Calesas are a great way to tour the historic areas

Beautiful, historic Merida

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December 29th 2014
My son Dave and I spent two weeks enjoying the blue skies and warm breezes of Mexico’s Yucatán State, using Mérida as our base. It’s a beautiful historic old city, not overrun with tourists, well situated to explore the fabled cities of the lost Mayan civilization. Called “the white city” because of the limestone construction of many of its buildings, Mérida is beautiful, clean and safe ... read more

North America » Mexico » Yucatán » Merida

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more