Izamal, Mexico

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Travel Blogs from Izamal (9)

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The 'Golden City'
Feb 17, 2008

... is an excellent view of the town and surrounding countryside. The evenings here were spent playing five aside football. To sum Izamal up - relaxing, picturesque, elegant, full of charm and friendly locals not out to rip you off. Accommodation There ...

A travel blog entry by amazingjourneys
Izamal, Izamal, Mexico travel blog
Izamal
Sep 9, 2009

Bright yellow walls, stifling heat and more sopa de lima. A really beautiful city with the oldest known Mayan ruins, half of which are unfortunately now under a huge convent.

A travel blog entry by sethandkate
Four days to relax in a Golden City, Izamal, Mexico travel blog
Four days to relax in a Golden City
Dec 28, 2008

...  the yellow paint, as a souvenir of her time there. Leaning against the walls is not recommended! So ... we arrived in Izamal´s bus station and were taken to our hotel by the local taxi - horse drawn carriages called calezas. How much fun was that! ...

A travel blog entry by ladyandtramp
Après les mouettes, les coqs... mais en moins cool, Izamal, Mexico travel blog
Après les mouettes, les coqs... mais en moins cool
Jan 13, 2008

... , je m'améliore en espagnol. Et le matin à 8 heures, tu as le site pour toi tout seul. Je suis passé à Izamal, une ancienne ville coloniale avec un immense monastère, toutes les maisons sont peintes en jaune, les taxis ne sont pas ...

A travel blog entry by surledep

Attractions in Izamal (1)

Izamal  Ruins
Izamal Ruins

Izamal, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

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Headquarters of Bishop Landa, the friar who both destroyed the ancient Mayan civilization by burning its codexes, and preserved it for posterity by providing the only written documentation of Mayan society.

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