Experiences
Cenotes
The Yucatán is hollow underneath — thousands of freshwater sinkholes, from tour-bus cathedrals to ones you find down a dirt track. Which are worth the entry fee, which get overrun by noon, and how to swim them responsibly.
Yucatán Peninsula
Pueblo
Bacalar
Freshwater lagoon of many blues, five hours south of the Cancún crowds.
Worth itNatureHomún
A cenote town south of Mérida where the swimming holes still feel local.
Worth itBeachTulum
Maya ruins over the Caribbean, and a beach-club scene that priced out the beach.
Skip unless…PuebloValladolid
Colonial town between Cancún and Mérida, with cenotes inside the city limits.
Worth it