Why Yucatan

 

Top Ten Reasons to host your program in the Yucatan State:
Yucatan, land of the Mayab, constitutes a great attractive for the tourism, not alone by its large natural attractions, its colonial jewels, its prodigious monuments that give testimony of the brilliance of the Mayan culture, but also by its white beaches and fine sand.

Together proposing a unique concept of a 3 – in- 1 destination:


Colorful Mexico, the Exciting cenotes and the Mayan Heritage:

1. Yucatan opens its arms to visitors, offering its wealth of history, tradition and natural wonders all together with its modern dynamism and development. Here the Maya culture flourished, seen today in archaeological vestiges, a legacy to humanity. Besides, another patrimony can be admired, the architectonic treasure of incalculable cultural value which is the Colonial era, observed in cities such as Merida, Valladolid and Izamal
2. Mayan Legacy: Mérida is the capital of Mexico’s Yucatán state, which includes 22 maintained archaeological sites and other natural attractions. The exceptional cultural heritage of the Mayan. Three thousands years of history, spectacular architecture and the knowledge of a sophisticates people way ahead of their contemporaries.
3. Colonial Legacy: A wonderful city of colonial buildings, houses (some serving as homes and some as businesses) as well as' hotels, restaurants, banks and the American Consulate wrought iron decor, quaint narrow streets, lush garden parks, fountains and horse drawn carriages.
4. Ecology: A gift from the Mayans gods, Flamingo’s reserve located 96 km southwest of Mèrida, with endless natural delights. On one the side the sea and on the other a reserve with shallow, calm lagoon formed of rocks, small islands and dense mangrove forest.
5. Traditions: The Mayan people have inhabited the Yucatan for more than 2,600 years. As the years have passed and they have been invaded by the western world, it is interesting to know that they have preserved many of their rites and rituals.
6. Golf: Merida golf courses La Ceiba offer to the amateurs and professional challenging and playful fields to meet every specific requirement.
7. Dining: The cuisines of the world and the typical from the region are well represented in Yucatan. Gorgeous and diverse setting for elegant and casual atmospheres, first- class food and excel service.
8. Meeting Facilities: State of the art meeting facilities offered by the Convention center and many hotels, tighter with convenient and international links that make Merida and ideal venue for your programs.
9. Airlines: Daily commercial and charter flights connecting Merida forma the main US Cities. To mention some: American Airlines, Continental Airlines, US Airways, Delta Airlines, Mexicana Airlines, Aeromexico, Miami Air, among others.
10. Yucatan is distinguished for its cenotes, sinkholes where underground rivers break through the limestone crust of the earth. The term comes from the Maya word “Dzonot", or “hole filled with water”, truly unique in the world. Besides of being the only source of freshwater in the jungle, cenotes were also sacred to the Mayas, representing the doorway to the spiritual underworld.

The Cenotes and Caverns of the State of Yucatan are a unique experience, an immersion into a world of magic whose beauty seems almost unreal... ...A gift from the gods


Average annual temperature is 30 degrees centigrade and the sun shines 360 days a year.

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