9 haciendas
Yucatán has 9 haciendas with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblo Mágico of Maní. Only Hacienda Sotuta de Peón has a pueblo nearby, 44 km away in Maní.
Many old haciendas are now hotels, restaurants or museums. Some can only be visited on a tour or with a booking, so check before you go.
Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec.
The Haciendas 9
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Hacienda Sotuta de Peón · Landmark · 44 km from Maní
A henequen hacienda that still processes sisal fiber with its old machinery, with a mule-drawn cart ride and an underground cenote. -
Hacienda Kaan Ac · Landmark · Valladolid
A 16th-century hacienda just north of Valladolid, now a hotel with big gardens, a chapel and a restaurant, set in some of the area's best-kept forest. -
Hacienda Kampepén · Landmark · Homún
A ruined henequen hacienda on the edge of Homún, turned into a park with two cenotes, a lit cave with rock paintings and a restored church. -
Hacienda Ochil · Landmark · Abalá
A small restored henequen hacienda on the Mérida–Uxmal road with a Yucatecan restaurant, craft workshops, a little museum and a cave cenote. -
Hacienda San José Chactún · Landmark · Maxcanú
A red-painted henequen hacienda south of Maxcanú, with an arcaded main house, a tall machine-house chimney and Maya ruins on its land. -
Hacienda Santa Rosa de Lima · Landmark · Maxcanú
A henequen hacienda in the village of Santa Rosa near Maxcanú, restored in the 1990s as an 11-room hotel with a botanical garden and a spa. -
Hacienda Temozón Sur · Landmark · Abalá
A 17th-century cattle and henequen hacienda south of Mérida, restored as a luxury hotel in 1997, where Mexican and US presidents met in 1999 and 2007. -
Hacienda Teya · Landmark · Kanasín
A hacienda founded in 1683 on the Mérida–Cancún highway, restored as one of the best-known places to eat Yucatecan food near Mérida. -
Hacienda Yaxcopoil · Landmark · Umán
A henequen hacienda on the Mérida–Uxmal road kept as a museum, unrestored, with its Moorish double arch, machine house, 1913 diesel engine and Maya relics.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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