Campeche Art, Historic buildings, Landscape + Water sports pictures

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Visit the peaceful beaches, take a kayak out on the water and explore the tropical jungle mountains near this quiet town.

Take a trip to the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple complex and walk around palace grounds and structures designed to greet the morning sun.

What once protected Campeche from plundering pirates in the 17th century today provides awe-inspiring vantage points across the city.

Take a trip to the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple complex and walk around palace grounds and structures designed to greet the morning sun.

Follow the gaze of this statue, which depicts a young woman awaiting the return of her seafaring lover, looking out across the azure waters of the Gulf of Mexico from Campeche’s waterfront.

Take a trip to the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple complex and walk around palace grounds and structures designed to greet the morning sun.

Take a trip to the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple complex and walk around palace grounds and structures designed to greet the morning sun.

Visit the peaceful beaches, take a kayak out on the water and explore the tropical jungle mountains near this quiet town.

Get off the tourist trail in this immaculately preserved colonial city, which boasts picturesque cobbled streets, grand fortifications and plenty of personality.

Join Campeche’s devout residents as they attend Mass at this grand place of worship, which takes pride of place in the heart of the old town.

Take a trip to the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple complex and walk around palace grounds and structures designed to greet the morning sun.

Join Campeche’s devout residents as they attend Mass at this grand place of worship, which takes pride of place in the heart of the old town.

Travel just outside of the city center to explore one of Campeche’s largest colonial forts and the impressive museum housed within it.

Take a trip to the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple complex and walk around palace grounds and structures designed to greet the morning sun.

Join Campeche’s devout residents as they attend Mass at this grand place of worship, which takes pride of place in the heart of the old town.

What once protected Campeche from plundering pirates in the 17th century today provides awe-inspiring vantage points across the city.

Follow the gaze of this statue, which depicts a young woman awaiting the return of her seafaring lover, looking out across the azure waters of the Gulf of Mexico from Campeche’s waterfront.

This impressive landmark stands as a reminder of the grandeur of Campeche’s colonial period and the horror of the pirate attacks that once plagued the city.

Bring your camera to photograph some of Campeche’s finest views from atop the city’s smallest bastion before exploring the grizzly dungeon beneath it.

The only access point for seafarers to reach the walled city of Campeche was via this tall stone gateway. It has stood sentry over the city since the 1600s.

Step back in time and discover how Campeche’s upper classes lived during the prerevolutionary era at this restored mansion.