15 THINGS TO DO IN MERIDA, YUCATAN - THE BACKPACKING

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

15 THINGS TO DO IN MERIDA, YUCATAN

1. Give a walking tour of the Paseo Montejo, the longest avenue (with just over 5 km) and beautiful Merida. Admire its old houses dating from the colonial times and the Porfiriato. You will be amazed!
2. Make a walk in Calandria (kind of horse-drawn carriage) through the main streets of the city center; you've never met another angle

several buildings, monuments and squares of the "white capital."

3.Conoce Canton Palace, a spectacular building in neoclassical style, today, houses the Regional Museum with its fantastic collection of pieces of the Mayan culture.
4. On the Paseo Montejo, admiring the imposing monument to Motherland. Take a look at each of his prints that evoke different moments in the history of Mexico and the Yucatan in particular.
5. In the center of the city, admiring the facade of the famous Montejo Palace or house, built under the conqueror of the region, Francisco de Montejo, in the second half of the sixteenth century. Today, this building is home to an elegant museum sponsored by Fomento Cultural Banamex.
6. Visit the Cathedral of San Ildefonso that recently just opened a spectacular lighting at nightfall that allows viewers even better admire its beautiful architectural details.
7. Eat a ball marquesita cheese or peanut butter in any plazas and public parks that are located in the downtown area of ​​Mérida.
8. Visit the Macay Museum, located next to the Cathedral. Admire its magnificent collections of art objects ranging from Mayan pieces to complex expressions as graphic artists, paintings, watercolors, sculptures and digital art!
9. Taste the best of Yucatecan cuisine (panuchos salbutes, lime soup, roasted suckling pig, among other delicious dishes) at the various restaurants that are located in the first frame of the "white" Mérida. We recommend visiting Los Almendros, a traditional establishment located near the Parque La Mejorada.
10. Get on the Turibús that, with stops at strategic points in the city, meet different corners of the same while having the funniest photos in the company of your partner, friends or family. Sure they will have fun!
11. On weekends participates legends interesting tours that are organized in the city center. With years and experience, this original "dramatization of stories" every day becomes more fans or followers.
12. If you like history, join in guided every day and several times starting from the Central Plaza of Mérida views. Sign up in advance at the tourist service modules that are located under the arches that decorate the building of City Hall.
13. Choose hats and guayabera, the typical clothes of the state of Yucatan, in any of the establishments that are located in the downtown area and at various points of the Paseo Montejo. Meridense looks like a whole with these lightweight textile fibers fashion and impose worldwide!
14. Many people say that to get to know each region needed to know what drink is made and drunk there. In Merida, you can not not take a shot of the famous Xtabentún offered in various establecimeintos the city center and various shopping malls.
15. If you like sports, in Merida favorite it is baseball. Do not miss any of the parties Yucatan Lions, the team of the city that in recent years, was champion of the Mexican League. For lovers of football, playing table here (in the Division of Ascent) are the deer, with its elegant uniform light blue tones. Support them!