Hāʻawi ka Yucatan Peninsula i nā mea he nui. Eʻikeʻoe i nā kahakai nui ma ke kahakai Kepania, nā wahi like me Cancun a me ka Riviera Maya , nā hale mālama'āina a me nā papa wai, ka hale colonial kolokaʻo Mérida , a me ka hananaʻo Yucatecanʻano kūikawā. Akā, i waena o nā hāʻina hoihoi loa o Yucatan, he mau meaʻike kahiko kahikoʻo Mayan iʻikeʻia ma nā wahi a puni.
No nā kenekulia,ʻo Chichen Itzá ka kikowaena politika, hoʻomana a me kaʻoihana koa o ka Mokupuniʻo Yucatan. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā mākaʻikaʻi me nā mākaʻikaʻiʻo Mexico . Ua hoʻonuiʻia ke kūlanakauhale mai 300 a 900 AD, ua haʻaleleʻia, a ua hoʻokumu houʻia mai ka 1000 a 1250 ma lalo o ke kānāwai Toltec. ʻO kēia ke kumu i loaʻa aiʻelua mau wahi o Chichen, ka "kahiko" a me ka "hou." ʻO Chichen Itza ka hale kaulana loaʻo Chichen Itza ka Castillo,ʻo ia hoʻi ka "Castle," i hoʻolaʻaʻia no ke Kupika i Hoʻoukaʻia,ʻo Kukulkan. Ma nā'āpana, kahi hāmele o ka mālamalama a me ke aka ma ke alapiʻi eʻike ai i kaʻano o ka nahesa. ʻO ka inoa o ka pūnaeweleʻo ia "ka lihi o ka pūnāwai o ka Itzaes."
Kahi: 75 mile (120 km) ma ka hikina o Mérida a me 60 mau mile (195 km) ma ke komohana o Cancun.
Hanaʻia ma waena o 400 a 1000 MH, Ua kūkuluʻia ka papa ma nā wahi kaiʻehā. ʻO kahi wale nō o nā hanana i kūkuluʻia he 6,500 haneli. ʻO ia ka pūpū o kahi pūnaewele o nā alakai i kapaʻiaʻo sacbeoob (ka nui o nā sacer ,ʻo ia hoʻi ke alanui keʻokeʻo). ʻO ka Nohuch Mul Pyramid ,ʻo ia ke kumu kiʻekiʻe loa ma kahi a he 120 mau kapuaʻi i luna. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe eʻae i ka vertigo, e piʻi i ka piko kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe keʻoluʻolu i ka nānāʻana i ka ulu lāʻau a puni. I ka malamaʻo Mayan,ʻo Coba keʻano o ka wai wai.
Kahi: 95 mile (150 km) mai Cancun, 28 mile (45 km) mai Tulum
03 o 10
ʻO El Rey
Paul Mannix Mea Hana Makau
ʻAʻoleʻikeʻia ka inoa mua o kēia pūnaewele, akā ua kapaʻiaʻo ia ka "Mō'ī" ma ka'ōlelo Pelekānia. ʻO ka inoa o kēia manawa e pili ana i kahi kiʻi pōhaku i loaʻa ma ka pūnaewele e hōʻike ana i ke poʻo me ka poʻo poʻokela. Ke hōʻikeʻia nei kēia pōhaku ma ka Cancun Archeology Museum. ʻO ka wahi i hoʻolālāʻia he 47 mau hale kahiko i kūkuluʻia i waenakonu o kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi i hoʻolakoʻia i kaʻoihana moana a me ka lawaiʻa.
Kahi: ma kahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi o Cancun i ka makahiki 18 ma ke alanuiʻo Kukulcan.
04 o 10
Mayapan
ʻO Richard Maschmeyer / Robertharding / Getty Images
ʻO kēia pūnaewele, nona ka inoaʻo "Mayan Flag", he hapa ia o ka pilinaʻekolu me Chichen Itza a me Uxmal, akā hiki i kona wēlau ma hope o ka hāʻule o Chichen Itza, ma waena o 1250 a me 1450. Ua manaʻoʻiaʻo ia ka ikaika hope loaʻo Maya. ʻO kaʻaoʻao o nā mea'akamai'āina heʻelua a me ka hapalua mile mile a he wahi mau ka hale o nā hale kokoke 4000,ʻo ka nui o nā hale noho. Aia kekahi o nā hale kūkulu i nā kiʻi pena. ʻO Mayapan he Castillo kahi mea hoʻopiʻi o ka mea hoʻokahi ma Chichen Itza. Kahi: 27 mile (43 km) ma ka Hikina hikina o Merida
05 o 10
ʻo San Gervasio
Dave G. Houser / Getty Images Hoʻokomoʻia mai 200 200 a hiki i ka hoʻouluʻana o Sepania i nā makahiki 1500,ʻo kēia ka nui loa o 30 mau mākaʻi Maya i loaʻa ma ka mokuʻo Cozumel. ʻO ia ke kikowaena politika a me ka hoʻomehana waiwai o ka mokupuni aʻo ka halepule hoʻi o ka akua wahineʻo Mayanʻo Ixchel, akua akua hānau a me ka ulu. Ua hele mai nā pilikā mai ka mahinaʻo Mei e hoʻomana iā ia. Kahi: Ma kaʻaoʻao'ākau o ka mokupuniʻo Cozumel, Ke alanui kaʻaʻi Km 7.5
Hiki pono i kahi o ka huina hale o Cancun, ua like kēia'anikena ma kahi o ka Cancun Maya Museum . Ua noho ka Maya i kahi papahana ma kahi o 800 mau makahiki i hala a hiki i ka hōʻeaʻana mai o nā kāpena Pelekānia (kahi kokoke 1250 a 1550 AC). Aia ka papahana i kahi o 40 mau hale, a ua weheʻia i nā maka'āinana he 5,ʻo ka nui nui he pyramid o 26 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe. Kahi: Boulevard Kukulkan Km 16.5 ma kahi o ka hokele o Cancun.
Manaʻoʻia he inoa ka inoa mua o kēia kūlanakauhale, akā,ʻo ka inoa o kēia inoaʻo "Wall". ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona loa loa o Tulum, kahi kūlana nani loa ma kahi pali e ka wai'ōmaʻomaʻo o ka Moana Karipiano. ʻO ka hale paʻahao o Tulum he heluna wale nō aʻelima hāneli mau kānaka i loko o kona mau pā, a he mau aliʻi wale nō paha, aʻo nā poʻe kama'āina hoʻi e noho ana ma waho o nā pā. Aia ka pūnaewele ma kona piko i waena o 1200 a me 1520 aʻo ia kekahi o nā pae mua i haʻiʻia e nā Spaniards. ʻO nā hanana nui i loko o ka pūnaewele,ʻo iaʻo El Castillo , i hanaʻia ma keʻano he kōkua hoʻokele, e alakaʻi ana i nā hana hana Mayan ma ka haʻalulu i ke kahakai, a me ka luakini o nā Frescoes. Kahi: 81 mile (131 km) hema o Cancun ma Highway 307. ʻO ka'Āpana Kūkaʻikaʻiʻo Tulum
08 o 10
Uxmal
Nā kiʻi a Guillermo Aldana i hāʻawiʻia e ka Hui Pelekaneʻo Mexica
ʻO kēia ke kahua nui loa o ka moku Puuc a aia ma kona piko i waena o 600 a 1000 AD.ʻO kona inoaʻo ia hoʻi, "Hōʻiliʻiliʻekolu" a "ʻekolu manawa i kūkuluʻia." ʻO ka moʻolelo o ka hoʻokumuʻana o ke kūlanakauhale,ʻo ia kekahi mea iʻike i ka mō'ī, a liloʻo ia i aliʻi hou a nani i kūkuluʻia nā hale o Uxmal. ʻO ke Pyramid of the Dwarf (i kapaʻiaʻo Pyramid of the Magician) ke aupuni. Nui nā hale i kāhikoʻia i nā kiʻi kālaiʻia. Kahi: Uxmal kahi i 48 mau mile (77 km) hema o Merida ma ke alanui 261.
09 o 10
Xcaret
Ka Maya Ruins ma Xcaret. Flickr mea hoʻohana ma kahi o ka Creative Commons
ʻO Xcaret kahi kahua hoʻolālā e hoʻopuni ana i kahi'āpana o nā meaʻaila o Mei. Ma muli o kona wahi ma kahi o nā nalu nui loa ma ia wahi, he wahi kūʻaiʻoihanaʻoihana kēia pae. ʻO kona inoaʻo ia ka "liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi." Kahi: 35 mile (72 km) hema o Cancun
ʻO kahi papa wai me nā mea i hōʻinoʻia ma kahi o ka honua, kahi'āpana'āina o Xel-Ha wale nō i kahakahaʻia. ʻO kēia kahi he wahi kapu nui kahi i hoʻohanohanoʻia ai nāʻano akua likeʻole. ʻO ke kai moana nui hoʻi a me ka hale kūʻaiʻoihana. Ua piʻiʻo ia ma waena oʻelua mau wā ulu, mai 100 a 600 a mai ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kenekulia 12 a hiki i ka hōʻeaʻana o nā Spaniards i ka 1500. ʻO Xel-Ha keʻano "i kahi i hānau ai ka wai" i Mean. Kahi: 75 mile (122 km) ma ka hema o Cancun