Chichen Itza

Yucatán · Mexico

Chichen Itza, Mexico
Photo: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to March
Budget
$$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

This Maya archaeological city is renowned for the stepped pyramid of El Castillo, whose equinox shadow play evokes a serpent descending the stairs. The site also holds a great ballcourt, an observatory, and a sacred cenote.

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