Quintana Roo

• Attractions

Xcaret 

It is a majestic park by the sea, with unique activities in the middle of the jungle, where its visitors have fun discovering the natural and cultural heritage of Mexico, through amazing underground rivers, its surprising terrestrial and aquatic fauna, the values of its gastronomy and multiple artistic expressions.

Xcaret Park is made up of a wide expanse of jungle, three underground rivers, a cove, beaches and archaeological zones. Here visitors enjoy more than 40 natural attractions, as well as the most representative cultural manifestations of Mexico through dance, charrería, music and the presentation of Xcaret México Espectacular, with more than 300 artists on stage. The Park has five restaurants that provide service every day.

Tulum archaeological zone

Tulum is the most emblematic site on the Quintana Roo coast, due to its privileged location and the excellent preservation of its buildings and wall paintings. Its wall is well known, delimiting the main complex on its north, south and west sides, since the eastern sector faces the Caribbean Sea; It has five accesses and two watchtowers.
The site is chaired by El Castillo, the highest basement in Tulum, which preserves a temple with three entrances decorated with serpentine columns and two zoomorphic masks at the corners. In front of the Castle there is a platform for dances and to the southwest is the Temple of the Initial Series, where the earliest documented date in Tulum was found: A.D. 564.
To the north is the Temple of the Descending God, with a small base on which a building decorated with the image of that deity was built, the main iconographic element of the city. In front of this set is the main road, with several buildings; the most important is the Temple of the Frescoes, whose wall paintings portray a series of supernatural beings residing in the Underworld, which constitute one of the most important testimonies of pre-Hispanic Mayan wall painting. Continued on the road, you can see the palaces known as the House of Columns and the House of Halach Uinik.
In the northeast access, the Casa del Cenote, documents the importance that the Mayans gave to the aquatic cult linked to the cenotes, and near there is the Temple of the Wind God, named for its circular base, related to Kukulcán, god of the winds.

Underwater museum of art

The Underwater Museum of Art or MUSA is a museum located under the waters of the Mexican Caribbean Sea, in the waters surrounding Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc.
It was founded in 2009 by Dr. Jaime González Cano, at that time, director of the West Coast National Park of Isla Mujeres, Punta Cancún and Punta Nizuc; Roberto Díaz Abraham, in that year president of Asociados Náuticos de Cancún (ANC); and British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, the leading artist in the museum's history, with nearly half a thousand life-size figurative sculptures.


Xel-Há Park

Also known as the natural wonder of Mexico, is located in a landscape framed by rivers, coves and jungle passages.
The activities are mainly aquatic, the most famous being snorkeling, due to the wide variety of marine fauna that inhabits its waters. Visitors can also go on bike rides or go zip-lining. Admission also includes unlimited food and drinks at any of its four restaurants.
Among the recognitions that the Xel-Há park has received is the International Certification for Sustainable Tourism EarthCheck Gold, being the first Park in the world to obtain the “gold” category in 2014, the Socially Responsible Company Distinction, the Certificate of Excellence by Trip Advisor and the Award for Best Business Practices for the Preservation and Conservation of a Threatened Species: the Pink Snail

• Typical food

 

Shrimp ceviche, papadzules, balche, seafood toast, shrimp cocktail, seafood broth, among others