Chichen Itza, Equinox Event, June and September, Mayanl Ruin Site

Bus service from Merida and Cancun reaches Chichen Itza and serves to the entrance parking lot of the ruin.
A bus ticket booth inside sells return tickets or onward bus service to Valladolid, Merida, and Cancun.

Getting To Chichen Itza:
Chichen Itza can be reached by bus out of Cancun or the City of Merida. ADO Bus offer First Class Bus
Service to the entrance of Chichen Itza. 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)

Flights from Mexico city reach Cancun and Merida.

ADO first class buses serve Merida and Cancun from Mexico City, Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, and other cities.
Chichen Itza ADO

Chichen Itza lies half way between Merida and Cancun and is served by daily buses from both cities.

Chichen Itza's Puuc style buildings, called the Nunnery
Complex, have prominent figures of the Rain God
Chaac on the facade. The Mayan Archaeological ruin
site in North Central Yucatan had several building
stages and includes a 9 Th century AD Toltec
influence from Central Mexico and a later Puuc style
influence from the Northern Yucatan Maya.

Chichen Itza, a Mayan Archaeological ruin site in North Central Yucatan is the
largest Mayan site in Mexico.
Chichen Itza was built by the Mayan Culture with 9th Century Toltec influence and
later Puuc influence from northern Yucatan
Date: 300 AD -1250 AD
Chichen Itza is Constructed of Quarried stone and stucco

Fee: 60 Pesos for nationals, 200 Pesos for non Mexicans, approx.
Hours: 8:00- 6:00
Notable Features: The largest ball court in Mesoamerica, the highest Mayan
temple in Mexico. Three architectural styles
A Spring and Fall equinox event.

Chichen Itza's Temple of Kukulkan, dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl, also
called El Castillo, rises on 91 steps constructed at a 45 degree angle. One of the
highest structures built by the Yucatan Maya. Four stairways lead to the top but not
open to the public.

Chichen Itza's Puuc style buildings, called the Nunnery Complex, have
prominent figures of the Rain God Chaac on the facade. The Mayan
Archaeological ruin site in North Central Yucatan had several building stages and
includes a 9 Th century AD Toltec influence from Central Mexico and a later Puuc
style influence from the Northern Yucatan Maya.

Chichen Itza, Equinox Event, June and September,
Mayan Archaeological Ruin Site, Yucatan Mexico

Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza has the largest ball court in
Mesoamerica. Other temples have an
influence from the north thought to be Toltec.

The Temple of the Warriors, over 30 feet
high 130 feet wide, was built in the style of
the Toltecs of Central Mexico, similar to 8th
Century City of Tula.
The temple includes a Chac-Mool sculpture
at the top.

Chichen Itza's Temple
of Kukulcan, dedicated to
the god Quetzalcoatl is
also called El Castillo and
rises on 91 steps
constructed at a 45 degree
angle.
One of the highest
structures built by the
Yucatan Maya. Four
stairways lead to the top.
These stairways are now
closed to the public after an
accidental death in 2006.

Chichen Itza's Temple of Kukulkan:
The temple is considered a stone calendar
building. The 91 steps to the top counted four
times , once for each side of the pyramid , equal
364. A final step to the platform makes the total
365, the number of days in the solar year.

Twice each year during the afternoon of the equinox
a shadow in the shape of a snake appears on the
side of the stairway

Chichen Itza, the
Mayan Archaeological
Ruin Site in Yucatan
Mexico is Dedicated to the
God Quetzalcoatl
Called Kukulkan, The temple
is one of the highest
structures built by the
Yucatan Maya.
Four stairways lead to its top
They are closed to the public.
The buildings at Chichen Itza
show Toltec influence from
Central Mexico.

Chichen Itza ruin in the Yucatan of Mexico
contains buildings similar to the buildings at
Palenque to the north west.

The Observatory is
thought to have
astronomical
alignments

Chichen Itza has the largest ball court in Mesoamerica.

Chichen Itza, Spring and Fall Equinox, Events occur
on March 20 or 21 and September 20-21 each year. A
shadow appears to create the coils of a serpent on the
north facing stairway of the building El Castillo or Kukulcan.

Chichen Itza ruin in the Yucatan of Mexico
contains buildings similar to those at the ruin site
of Tula in central Mexico.

Chichen Itza ruin in the Yucatan of Mexico
contains buildings done in the Puuc style
with sculptures of the Rain God Chaac.

March 20-21 , Spring Equinox
Video of Shadow of snake on E l
Castillo
Youtube video 50 seconds

March 20, 2011

On the side of the north facing
stairway, an Equinox event is
visible in the afternoon of the
Spring and Fall Equinox, March
20-21 and September 20-21