Hacienda Yaxcopoil (YASH-coh-poh-EEL) is a Yucatan plantation dating back to the 17th century. The hacienda has been the location of several film and television productions, and is featured in most travel guides. Its archives are frequently cited in historical texts and research. The Hacienda may be the best preserved but unrestored hacienda in the Yucatan. The Hacienda is open daily for tours, a private guest house, museum of Mayan artifacts, gift shop, snack bar and events.

Include some fun Spanish or Mexican/Mayan Culture classes to your vacations while in Merida. ECORA Spanish School offers high quality Spanish Immersion Programs at school or personalized private tutoring at home or hotel per hours. It’s an excellent place to meet locals or make new friends from around the world. Internship and volunteer opportunities available. It is open year-round including Christmas, Spring Break and summer holidays. Bilingual Tutors with University degrees in Language Teaching.

Here is a friendly place with a nice patio and reading room to compliment a well rounded collectin, including a large collection of books on Yucatan and Mexican history and culture.  There are...

Facing the main square in Merida, this extraordinary building dates back to 1549 and is built with intricate artistry in the Spanish Plateresque style.

Also known as Plaza de Armas, this city square contains some of the most historically significant and aesthetically pleasing buildings in Merida.

This museum traces the city through history, from its colonial Spanish plazas to the modern bustling streets of today.

If you are spending some time in Merida or it's surrounding areas,  try a visit to Dzibilchaltun. This Mayan archaeological site less than 10 miles from Merida. The ruins here aren't as grand as...

Merida's City Museum is located in the renovated Correo (Post Office) building, just next to the city mercado. On the first floor are exhibits about the many-faceted history of the city of Merida, from its birth as the Mayan city of T'ho, to the Spanish conquest by Francisco Montejo, the henequen boom of the early 20th Century and current renaissance as the center of culture and commerce of the Yucatan Peninsula.

An ancient Mayan building thought to be a school and named by a Spanish historian who thought it looked like a European monastery.

Once the home of General Francisco Canton Rosada, this building now houses artifacts and memorabilia as the Anthropology Museum.

This wide avenue, modeled after Paris' Champs Elysees, is lined with the mansions of Merida's old aristocracy.

Beautiful little park in the heart of Merida, full of cafes, restaurants, shops and monuments.

Artists gallery just steps from Parque Santa Ana and the ex-escuela that is now an art museum. Two artists (from Morelia and Oaxaca) have moved to Merida and opened a gallery showing their work and work of other artists from around the country. They also hold regular classes to show students how to make alebrijas, the colorful dream-like animal sculptures for which Oaxaca has become famous. Children and adults are welcome.