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  Merida & Yucatan Vacations and Mexico Travel Destinations
Yucatan is home to archaeological sites like Chichen Itza, the most important regional capital of this Mayan area between 750 and 1200 a.D; Uxmal, Dzibilchaltun, the Caves of Lol-Tun and Balankanche, and the colonial town of Izamal.
Merida, Yucatan, economic and social centre of southeast Mexico, is a tourist destination of the first rank.
Merida was named by UNESCO as a Cultural Heritage in 2000, that very same year the OAS (Organization of American States) gave Merida the recognition of American Cultural Capital, winning this prize over important cities like Arlington, Toronto and Vina del Mar. Progreso, Merida's port city, is only 30 kilometers north.
www.bestday.com /Merida_Yucatan   (577 words)

  
  Mérida, Yucatán - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is heavily influenced by the Mayan language, which is still spoken by a third of the population of the State of Yucatan, although mostly in smaller towns and villages.
Merida is located in the Northwest part of the state of Yucatan, which occupies the northern portion of the Yucatan peninsula.
Merida itself is centered around a downtown "centro" typical of colonial Spanish cities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M%C3%A9rida,_Yucat%C3%A1n   (1105 words)

  
 Merida Mexico
As soon as one disembarks at the international airport of Merida, one is ungulfed by the warm air of this land between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and the perfumes of spices and of tropical fruits and flowers.
Merida was known as the “white city” due to the whiteness that covered the façades of its buildings.
Merida is a city with a great cultural patrimony regardless that a great part of its pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern architecture has been lost due to lack of protection and fiscal responsibility.
www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo7/merida.htm   (2317 words)

  
 HOTEL FOR SALE IN YUCATAN - Hotel Panamericana - Merida, YUCATAN, MEXICO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Merida is located In the State's northwest corner and the surrounding area is world-famous for its archaelogical sites, colonial architechture, deep caverns, cenotes, and natural reserves.
Yucatan is also a producer of significant quantities of electricity, with enough capacity to supply its own needs, as well as send part of its surplus to the neighboring States of Campeche and Quintana Roo.
Yucatan is teleconnected to the rest of the world through fiber optic lines, microwave stations and satellites such as, "Solidaridad" and others.
www.hotelpanamericana.com.mx /vta1i.html   (1084 words)

  
 Merida Yucatan Mexico : TravelYucatan.com
Merida is the capital city of the state of Yucatan.
Merida is a safe place to visit and the people are warm and friendly.
Progreso, Merida's port city, is 30 kilometers north and is an interesting area to visit to see the salt-flats and flamingos.
www.travelyucatan.com /merida_mexico.php   (1947 words)

  
 Tour By Mexico ® - Merida City in Yucatan State, Mexico
It is situated in the northeast of the Yucatan Peninsula, 196 km from
Merida is known as the White City, nowadays one of the most tranquil and safest cities in Mexico.
It was built in the first decade of the 20th century, to be the residence of the ex-governor of Yucatan, General Francisco Canton, under the direction of the Yucatecan architect Manuel G. Canton Ramos.
www.tourbymexico.com /yucatan/merida/merida.htm   (912 words)

  
 Yucatan Today - Information Guide for Travel - Mexico
There is a Merida in Europe, the Asiatic Merida and the two Merida's of this continent.
The Museum of the City of Merida, that was previously located next to the Cathedral, is at its new home – the old Post and Telegraph Office mansion.
The various haciendas in and near Merida and beaches are the places where a typical destination wedding is held.
www.yucatantoday.com   (715 words)

  
 Merida Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
However, the Yucatan also is home to two of Mexico's most fascinating inland destinations, the charming city of Merida Mexico and the emerging Mundo Maya region.
Merida Mexico is surrounded by one of the richest collections of ancient ruins found anywhere in the world.
Merida is an important access point for an ambitious multinational promotional effort known as the Mundo Maya, or Mayan World.
advantagemexico.com /merida   (584 words)

  
 The Place - Centro de Idiomas del Sureste - MERIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
CIS is located in Merida, the largest and most cosmopolitan city in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, an area rich in history, abundant in subtropical beauty, and which serves as the gateway to the world famous Mayan archeological ruins.
Merida is a medium-sized city renowned through out Mexico for its safety, cleanliness, hospitality and fine cuisine.
Merida is located on the southeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, placing it only minutes by air from the Gulf Coast of the United States.
www.cisyucatan.com.mx /ingles/theplace.htm   (283 words)

  
 Yucatan Today - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Merida, a city of about 1 million people, is a wonderful mixture of colonial city and cosmopolitan destination.
In the early 20th Century, as a result of the henequen or sisal trade, Merida was the home for numerous millionaires who built their lavish homes on Paseo Montejo, and their impressive haciendas throughout the jungle surrounding Merida.
Crime is not tolerated in Merida, and it has the distinction of the city with the lowest crime rate per capita in Mexico.
www.yucatantoday.com /destinations/eng-merida.htm   (922 words)

  
 Bed & Breakfast at Los Arcos in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Yucatan marble floors and is decorated with antiques from our many years of travel.
Los Arcos Bed and Breakfast is one of Merida´s best kept secrets and quite frankly, we like it that way.
Discover Merida, the Yucatan and Los Arcos B & B. Come by yourself or bring a group of friends and make your vacation a 7 day party.
www.losarcosmerida.com   (224 words)

  
 Capital of Yucatan: Mérida Yucatán, Mexico, Tourist information
Merida is the ideal city for both business and pleasure as travelers can breathe here an air of relaxation and safety to make them feel at home.
Merida graciously combines the stateliness of the old with the pragmatism of the new, the respect for tradition as opposed to the inevitable but necessary invasion of progress.
Merida, the capital city of the State of Yucatan is the home of trade in southern Mexico and also a tourist destination of the utmost importance.
www.playacarguide.com /merida.htm   (740 words)

  
 merida yucatan mexico. general info
Merida, as evey up-to-date city, boasts all manner of modern conviniences: five star hotels, modest pensions, regional and international cuisine restaurants, video bars, discotheques, folk/guitar cafes, and many other attractions that make an unforgotten adventure.
Sunday: "Merida en Domingo" is a very succesfull program stablished since 1990 by the local government and held at the main plaza all day long from 8 a.m.
University of Yucatan: The university was originally established in 1711 as the college of San Pedro.
www.mayanroutes.com /midinfo.html   (3212 words)

  
 MERIDA --- ONE YEAR LATER
Merida, Yucatan.....I returned to Merida in July, 1997 to follow up on my contacts I had made last year while on my grant to facilitate trade between the Yucatan and the state of Mississippi.
The state government is in the process of improving the highways in the Merida area.
It appears as though Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula are no longer one of the best kept business secrets in terms of industrial advantages.
www.mexconnect.com /mex_/yucatan2.html   (764 words)

  
 Merida Real Estate - Casa Blanca Real Estate - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Of more importance is his love of the Yucatan and desire to share that enthusiasm with others.
Anny Schrader, an American citizen, is a fifteen-year resident of the Yucatan, and shares his enthusiasm.
We have haciendas and ranches available in the Merida area in addition to urban properties and beach front houses on the nearby Gulf of Mexico coast.
www.mexonline.com /cbre.htm   (290 words)

  
 Bed and breakfast in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico - Angeles de Merida Bed & Breakfast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Located on the quietest street in Merida, the home is two blocks from Parque Santiago and seven blocks from the Zocalo (town square).
Merida is the largest city on the Yucatan Peninsula.
Angeles De Merida serves a hot breakfast Monday to Friday, and continental breakfast is served Saturday and Sunday.
www.purpleroofs.com /angelesdemerida-mx.html   (614 words)

  
 Casa Santana - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico - BBOnline.com / Activities and Attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Merida is the capital city of the state of Yucatan.
This is by no means to say that Merida still exists in a time warp, the contrary could be said.
Merida is nothing like Cancun or Playa del Carmen and if you want to experience Mexican culture while staying relatively close to the Caribbean Sea then Merida is a great place to go.
www.bbonline.com /yu/santana/activities.html   (241 words)

  
 Merida Yucatan hotels and travel guide: hotels, bed and breakfast, small hotels, boutique hotels, tours, ...
Merida: Yucatan State's Capital; economic and cultural center of Mexico' South-east, is a tourist destiny of first order.
The indigenous towns slowly were converted into neighborhoods because the push of the Spanish population growth and they reproduced in their interior similar characteristic to those of the central nucleus, always with the church and the central square as governing axes.
In Merida, originality and dominion are united with the ancient and the new thing, the respect to the tradition and the modern urban development.
www.meridayucatanhotels.com   (1218 words)

  
 Yucatan Peninsula, merida, history, travel guide
Presently, the Peninsula of Yucatan is "The Golden Door" of the entrance to the Maya World, which in our country occupies the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Chiapas and Tabasco.
The Peninsula of Yucatan is presently made up of three states; Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatan.
If you are one of those people who is looking for culture, security and adventure, the Yucatan Peninsula is the ideal site for it is waiting for you to enjoy fully all things pertaining to archeological vestiges.
www.xaac.com /playacar/yucatan.htm   (1258 words)

  
 Yucatan Student Group Tours - YucaTravel - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Yucatan is the ideal place for school groups in search of somewhere different, offering safety and a variety of natural, archaeological and historical attractions.
Staying in Yucatan can also help widen the students’ panorama and perspectives through comparing the different lifestyles of their own background with the inhabitants of some of the most traditional indigenous communities in Yucatan.
We return to Merida at the afternoon to have an optional visit in the historic El Centro of Merida and then to rest.
www.yucatravel.com /tour_ecomaya.htm   (492 words)

  
 Merida - Mexico Boutique Hotels Destinations
Extensive underwater caves (cenotes) in the area attract the most adventurous of divers while Yucatán beaches are just under an hour away.
Merida has a history that includes mayans, silver shipping, explorers and pirates and a gradual growth.
Many flock to Merida to escape cold winters, but the sunny days of summer with their dramatic evening thunderstorms are also exciting.
www.mexicoboutiquehotels.com /mexico/destinations/merida.html   (275 words)

  
 Merida Yucatan D'Champs hotel.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This very beautiful Hotel is located within the Historical Center of Merida Yucatan, Mexico.
Hotel D'Champs, your hotel in Merida, is a combination of two arquitectural styles: Its colonial building an its modern and functional decoration with a 4 Star Hotel classification.
The general structure of the D'Champs Hotel is divided by two buildings: the seventy room main tower with four stories; And the second building which features only two stories with another twenty rooms.
www.yucatantravel.com /hotels/merida/dchfactsheet.html   (416 words)

  
 Amb. Garza Travels to Merida, Yucatan - Inaugurates Exhibit
On April 15 Ambassador Garza traveled to Merida where he inaugurated an exhibition of contemporary sculpture jointly sponsored by the city of Merida, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Yucatan (MACAY) and the MACAY Cultural Foundation.
The governor of Yucatan Patricio Patrón Laviada and the mayor of Merida Ing.
Along with Autonomous University of Yucatan President Dr. Raul Humberto Godoy Montañez and other university representatives, the Ambassador visited Santa Rosa, a sheep farm in the project in south of Merida.
www.usembassy-mexico.gov /releases/ep050415Merida.html   (387 words)

  
 Merida & Yucatan, Merida & Yucatan Mexico - www.cancun.com
Merida is the biggest and most important city in the Yucatan peninsula, and it is the entrance to an immense pre-Hispanic and colonial legacy.
Recently declared the Cultural Capital of the Americas, the White City has many things to offer its visitors and it is the ideal staring point to visit Mayan archeological sites, the former henequen haciendas that have recently been restored as hotels, and the ecological reserves on the coast.
In Merida and Yucatan, the new and ancient, modern urban development and respect for tradition all blend together with originality and dignity. You can find an array of attractions just by walking through its streets.
www.cancun.com /Merida_Yucatan   (194 words)

  
 Villa Maria - Hotel & Restaurant - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
It is a short walk from the hotel to the Plaza Grande, where you may visit the oldest cathedral in the Americas, as well as the powerful murals in the Governor's Palace painted by Castro Pacheco, depicting the history of Yucatan and the Mayan people.
Traveling by car or autobus, you are only minutes away from the Mayan archeological zone and museum at Dzibichaltun, forty-five mintues from the Gulf coast and the Port of Progreso, and just over an hour from the beautiful and stately ruins of Uxmal.
For more information about Merida and what to do during your stay here, please visit www.yucatantoday.com.
www.villamariamerida.com /location.htm   (190 words)

  
 Yucatan Real Estate Agents - Tierra Yucatan - Merida, Mexico
Last July, Fortune Magazine named Yucatan one of the six best places to invest in the world....and what better than this great old house in the heart of...
Sofia and Maricarmen were there to help us get acquainted with the Yucatan life, David was there to help us get acquainted with the Yucatan laws, and now we come to Zahari, when we saw her walking to us she reminded us of our daughter, Kim, the Mayor of Salem, MA.
She made my purchase of a property in Merida easy by taking care of all the details.
www.jensyucatan.com   (744 words)

  
 Merida Vacation Rentals Bungalow 4BR, Gardenview, Yucatan / Merida, Mexico
We are just a short bus ride into the centre of downtown Merida, where you can explore the city, shop for treasures, or enjoy an excellent dining experience at any one of the great restaurants.
Merida is a central location to many of the fascinating sites of the Yucatan, including the Mayan ruins, bird sanctuaries, and historical towns and villages.
A vacation along this stretch of the Yucatan peninsula can be as active or as relaxed as you choose.
www.a1vacations.com /inkaan/1   (1807 words)

  
 Merida hotels: Information, pictures, and pricing for hotels in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico is the home of more than 70 hotels with over 3500 hotel rooms.
This site is what we believe to be the best choices for hotels available in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico considering the different price ranges and different amenities.
Location: in the very heart of the historic center of the city, right across from Santa Lucia Park, Merida, Yucatan.
www.cancunhotel2000.com /merida_hotels.html   (292 words)

  
 Explore The Culture -- Merida, Mexico : Yucatan Spanish Institute
The city, built on the ruins of the Mayan city of t-ho, has been the social and economic center of the Yucatan since the conquistadors arrived.
Close proximity to ruins and spectacular beaches have attracted Mexicans and foreigners to relocate to Merida.
Even with a population of nearly 800,000, Merida has managed to retain its colonial charm and links to its Mayan heritage.
www.amerispan.com /other_specialized_programs/Mexico/Merida/5   (280 words)

  
 B&B Casa Esperanza - Bed & Breakfast in Merida Yucatan Mexico
Casa Esperanza is an exquisite romantic colonial Bed and Breakfast Inn located in the heart of the historical district, the centre of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
The legendary Yucatecan, Manuel G. Canton Ramos, built Casa Esperanza during the 1890's, not as a hotel, but, originally as his private luxurious residence.
Claudette and Sergio Terrazas, the lodging's proprietors, welcome and invite you to enjoy the enchanting cultured city of Merida and the magical wonders of the Yucatan Peninsula.
www.casaesperanza.com   (176 words)

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