Bécal town world famous handmade Panama hats and Uxmal archaeological site. UNESCO heritage of mankind.

It will take a fifty minute drive to arrive to our first stop: the typical town of Bécal. This town is famous for its original hand make panama hats. The procedure to do a fine panama hat is very complicated and it requires a lot of patience and dedication, it takes one month to a skilled person to do one first quality hat. At this town we will have the chance to meet one family that is dedicated to the hat production, a member of the family will explain us the procedure to do a panama hat, why it is very difficult to do it and why the hats from that town are considered the best. After visiting the town we will continue to Uxmal which is one of the most beautiful Mayan archaeological sites ever built; it’s the best example of the Puuc architectural style which is considered the finest among many archaeologists. At Uxmal, a different feeling comes through the air, a feeling of energy, mysticism or power. The includes the following: The magician pyramid, the nuns quadrangle, the parrots square, the ball court, the governors palace (with more than 20,000 sculptured stones, is considered the most beautiful structure in ancient América), the turtles temple, the great pyramid and more.