Palenque Area Ruin Sites Map,Bonampak, Yaxchilan,
Tonina, Chiapas, Mexico
Views of Palenque's temples from the Temple of the
Cross
Palenque Area Ruin Sites
  • Palenque Ruin Site,
(Palenque ZA on this map)  can be reached by collective taxi from the nearby City
of Palenque.  Collective vans make runs every fifteen minutes and pick up
passengers along the way.  
The sculpture called the Cabeza Maya is a handy place to wait for a cab to the
Palenque ruin.  10 Pesos  

  • Bonampak  Ruin Site
From the parking lot just west of the Cabeza Maya, collective vans run to the
crossroads for the Bonampak Ruin Site. Vans run every hour from 5 am and cost
between 70 and 100 Pesos.  They drop passengers at the crossroads for
Bonampak where collectivos or private cabs continue the 14 miles to the Bonampak
ruin site.  

  • Yaxchilan
The collective vans out of Palenque continue beyond the Bonampak crossroads to
the Frontera (Frontier), Frontera Corozal,  for boat trips on the Usumacinta River
and the Ruin of Yaxchilan.   Collective van 70-100 Pesos
Have 15 Pesos additional for entrance into the park preserve.

  • Tikal Ruin Site, Guatemala
From Frontera Corozal,  boats take passengers up river to the Guatemala town of
Bethel where limited bus and collectivo service runs to Santa Elana and Flores for
trips to the Tikal Ruin Site.  Book transportation ahead with San Juan Tours agents at
a Palenque tourist agency to find the times and book a seat.  Otherwise use the local
bus out of bethel or collective van out of Bethel

  • Tonina Ruin Site
Reach Tonina by ADO bus to Ocosingo and then taxi or collectivo.  
Tours also serve to nearby cascades of Agua Azule and for the Ruin Site of
Tonina and for San Cristobal de las Casas.
Friar Diego de Landa (1524-1579) described the city in 1567 in a book that is available at Palenque's museum
bookstore:  "Yucatan Before And After The Conquest. "
Occupied from 100 AD, the site's Classic Period buildings that still stand, took shape between 600 AD and 900
AD.
Legend and stone inscription suggest that the first inhabitants were Olmec people.  Palenque offers artifacts in the
small museum along with the recreated tomb of Pacal.
Palenque's Temple of the
sun
Tonina can be reached from Ocosingo ADO bus stop
Yaxchilan Ruin Site
reached by van
service/collective taxi from
Palenque and then by boat
from Frontera Corozal
Tomb of Emperor
Pacal, ruler of
Palenque from 615 AD
to 683 AD
Palenque Area Ruins Map includes Tonina,
Bonampak, and Yaxchilan Ruin. Collective cabs run
to the falls at Agua Azule to the Bonampak Ruin
Site, and to Frontera Corozal for boat trips on the
Usumacinta River to the Ruin of Yaxchilan.
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Palenque Ruin Site is an abandoned stone city built by the Mayans between the 5th and 9th centuries AD near the
Usumacinta River in Mexico's southern most State of Chiapas.
Palenque was once an important Mayan political center.  The Mayan rulers abandoned the city around 900 AD.
The small City of Palenque (85,000) occupies a hillside 8 miles from the  site  where ADO bus service is  
available.
Tikal Guatemala Maya
Ruin Site
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Tikal Flores     Frontera Corozal,   Tonina,    Uxmal,     Bonampak / Yaxchilan,    Palenque,    Chichen Itza,
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