
daily for round trips to
 
Chichen Itza.
3 trips Daily, 6:30 AM,
9:15 AM, 12:40 PM
Local buses go daily to
nearby Dzibilchaltun,
(pictured left),  and the
beaches at Puerto
Progresso.
Estacion Progresso,
two blocks south of the
main center on Calle 62
From Merida,  Chichen Itza is 75 miles and reached also by bus  from the second class terminal. just
next to the first class terminal, three blocks south, three blocks west of the Zocalo or main square.  
Second class service reaches the Chichen Itza parking lot.  Tickets for the return or for onward bus can be
purchased in the Chichen Itza gift shop area.
Collectivos serve between Chichen itza, Valladolid, and Piste.
Cathedral of San Idelfonso on the northeast
corner of the park,
Parque Francisco Canton,
The Zocalo
Merida Parque Francisco Canton
Parque Francisco Canton, The Zocalo
ADO Bus service reaches Chichen Itza from the  CAME Bus Station  in Merida on the corner of Calle 70
and 69, in El Centro.   
The bus makes one and a three quarter hour trip for a brief stop in the town of Piste, (Camping and hotels)
and then continues to the Chichen Itza Ruins entrance parking lot to drop off and pick up passengers.    The
first class ADO Bus to Chichen Itza costs 114 pesos for the 75 miles.
ADO Buses make three trips Daily from Merida, 6:30 AM, 9:15 AM, 12:40 PM. as of Jan, 2012.   (check ahead,
times are subject to change)
 
ADO bus service to Cancun stops at Valladolid, a good way station for Chichen Itza visits because of its
hotels and collective cab service to Chichen Itza.
Collective cabs from Valladolid serve between Chichen Itza,  Piste,  and Valladolid.
Merida Yucatan Bus Service Reaches Chichen Itza Ruin
Site.  Buses run daily from Merida to Mayan Ruin sites of  
Chichen Itza,  Dzibilchaltun, Uxmal and others. Merida, a
cosmopolitan city in northern Yucatan, also offers a great
anthropology Museum and art museum
Merida Ruins Dzibilchaltún
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Stations: Ruins Travel

The Colonial City of Merida offers two first class bus
stations and three 2nd and 3rd class stations.

Bus Travel From Merida

  • Chichen Itza,  
From the second class bus terminal get trips to Chichen
Itza and Uxmal
.  This second class bus terminal is
next to the first class bus terminal where ADO Buses
run.  The first class terminal is called  Central Autobus
Merida Estacion, (CAME) located on Calle (street)
Number 70, (70th Street) between Calle 69 and 71.  
building no 555
The two stations are located 3 blocks south and 3 blocks
west of the Centro Historico main plaza and the Merida
Cathedral.
ADO also runs service to Chichen Itza.  They stop at the
entrance, Cost 114 Peso. ADO Buses make
three trips
Daily
, 6:30 AM, 9:15 AM, 12:40 PM. (As of Jan, 2012, subject
to change)  
Chichen Itza offers a bus ticket window for return service
and trips to Cancun and Valladolid.
Collectivos run from Piste and Valladolid to Chichen Itza.

  • Valladolid,
ADO service to Cancun runs a bus route through
Valladolid.  Buses and collective taxis serve Chichen Itza
from Valladolid.

  • Cancun,
ADO from the first class terminal, Merida.

  • Uxmal
To reach the ruin site of Uxmal, go to the second class
station next to the ADO station. Terminal de Autobuses
Merida  (TAME)
Sur Bus runs a bus route to Uxmal   45 Pesos.
Buy return ticket on boarding the return bus.

  • Dzibilchaltun
To reach the ruin site of Dzibilchaltún go to the Bus
Station Progreso (
Estacion Progreso) on 62 Street
(Calle 62) located between Calle 65 and 67,  two blocks
south of the central plaza. These buses also reach the

beach
area of Puerto Progreso.  Take the Chablekal
bus for the ruin site.  Otherwise you have a two mile walk
in from the main road.

  • Biosphere Preserve of Celestun:
Buses leave for the 60 mile trip to the large Flamingo
colony and bird and animal sanctuary  nature preserve
from the
 Noreste    Station Corner of Calle 50 and 67.

  • Izamal,  
The Yellow City  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izamal)  
colonial city of mostly yellow buildings built atop and
within a huge Mayan city
Buses for Izamal leave the second class station located
between Calle 69 and 71 beside the ADO first class
station.

  • Campeche is served by ADO Bus from the first
class ADO Station.  Central de Autobus Merida
Estacion. (CAME)
ADO Bus routes run to Villahermosa through Campeche.
Nine hours to Villahermosa 498 Pesos
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