Colorful, colonial-era streets studded with historic churches and modern boutique hotels make Mérida one of the most beautiful places in Mexico. However, surrounded by lush tropical forests dotted ...

If you’re considering a trip to Mexico and can’t seem to decide between Mexico City or Cancun, take a chance on the city of Mérida, hidden right in the heart of the Yucatán Peninsula. As the capital ...

Glide over the "White City" of Mérida, Mexico, the cultural heart of the Yucatán. The drone sweeps across the Plaza Grande, ...

Mérida is the hub of the Yucatán, sitting in the middle of the peninsula with easy access to archaeological sites, funky beach towns, and colonial culture. It’s a hip and visitor-friendly city, with ...

Mérida is the Yucatán Peninsula’s cultural epicenter, a genteel mix of provincial and cosmopolitan with a friendly small-town feel, despite its 777,000 residents. As a woman traveling alone, I hadn’t ...

Guide to the best hotels and things to do in Merida. Maps, travel tips and more.

Admire some of Mérida’s most beautiful buildings, but don’t forget about their dark past. Colonized and rebranded in 1542 by a Spanish father-son duo, the so-called White City—formerly known to the ...

Mérida is one of those dream destinations where “something for everyone” is not just a tourism-board platitude. In the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, there’s a ton of Spanish colonial and ...

MÉRIDA, Mexico — Until this winter, Mérida had just been a busy city I passed through on my way to the ancient Mayan ruins. Then, in mid-December, I made it my destination. I pretty much had to: I’d ...

YUCATECANS are fiercely proud of their culture, sprinkling their Spanish with Mayan words and quick to recount the stories of resistance and revolution that set this region apart from the rest of ...

The goal when I map out a trip to Mexico changes every time I go. Sometimes I want to rot on a lounger by the pool, and ...

When you mention Mexico, images of mariachi bands and platters of delicious tacos and guacamole might come to mind along with thoughts of huge all-inclusive resorts dotting the coast. What you may not ...