2001-05-06 04:00:00 PDT Merida, Yucatan, Mexico-- "You drive on the superhighway, as if you are going to Chicken Pizza" - his finger traced the bold purple line on the map streaking past Chichen Itza ...

About to breeze right by what looked like a typical museum reproduction of a cave with a skeleton and the obligatory saber-tooth skull lying outside, I stopped when my peripheral vision caught the ...

A new museum at Chichén Itzá, the ancient Mayan complex located in the north of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, will showcase some of the region’s latest archaeological discoveries, including some found ...

Planning to see some Mexico Mayan Ruins on your trip? Smart choice! As someone who’s been living in Mexico and traveling all over the country, the Mayan sites are some of the most interesting places ...

Mérida is one of those dream destinations where “something for everyone” is not just a tourism-board platitude. In the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, there’s a ton of Spanish colonial and ...

A fan of colonial cities, not artificial tourist enclaves, I was looking forward to Mérida. Like Cancún, it's on the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula, a 3 1/2-hour drive west. But there all resemblance ...

Few moments in travel feel like you're watching history in motion – literally. Stepping aboard Mexico’s gleaming new Tren Maya (Mayan Train) in Mérida and whizzing comfortably through Yucatán to ...

Ready for takeoff? This week Frequent Flier is heading to intriguing Merida, Mexico. The capital of the state of Yucatan, Merida might not be firmly rooted on the tourist map yet, but that is likely ...