Tulum Maya Ruin Site, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Chichen Itza from Cancun, Getting There:
Chichen Itza is best reached by bus out of Cancun, Valladolid, or
the City of Merida.
Oaxaca, Veracruz, Villahermosa, and other cities.
ADO Buses serve to the entrance to Chichen Itza from Merida,
Cancun, Valladolid and Piste. There is a bus ticket booth in the
Chichen Itza gift shop.
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Chichen Itza is best reached by bus out of Cancun, Valladolid, or
the City of Merida.
- Air
- First Class Bus, ADO
Oaxaca, Veracruz, Villahermosa, and other cities.
ADO Buses serve to the entrance to Chichen Itza from Merida,
Cancun, Valladolid and Piste. There is a bus ticket booth in the
Chichen Itza gift shop.
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Tulum is a Ruin Site on the Yucatan, Peninsula in
Quintana Roo State, Mexico, a pre-Colombian
archaeological site built by the Mayan civilization.
Buses from Cancun make daily round trips to Tulum.
Quintana Roo State, Mexico, a pre-Colombian
archaeological site built by the Mayan civilization.
Buses from Cancun make daily round trips to Tulum.
Chichen Itza Ruin site Yucatan has
a later style of building done in the
Puuc style with many sculptures of
the rain God Chaac
a later style of building done in the
Puuc style with many sculptures of
the rain God Chaac
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Tulum from Cancun, Getting There:
A small ADO terminal at the Tulum Ruin Site entrance will sell tickets for
a return to Cancun or onward to Tulum City for trips to Chetumal
Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, Villahermosa, and other cities.
- Tulum can be reached by local bus out of Cancun. ADO Bus
A small ADO terminal at the Tulum Ruin Site entrance will sell tickets for
a return to Cancun or onward to Tulum City for trips to Chetumal
- Playa del Carmen City of Tulum, Collectivos serve from the Tulum
Ruin Site entrance to Tulum City and Playa del Carmen for
- Flights from Mexico City reach Cancun and Merida.
Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, Villahermosa, and other cities.
Tulum Ruin Site
occupies a hilltop with a
view of the Caribbean
Sea and a small beach
at its foot.
The site was occupied
by the Maya when the
Spanish arrived. It was
one of the last active
Mayan sites with
building stages between
1200 AD and 1550AD.
occupies a hilltop with a
view of the Caribbean
Sea and a small beach
at its foot.
The site was occupied
by the Maya when the
Spanish arrived. It was
one of the last active
Mayan sites with
building stages between
1200 AD and 1550AD.
The beach at the base of the ruin site of Tulum is open to the public and makes a good spot to cool off after
a visit to the ruin. The old beach at the left side of the ruin has been closed in favor of a larger beach at the
front of the ruin reached by wooden steps.
a visit to the ruin. The old beach at the left side of the ruin has been closed in favor of a larger beach at the
front of the ruin reached by wooden steps.
Tulum was a fortified city enclosed by a 16 foot
high wall which still exists. Trading and sea born
commerce occupied Tulum, according to
researchers.
The architectural style resembles the southern
Maya found at Chichen Itza not the elaborate
northern Puuc style.
Tour buses reach Tulum from Cancun, 80 miles
north on the coast.
high wall which still exists. Trading and sea born
commerce occupied Tulum, according to
researchers.
The architectural style resembles the southern
Maya found at Chichen Itza not the elaborate
northern Puuc style.
Tour buses reach Tulum from Cancun, 80 miles
north on the coast.
The beach to the left of the ruin site has
been closed in favor of a larger beach
at the base of the site
been closed in favor of a larger beach
at the base of the site
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