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In this guide, I’ll share the best Mayan ruins near Playa del Carmen, along with directions, entrance fees, and other important details about each archaeological site.

The pyramids here aren’t as large as other Maya ruins in Mexico, but the setting, on 40ft-high cliffs above turquoise Caribbean waters south of Cancun, more than makes up for it.

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old traditions, and an opportunity to learn about the country’s history ...

Cobá, Quintana Roo For an excursion from Cancún or the Riviera Maya, pass up the popular trips to crowded ruins and head to Cobá, where vegetation is barely held back and some pyramids are ...

Some of the 1,000-year-old Maya ruins. Photo from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History Kohunlich was a large Maya settlement founded around 300 B.C., according to the institute.

Although some of the ruins date back more than 1,000 years, the city reached its peak between the 13th and 15th centuries with an estimated population of 1,000 to 1,600 inhabitants.

The Maya ruins are on many travelers’ bucket lists, but that doesn’t stop them from making mistakes once they get there. I've visited Tikal many times and watched tourists make the same mistakes.

I explored the ruins of the ancient city of Tulum, built by the Maya about 1,000 years ago. I visited while on an excursion during my first cruise at a port stop in Cozumel, Mexico.

Experience Caribbean breezes, the jaw-dropping Maya ruins of Tulum, clear artisanal waters in a natural cenote water hole and outstanding Mexican food on the Maya Riviera in Yucatan.

A team of archaeologists in Mexico excavating Mayan ruins near the ancient walled city of Tulum discovered a sealed cave filled with human and animal remains that could be over 1,000 years old.