Are the Mayan ruins worth seeing in Costa Maya?

It's one of the best Maya ruins in Mexico you can visit. The Chacchoben Archaeological Area (Zona Arqueológica de Chacchoben) is about an hour from Puerto Costa Maya (Mahahual), 40 minutes from Bacalar, two hours from Tulum, and an hour from Chetumal and the Belize border.



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Chichen Itza – Mexico The architectural styles of the area are said to be different than in any other Mayan city, which many historians believe is due to the diversity of the region. The area is the most visited archeological site in Mexico and roughly 1.2 million tourists comed to marvel at the ruins each year.

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You SHOULD NOT take a “souvenir” Maya sites are sacred places, and as such you should respect the grounds and any of the ancient buildings erected there. Preserving history is of utmost importance, even if a piece of pottery you found while traipsing a temple might look great on your mantle.

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The ruins left by the Maya are the remnants of a civilization going back 5,000 years ago. The remaining constructions are the living testimony of the sophisticated lifestyle they had. The Mayan temples, stelae and ceramic artifacts have an appealing history that attract curious visitors from all over the world.

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Chichen Itza is the most visited archaeological site in the country.

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Chichén-Itzá is the most famous and best restored Mayan site on the peninsula. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988 and one of the seven new wonders of the world. Both Chichen-Itza and Tulum are the most visited ruins in all of Mexico.

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Once a sleepy enclave of fishing villages nestled between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, today Costa Maya is a gateway to incredible natural wonders, ancient Mayan ruins, and some of Mexico's best diving. There are activities for every traveler's pace in Costa Maya.

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For the most part, it will be pretty safe to travel to Chichén Itzá, I would just take extra precaution if you are choosing to drive to this remote location, as some of the roads in Mexico can be quite treacherous and unpredictable, if you also don't know the roads or area very well I would definitely reconsider ...

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Huápoca. These cliff-dwellings might be Mexico's least visited archaeological site.

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1. The Mayan Calendar. The famous Mayan calendar was based on a dating system used in Mesoamerican societies. However, it was the Maya who standardized this system into a modern calendar.

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Two thousand years ago, the ancient Maya developed one of the most advanced civilizations in the Americas. They developed a written language of hieroglyphs and invented the mathematical concept of zero. With their expertise in astronomy and mathematics, the Maya developed a complex and accurate calendar system.

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