A region of Yucatán
A chain of towns south of Mérida with 16th- and 17th-century Franciscan churches and convents, many built over Maya sites: Acanceh, Tecoh, Mayapán, Tekit, Mama, Chumayel, Teabo and Maní.
1 Pueblo Mágico · 11 places to visit
Pueblos Mágicos in Ruta de los Conventos
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Places to visit in Ruta de los Conventos 11
11 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Cenotes · 6 Towns · 3 Landmarks and museums · 1 Villages · 1
Cenotes
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Cenote Pool Uinic · Cenote · Yucatán
A small, lit cave cenote in a family's fruit garden in Homún, with shallow clear water, a tree growing up through the roof and night swims. -
Cenote Yaal Utzil · Cenote · Yucatán
An open, sheer-walled cenote at the edge of Mucuyché with deep blue water, a wooden staircase and a jump from the rim, run simply by locals. -
Cenote Yaxbacaltún · Cenote · Yucatán
One of Homún's biggest cenotes: a deep, semi-open pool about 15 m down, with diving platforms, a rope swing, rappelling and a simple restaurant. -
Cenotes Hacienda Mucuyché · Cenote · Yucatán
A blue-painted henequen hacienda south of Mérida where a guided tour ends with a swim through Cenote Carlota, a canal and the cave cenote Azul Maya. -
Cenotes Santa Bárbara · Cenote · Yucatán
A family cenote park outside Homún with four cenotes, Cascabel, Chaksikín, Xooch and Pool Cocom, reached by bike or a little motor train. -
Cenotes de Cuzamá · Cenote · Izamal
Next to Homún: at the old hacienda of Chunkanán, horse-drawn carts on henequen rail tracks take you to three cave cenotes.
Towns
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Chumayel · Town · Maní
The village where one of the Chilam Balam books, a key Maya chronicle, was kept; a quiet stop with a colonial church. -
Teabo · Town · Maní
A Convent Route village whose 17th-century church and former convent of San Pedro y San Pablo stand out for their deep red walls. -
Ticul · Town · Maní
The "Pearl of the South": a busy Maya town of shoemakers and potters, and a base for Uxmal and the Puuc Route.
Landmarks and museums
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Hacienda Sotuta de Peón · Landmark · Maní
A henequen hacienda that still processes sisal fiber with its old machinery, with a mule-drawn cart ride and an underground cenote.
Villages
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Yunkú · Village · Yucatán
Tiny former hacienda village in Sacalum with a red-walled casco, small Maya remains and the deep Sabak Ha cenote 2 km away.
Top tours in Ruta de los Conventos
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Getting around Ruta de los Conventos
Fly into Mérida (MID).
Most of the region is reached by road: a rental car is the easiest way to see several places in a day, and buses link the larger towns.
When to visit Ruta de los Conventos
Most of Ruta de los Conventos is at its best in January, February, November, and December.
Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: Maní