Tour to Colonial Cities & Dzitnup

The tour departs at 08:00. The first town to be visited is Izamal. This town has a long history of importance among every other place in the Maya World; at the Maya period (before 1500 A. C.) it was an important center for pilgrimage due to the fact that the city was all dedicated to the most important Mayan God: Itzamná. From the Spaniard arrival and the colonial era until now, the town had hosted the sculpture of the Holy and miraculous Virgin Mary of the “Inmaculada Concepción” Queen of the Yucatán, which is the most venerated icon after the Holy Virgin of Guadalupe. The Pope John Paul II visited Izamal in 1993. Izamal has other aspects that make’s it unique: it has the biggest convent in América and the second in the world after the Vatican; the town is all yellow painted, it has many Mayan pyramids inside the downtown. After visiting Izamal the tour continues to Valladolid the second most important city in the state of Yucatán after Mérida. The city was founded over the ruins of an ancient Mayan site called Zací in 1543 A. C. It preserves its colonial style in the main square and in many of its streets, the most important places that we will visit are the San Gervasio Cathedral, San Bernardino Convent, the majors palace, the main square and the priests road. Valladolid is famous for its gastronomy; many of the most important Yucatán dishes were created there. After Valladolid we will make a stop at the Dzitnup natural well and cave, one of the most beautiful in all the Yucatán. Expected length of the tour: eight hours.