Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visiting a cenote when in Mexico’s Yucatán is simply a must-do. The experience is somewhere between mystical and serene – every ...

"There are about 1,000 registered cenotes in Yucatán," our tour guide proudly declares as he ushers us around Gran Museo del Munda Maya, a museum in Merida that showcases Mayan art and history. That's ...

The Maya called them dzonots (sacred wells). The Spanish — mangling the Mayan name — called them cenotes. We call them unsurpassable swimming holes. The Yucatán peninsula, where most of Mexico's ...

The Península de Yucatán contains more than 2,000 cenotes (a water hole unique to the region) of unbeatable beauty. Explore these incredible natural formations and discover, at the bottom of their ...

While Cancun may be famous for the nightlife and party atmosphere of the hotel zone, there is much to see and do outside the confines of the all-inclusive experience. Diving the underwater museum, ...

With kids out of school for summer vacation it’s time to swap bustling city life for tropical views and rolling ocean waves. Families looking for sunny adventures will love exploring the Riviera Maya, ...

I RACED ALONG a narrow trail, slicing through dense brush, accompanied by buzzing bugs, birdsong and frantically scurrying lizards. I was in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, three hours west of the swim-up ...

Mexico is the seventh-most visited country in the world. Every year, more than 40 million people head to the country for sun, sea, culture - and great food. Throughout the pandemic, Mexico has ...

But this is the only cenote where an iron cannon has been found, and it is beneath one of the region’s oldest convents.” ...