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Yucatan known through Xichen

Today I'm going to talk about a travel experience in the Yucatan Peninsula Xcaret Friends group created for those who want a comprehensive travel is called Xichen and basically consists of a tour to visit the Yucatan of yesterday and today.

This tour departs from Cancun or the Riviera Maya, beautiful places rich in culture and nature where to board a luxurious tour bus, we walk the thorny lowland Maya.

On the journey you are accompanied by bilingual guides, some of them Mayan who know the history of this great civilization and talk about everything related to culture, from the timing, number systems, astronomy, rituals and codices that have transpired throughout the planet.

The first point to visit the great Mayan city, Chichen-Itza where they learn about the history and different periods or stages over more than two thousand years put the Maya as one of three cultures in the world. Architecture, art, astronomy, science, metallurgy, jewelry, mathematics, militarism, trade routes, agriculture, religion and cosmogony, were some basic disciplines for the subsistence of this mighty city whose heyday was around the tenth century later and after several conflicts with other Maya areas, the decline of Chichen-Itza shrank in the thirteenth century.

today by visiting this archaeological site, its ruins and buildings with architectural styles and periods and because of the Maya dynasties, see temples like the Warriors, L a platform of Venus, Ball Game, the Tzompantli, and many more buildings.

highlights the wonderful temple of Kukulcan, or also known as "The Castle" whose construction is the representation of a Mayan calendar as each step is a day of the year, its location was established mathematically to record the arrival of spring and autumn through the equinoxes, these seasonal changes can be witnessed by a play of shadows, the feathered serpent that goes to the sacred cenote which can also be visited by a sacbé or white road as did the Mayas for reasons of pilgrimage and offerings.

Other important temples and buildings that you can not miss are: the observatory or spiral where astronomers see the stars and planets, thereby achieving an understanding of hundreds of years, the temple of a thousand military columns with similar Toltec influence to that found in Tula Hidalgo.

Since 1988 the city of Chichen-Itza was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a couple of years, recognized as one of the seven new wonders of the world.

The next point to visit is V alladolid , a city that took a very important role in the area at the time of evangelization therefore, made a visit to the former convent of San Bernardino of Siena, a Franciscan monastery with a museum and waterwheel. The whole is painted in pink and surrounded by beautiful gardens and fruit trees.

then comes a 700 meter walk through the streets of Valladolid, painted houses along the road of the Friars are pastel, some old and some rejuvenated I like this place because you will see typical of the place and the daily lives of Valladolid. The pharmacy, the tortilla nixtamal the shop, perfumery, bakery, the shoe repair and the market are some typical examples of what can show people, in addition, houses with open doors are testament to the quiet life, people in their rocking chairs or hammocks, the smell of home cooking and housing freshness invite to want to get to know people and neighbors, or sit with them to see people go.

Time to eat! and for that you get to a restaurant called the house which is a mansion with an interesting history, architecture, decoration and friendly people make you feel at home. La Casona specializes in Yucatecan food buffet, "papatzules", roasted suckling pig, stuffed cheese, eggs motuleños, poc chuc, beans with pork, panuchos with shredded chicken, lime soup and other dishes with a touch of habanero chile, do not forget desserts like rice pudding and ice cream are welcome by the most demanding palates, and take a water Xtabentun horchata and anise that serves as a digestive.

The last visit is the encounter with nature in the heart of Valladolid, Cenote it is the sacred cenote Zaci open or forty-five meters in diameter and twenty-six feet high. For the Maya these vents or natural ponds considered sanctuaries religious sources of wisdom, was the entrance to the underworld and were considered sacred by them yielded the same offerings.

natural This place is awesome because of some steps you open a green natural cave with stalactites, trees and vines, with half of the vault open and a mirror of clear water where live freshwater fish, the scene simply invites you to meditate and relax for a few moments while watching it boasts deep water about 60 meters to the bottom, if you want to cool down and I recommend it a lot and from that point is seen the majesty of all the Cenote.

To end the trip you can buy handicrafts carved in wood or textiles that are customary in the peninsula.

unequivocally reinforced this trip is a good combination of services and attractions of one of the richest cultural areas of Mexico, if you want more information see www.experienciasxcaret.com

Until next time!