Merida City in Yucatan offers Bus Travel To Chichen Itza Ruin Site

Terminal Locations, Merida

The first class terminal in Merida serves ADO Buses to all directions. The terminal is next to the second class
bus station Terminal Autobuses Merida Estacion (TAME), on the corner of Calle 70 and 69, seven blocks from
the central plaza and Cathedral.

Second Class Terminal

In the second class terminal, find bus routes to Uxmal at 45 Pesos every couple of hours and to Chichen Itza,
served by Sur Buses. These two terminal are located in the same area on Avenue 70, ( Calle 70.)
Walk or cab to the Zocalo, seven blocks

Walk to Zocalo

To walk to the terminal, start at the southwest corner of the square and walk three blocks south on Calle 62 to a
park and church. At the park, go three blocks west. This will take you to the Terminal Autobuses Merida or
Second Class Bus Terminal. One more block and the ADO station will be on your left.

Bus Routes

Bus Routes from the second class terminal serve to Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Campeche, and many other
locations.
The ADO first class terminal serves to Villahermosa, Cancun, and all of Southern Mexico to Mexico City and
beyond

Merida, Yucatan, Bus Travel To Chichen Itza Ruin Site,
Merida Bus Service

Merida
On weekends, the street pictured left near the central
Zocalo and the Cathedral San Idelfonso closes down and
bands set up at around 10 pm and play into the night in a
large block party.

Hotels

Consider this when booking a hotel.
Food vendors open stalls and visitors dance salsa.
On December 17 a party starts that last for a week.
The weekend nightlife gets rolling when streets around the
main plaza are closed to traffic for the street festival of
dance and music.
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 a ruined 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. The art
museum is next to the Cathedral and the Museum of
Anthropology is a few blocks north

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 Bus Travel:
Buses run daily from Merida to many Mayan
Ruin sites
Merida offers a great base for visiting the ruins
of Chichen Itza, Dzibilchaltun, and Uxmal.
The cosmopolitan city in northern Yucatan
also has a great anthropology museum and
art museum

Merida offers a great museum of anthropology and an
art museum

Merida Parque Francisco Canton,
the main plaza of Merida

Parque Francisco Canton, The Zocalo or main plaza

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Merida Yucatan Bus Travel: Merida Bus Stations Destinations, Details

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

Chichen Itza, Valladolid, and Cancun,

First Class buses run by ADO Bus Line run from the (CAME) Station located on Calle (street) Number 70, (70th
Street) between Calle 69 and 71 The local people are more apt to call it ADO. ( Ah-day-oh )
The ADO bus for Chichen Itza runs a bus route to the village of Piste, a short distance to the ruins, and to the ruin
entrance for pick up and drop off. Walk or cab, 2 km if you are staying in Piste. Piste offers hotels and camping.
Valladolid also makes a great base for Chichen Itza trips with plentiful good hotels and frequent transportation to
the Chichen Itza ruin site.

Uxmal

To reach the ruin site of Uxmal, go to the second class station next to the ADO station. Direct bus to the Uxmal
ruin entrance is run from the second class terminal by Sur Bus. 45 Pesos one way. This is an air conditioned
bus. Return buses run around 3:15 pm and another at 4:15 but seldom run exactly on schedule as they come from
Campeche. You can buy your 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 from the southwest corner of the main Square. These
buses also reach the beach area of Puerto Progreso, beach lodging, and the cruise ship terminal.
Be sure to ask for the Dzibilchaltun bus, as buses bound for Puerto Progreso will leave you with a three mile walk
to the ruin site.

Biosphere Preserve of Celestun

: Buses leave from the Noreste Station for the fishing village noted for its
flamingo population and bird sanctuary Calle 50 and 67. Estacion Noreste

Izamal,

The Yellow City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izamal)
Buses for Izamal leave the second class station located between Calle 69 and 71 next to the ADO first class
station on Calle 70.

Campeche

Campeche is served by ADO Bus from the first class ADO Station. ADO buses bound for Villahermosa stop at
Campeche and Ciudad del Carmen. (Cd del Carmen)

Merida in the Yucatan provides Bus Service to
Chichen Itza, Dzibilchaltun, and Uxmal Ruin Sites.
Buses run daily to the Mayan Ruin sites from
Merida, a cosmopolitan city in northern Yucatan
that has a great anthropology museum, art
museums, and nightlife

Merida Genteel Hotels, the Hotel
Caribe, 722 Pesos per night and up

Merida Mexico Yucatan, Map

Dzibilchaltun Bus
Local buses run by
Groupo Auto
Progreso go from
the Autoprogresso
Terminal daily to
nearby Dzibilchaltun
and the beaches at
Puerto Progreso.
Find the station on
Calle 62, two blocks
south of the Zocalo.
Take the Chablekal
bus for the ruin site
of Dzibilchaltun

Chichen Itza From Merida By Bus

ADO Bus

ADO first class service reaches Chichen Itza from
the Central Autobus Merida Terminal (CAME) in
Merida on the corner of Calle 70 and 69, seven
blocks from the central plaza and Cathedral.

Bus Ticket

The one and a three quarter hour trip costs 114
pesos for the 75 miles.

Departures

Buses leave three times each day.
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)
The buses serve to the town of Piste, 2 km from
Chichen It za, where you can find lodging and
camping.
Cab or 15 minute walk to the ruins or stay on the
bus until it arrives at the entrance to Chichen Itza.
The bus stops in front of the artisan market at the
entrance.