Maxcanú

Map of Maxcanú

Places to visit in Maxcanú

Towns · 1 Villages · 2 Archaeological sites · 1 Landmarks and museums · 2

Towns

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  Maxcanú · Town
  A market town on the Mérida–Campeche road with a Tren Maya station, a big red-ochre church, and Oxkintok and the Calcehtok caves close by.

Villages

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  Chunchucmil · Village
  A former henequen hacienda village west of Maxcanú that gave its name to one of the largest and most densely built Classic Maya cities in the north.
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  Kochol · Village
  A village 15 km west of Maxcanú built around a henequen hacienda whose arcaded main house and machine house still frame the old square.

Archaeological sites

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  Oxkintok · Archaeological site
  One of the oldest cities of the Puuc region, 70 km south of Mérida, with the Satunsat labyrinth, an early ballcourt and hardly any crowds.

Landmarks and museums

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  Hacienda San José Chactún · Landmark
  A red-painted henequen hacienda south of Maxcanú, with an arcaded main house, a tall machine-house chimney and Maya ruins on its land.
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  Hacienda Santa Rosa de Lima · Landmark
  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.

Neighbouring municipalities

Halachó · 5 Abalá · 6 Umán · 17 Santa Elena · 4 Mérida · 66 Kanasín · 4 Oxkutzcab · 4 Conkal · 3

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