We will move from Mérida to the city of Izamal, considered a colonial jewel, this city was founded by the Spanish in the mid-16th century on the ancient Mayan city. During the trip you will enjoy the fields planted with henequen, the green gold of Mexico.
Arriving in Izamal you will perceive the fusion of pre-Hispanic, colonial and contemporary elements that characterise the yellow city, also known as “The City of Three Cultures”.
We will begin by visiting the Kinich Kakmó pyramid, the largest in surface area in the Yucatan Peninsula and the third in Mexico. If you dare, you can climb it to get the best view of the city.
We will walk between the cobbled streets and colonial houses capturing the best photos, to reach a corner where we will rest and have a refreshing drink while we let our imagination run wild and delight ourselves with the magic of that place.
On this tour we will also make a stop and visit the Cultural Centre Museum, an old house from the 16th century, very famous among the inhabitants of Izamal and much visited by tourists. Here, artisan pieces divided into 5 categories are exhibited: clay, wood, metal, vegetable fibres, textiles, and several among which are listed seeds, skin, feathers, stone, paper, and more.
You will have the opportunity to visit the Convent of San Antonio de Padua. This masterpiece of colonial architecture was built on the ruins of a Mayan shrine and has the second largest closed atrium in the world, after Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican.
We will go through its picturesque alleys aboard a carriage, a colonial carriage pulled by a horse, while you discover the archaeological zone immersed among its yellow and white painted houses, a detail that gives authenticity and personality to this town.
You cannot leave Izamal without first tasting the best of its gastronomy, therefore, we will take you to a magnificent culinary space of Yucatecan food where some ingredients from the colonial and contemporary times are integrated with traditional Mayan techniques, managing to transmit in each dish a culinary journey.
We continue to our last stop, the workshop house of Don Esteban, named Grand Master of Mexican Folk Art by the Banamex Cultural Fund and who opens the doors of his house to show us how his hands transform cocoyol and dzibul seeds, and thorns of henequen into true pieces of art and fine jewellery. His creativity, the use of ancient Mayan techniques in combination with contemporary tools and fine materials such as silver thread, among many others, give way to the creation of pieces that you can only find in this part of the world.
We will start our trip back to Mérida to end the tour.