Valladolid, Mexico Travel Blogs

Get There Early
Mar 7, 2007 (33 photos)

Out towards the centre of the Yucatan Peninsula there are two Mayan ruins, Ek Balam and Chichen Itza, so we headed to Valladolid a town which is conveniently located near both.  Arriving in this picturesque place we easily found a cheap hotel for the ...

Get your kicks... from Chitchen Itz...
Jan 29, 2007 (39 photos)

... The Top 5 So, to the Top 5. Ruins. Ancient ruins. They've been an integral part of my trip. And now, as I leave Valladolid, unlikely that I will see another ruin for the rest of this trip, I reflect upon the best; the worst. Indeed, there have been ...

Chichen Izta and Chicken Buses Part 1
Aug 20, 2006 (25 photos)

... , but first I must talk about Chichen Itza. After a sad fairwell to Lou I jumped on the next bus available for Valladolid, which was unfortuantely a local bus that stopped everywhere on route and didn't take the highway. I got to Valladolid quite late a ...

Valladolid
Sep 22, 2007 (4 photos)

Valladolid

Chichen Itza to Valladolid
Sep 25, 2008 (3 photos)

... it. There were loads of iguanas there, which was very exciting as iguanas are my new Favourite Thing Ever. On to Valladolid yesterday on another bus - we already feel like old hands! Bit of a trudge when we arrived as for some reason every ...

Spring Equinox at Chichen Itza
Mar 21, 2007 (1 photos)

... touristy and overhyped in my humble opinion...and then I hopped back on another bus in late afternoon arriving in Valladolid in time for dinner. I plan on spending the morning tomorrow walking around this charming little colonial village before making my ...

A surprisingly pleasant town
Feb 15, 2008

... . As well as this hotel, there are many others clustered around the pleasant Plaza Principal to choose from. Transport Valladolid´s main bus terminal is conveniently located on the corner of Calle 39 and Calle 46, just a couple of blocks from ...

Day 3: Mi nombre es Optimus Prime
Jun 17, 2009 (1 photos)

... while we watched Transformers (dubbed into Spanish), and ate the remainder of the Pineapple pizza. So, now we find ourselves in Valladolid. It´s a cute, cozy little town that seems to be far less touristy than some of our more recent visits. We found that ...

Wet
Sep 18, 2008

Arriving in Valladolid we annoyingly discovered that the bus station had been moved from right beside the zócalo to a 20 minute walk away. However it didn´t seem too far when we were still fresh from the air conditioned bus so we decided to walk. Oh my god. ...

Rio Lagartos
Apr 2, 2007 (47 photos)

Rio Lagartos small village with eco reserve on coast for birds. Went on a 4hr boat trip - saw crocodiles (fab!), pink flamingoes , herons and lots of other birdlife (See photos). We went floating in water with hunners of salt, probably the output from ...

Valladolid
Mar 29, 2007 (46 photos)

28-3-07 Went via Walmart to Valladolid - bought v. small tent (turns out WE can't even stretch out lying down in it!) and had lunch while sitting on garden furniture display outside shop - freaked Mexicans out!! Got bus to Valladolid - we've renamed ...

Valladolid
Sep 25, 2008 (334 photos)

... virgins, the cenotes (natural wells), a large court where they played some kind of a ball game and an observatory. We were back in Valladolid by the early afternoon for a quick meal and a dip in the pool to cool us down. In the afternoon we ...

Uxmal, Chichen Itza and Tulum, let's go!
May 20, 2009 (26 photos)

... us off. Pissed off, we caught the 5:35 p.m. bus from the parking lot bound for Cancun which dropped us off in Valladolid, 30 minutes away. Chichen Itza will have to wait until tomorrow. Hostel La Candeleria was closed but a man at a cafe recommended Hotel ...

Sweet times and material in Valladolid
Dec 8, 2008

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Cantankerous Cenote!
Oct 2, 2009

I arrived in Valedolid (i town i only heard about yesterday) at 5 this morning, 'fresh' from an eleven hour night bus and made my way to Antonio's Guesthouse, about which the Lonely Planet wrote " this cantakerous character rents the cheapest rooms in ...

Cenotes and storms
Sep 1, 2009 (4 photos)

... meant the cenotes, underground caves with pools you can swim in were superb. We cycled out to them from the lovely town of Valladolid, a lot more laid back than Cancun, and had a good swim there. Could have just done with another swim when we cycled back ...

Rio Lagartos
Sep 9, 2007

Rio Lagartos

The queens of the ruins - Ek Balam early
Dec 9, 2008

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Valladolid and Chichen Itza
Aug 26, 2006 (12 photos)

... much since. We were up at dawn the next morning to catch the early bus to Chichen Itza, one of Mexico's best Mayan ruins. Being in Valladolid gave us about a 2 ˝ hour headstart on the tour groups coming from the coast. Everything went according to ...

cave swimming
Dec 5, 2005 (5 photos)

the next morning we woke with huge ambition to check out the local cenotes *water caves* as well as make our way to tulum. getting to the cenotes was easy enough, a short collectivo ride took us into cool caves with fresh water good enought for ...

Valladolid
Nov 18, 2006 (12 photos)

Stop over in Valladolid on our way to Chichen Itza.

I Don't Have The Shits
Feb 21, 2008 (16 photos)

... owners, we all hit the sack. The next day we (me, Kane, Geoff, Rich and Ulrik) got a bus to a little town called Valladolid, where we are now. Although there's not a huge amount to do here, I really like it because it's the first place that actually ...

Ruins and Cenotes
Jan 27, 2007 (37 photos)

... , just as the tour buses were turning up. Back in town we decided to hire bikes and ride out to the cenotes nearby to Valladolid. They are large underground caverns with an opening to the surface above and a pool of water covering the bottom. They are ...

In Yucatán
May 29, 2007

We spent the night in this nice town before heading to Chichen Itza, the biggest mayan site in Mexico.

Valladolid - Chichen Itza
Jul 27, 2007 (9 photos)

... to stay in the right hostels), I decided to finally start the trip and leave for a village/little town called Valladolid. Very nice typical mexican village, where everyone I met was kind of half my size...and all wearing old typical Mexican ...

The calm eye of the tourist storm
Feb 5, 2008

Valladolid is a sleepy, mid-size Mexican town in the center of the tourist circuit of the Yucatan Mayan ruins. Not many tourists stop here, so it made a nice respite from the party-mad and photo-mad tourist groups. There's not loads to do here, but cycling ...

Valladolid, Chichen Itza and Ekbalam
Jan 7, 2007 (39 photos)

... I get out there and bust a move with the locals.  We figure it would be good for a laugh for all present! Valladolid is a really pretty small town, with very friendly locals and good food.  It is a great central location for visiting many sites ...

Slurpee mirage.
Apr 8, 2007 (8 photos)

... rolled down quiet roads leading to Merida. It was quite peaceful being one of the only cars on the road. We reconnected to Mexico Highway 180 somewhere along the way, and found ourselves zooming past the town of Merida. On the outskirts of town, we found ...

Last stop before el Caribe
Dec 20, 2006

We decided to make one final stop before heading to our final Mexican destination: The Caribbean coast. Valladolid is a small, bustling Mayan Mexican town, which is nice, but one day is sufficiente. We arrived quite late yesterday afternoon and once ...

day 35- Tulum to Valladolid
Jul 30, 2007 (2 photos)

WEATHER: hot in Tulum, warm but pleasant in Valladolid. TOTAL MILEAGE: 70.6 miles All currency is in pesos.    I woke up early and took a walk on the beach. I found no shells to collect-- the beach is very rocky-- but it was fun to look and ...