wanted to spend a little more time talking about 3 wonderful restaurants we ate at on our short but sweet visit to Merida.
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Casa de los Venados is a privately owned home in Valladolid and a national cultural tourism asset with the largest museum-quality collection of Mexican folk art - 3,000+ pieces in their personal collection.
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Located right in the heart of Merida’s St. Lucia Park, next to Santa Lucia Church, is Luz del Yucatan. It is a lovely boutique hotel housed in a colonial building. It was built in and around what was once the Convent for the Church of Santa Lucia.
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I have always wanted to stay at a Hacienda. I don’t know exactly when or how I became aware of the architecture, maybe an old Western I watched as a kid, but I have always loved the style.
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Not far from the center of town, and just down the street from the cathedral, is a lovely little hidden gem of a restaurant, La Pigua.
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Located right off the Cuota outside of Merida, Hacienda Teya is a lovely renovated Hacienda established in 1683.
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A three-hour drive by superhighway due east of Cancun to the colonial city Merida shatters all illusion that any similarities exist between Cancun and what I call real Mexico.
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Our travels eventually took us away from the coast and into the Yucatan and states beyond. We have never lost our passion for discovering the architectural treasures; from the ruined church in Kikil, to the fabulous renovated hacienda, Casa de los Venados, in Valladolid.
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Valladolid is an easy destination from the Riviera Maya or Tulum. Take the Tulum-Coba Highway west until you reach the interchange (round-about) leading to Coba in one direction, the monkey sanctuary in the other, and Valladolid straight ahead.
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