Riviera Maya
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The Riviera Maya is a tourism and resort district located to the south of Cancún, Mexico. It straddles the coastal Federal Highway 307, along the Caribbean coastline of the state of Quintana Roo, loca
Tulum is in the Riviera Maya
Punta Maroma, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Tulum
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Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on 12-meter-tall cliffs along the east coast
Riviera Maya
…in the area, including the popular archeological sites of the ancient Maya civilization, operated by the Instituto Nacional de Archeological, such as Tulum on the coast, and Chichen Itza and Coba located some distance inland. The self-named ecoparks of Xcaret and Xel-Ha also include some smaller archeological…
Temple of the God of Wind (left) and Castillo (right)
Tulum Ruins
Main temple at Tulum, lithograph in 1844 by Frederick Catherwood.
View to the top of El Castillo