Tourism

Main Square or Historic Center

The city of Valladolid was founded in 1543 and was originally located in the Mayan town of Chauac-Há, but on March 24, 1545, the town was moved to Zací, the capital of the Mayan chiefdom of the Cupules. Valladolid is the second most important city in Yucatán and the oldest in the state. In 2012, the city was incorporated into the list of Magical Towns of Mexico, being the second to receive that designation in the state of Yucatán. In the Historic Center, especially on weekends, you will find a great variety of snacks, sweets, esquites, marquesitas, corn ice cream, among other flavors, a very colorful place to spend the afternoon, also on Sundays there is a danzón dance, whether you just want to enjoy the show or encourage yourself to dance; You can also buy handicrafts in some of the shops around. Valladolid is a city that still retains its colonial style, but without a doubt, it also offers a wide variety for all tastes and needs. Place principale ou centre historique.

Church of Saint Servatius

Witness of important events of the caste war, its tower served to hold cannons that in the hands of the rebel Indians started the caste war, also known for bloody events that occurred inside, known as "the crime of the mayors"; In its upper part there is a clock that, thanks to the care of a family of local watchmakers, has been maintained over the years; its two towers with bell towers are finished off with a cross carved in stone, each one. A church that undoubtedly bears witness to the glorious past that keeps the history of Yucatan.

Ex-Telar La Aurora (Library)

Pedro Sainz de Baranda established in 1824 La Aurora de la Industria Yucateca, a spinning and weaving factory. The company was destroyed by fire during an attack by Mayan rebels in 1845 and remained abandoned for several years. Later it functioned as a military barracks, federal secondary school, public jail and headquarters of the Third District Court. It currently houses a theater and the Pedro Sainz de Baranda public library. The property was adapted and currently retains the style in which it was built. The former loom occupies a building made of masonry with vaulted ceilings supported by buttresses. Its dimensions are 45 by 75 feet, occupying a total extension of about 150 by 200 feet. The construction is surrounded by a fence of more than three meters high.

House of Culture

It is a porticoed building based on semicircular arches that rest on cylindrical stone columns, both on the ground floor and on the upper floor. The spaces on the lower level are framed with stone and a lintel in a mixtilinear fashion. The access of the carriages is a vain of greater proportion. On the upper level, the spaces are not framed, while the corridor is delimited by a wrought iron railing with wooden handrails. Inside there are some parts framed with stone and wooden gates. It has mosaic, stone and wooden floors. And in its patio there is an archway with the same architectural characteristics that the façade exhibits. It is located in the same building as the Municipal Palace, in the Historic Center. Now they are offices of the Directorate of Municipal Culture and their visiting hours are from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Causeway of the Friars

It is a traditional colonial street fully recovered and restored, bordered by colonial-style houses, with paving stones, landscaping, lanterns, restoration and integration of facades to offer a splendid and evocative tour. It is located near Calle 41-A, between 46 and 54 (for the 5 Calles) in the Sisal neighborhood.

Convent of San Bernardino de Siena

Considered an architectural treasure for its Franciscan style and its Baroque air, it is one of the buildings that are a vestige of the arrival of Spanish evangelization to the Mayans, it is one of the seven buildings founded by the Franciscans, the second largest after the one in Izamal. It is made up of a church, chapel, an ex-convent, atrium and even an orchard; Inside there is an altarpiece carved in wood, painted in gold, near the image of Santa Teresa and the Sorrowful Virgin.

San Roque Museum

It is a simple but interesting museum. It is located in a 16th century house that was originally built to be a hospital. Here some archaeological pieces, ancient crafts and some traditional Mayan medicine utensils are exhibited.

Zací Cenote

It is located a few blocks from the city center. It is a cenote that is accessed through a small tunnel with steps, it is 45 meters in diameter and 80 meters deep. It is not suitable for swimming, but some locals even dare to dive because they are more familiar with the cenote. The water is green due to the large amount of vegetation that surrounds it. On the roof of the cenote you can see some bird nests that come and go, creating a noisy but at the same time spectacular atmosphere.

Samulá Cenote

Near the city of Valladolid, one kilometer in the town of Dzitnup is the Samulá cenote. It is a beautiful underground cavern that will surprise you with its natural beauty and the spaciousness of the place. The people who protect this place have cleaned and formed an infinite number of paths that lead you not only to the entrance of the cenote, to its craft stalls, but also to enjoy nature on a long walk in its surroundings, which you will undoubtedly enjoy.

X'kekén Cenote

This cenote takes its name from a legend. According to the local residents, some of them had a little pig and every time it got lost in the mountains it would return full of mud even in times of drought. When they decided to follow him, he took them to a cave, upon entering it they realized that it was not a cave but a cenote and because of this it is known as the X'keken cenote (pig in Mayan).

Suytun Cenote

The Suytún cenote, whose meaning is “stone center”, is located in the Suytún de Fernández y Mendoza Livestock-Ecological Ranch, at kilometer 8 of the highway that connects Valladolid with Puerto Juárez.

Ek Balam Archaeological Zone

Ek Balam is a Mayan archaeological site in Yucatán, Mexico. It is located 30 km north of the city of Valladolid, 2 km from the Mayan town Ek Balam.

Tourism in Valladolid and surroundings