Interesting Destinations in Campeche

Campeche

The silence of the city of Campeche is magical and poignant. This city, saved as a valuable relic by its inhabitants, proudly celebrates 465 years of existence. Possessing one of the best-preserved historical centers of Mexico, earned the distinction of being named World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1999. The former stronghold of the colony in the Gulf of Mexico, is now a charming town that seems emerged from a divine brush . The history of Campeche is written in stone, bastions, gates and walls that tell us about the past, navigators and fearsome pirates.

Becan

It is located 10 minutes from X'pujil provided to the south of our State. Its name means "Way of the snake." Their structures correspond to the Rio Bec style. It is formed by huge buildings with mysterious hidden rooms and passageways. The city of Becan is surrounded by a moat of 1.9 kilometers in length which served to protect the city from possible attacks or intrusions that could harm strangers. Is made up of three squares, each with four structures, two of these seats are communicated by a passage of 60 meters, roof with the well known "Arc false." Currently only are retained 25 meters of that passage.

Calakmul

In the midst of the biosphere of the same name is considered the largest Mayan city discovered so far. Framed in a unique natural setting was inhabited for more than three thousand years on a continuous basis. It is the site of the most momentous archaeological discoveries in the field of recent times. It consists of buildings, walls, chultunes, sascaberas, and watery graves.

Chicanna

The archaeological site is located some eight kilometers from Becan. It has many elements that characterize the style and gives the impression of being a small town because of the size of their buildings, constructed a way to go into a central square surrounded by structures consisting of an elongated central building and a tower at each end ornamental, settled all on a platform, from where the towers are born, a little lengthened retiring from the central building and parallel to their rooms.

Edzna

The "Itzaes House", with more than a score of monumental buildings tells us about the concentration of political power, economic and religious events in pre-Columbian times especially between the years 600 and 1,200 of our era. Edzna was a regional capital in which its inhabitants built an ingenious system of canals that come to measure up to 6 kilometers in length, as well as deposits to capture, store and distribute water. Like wide roads stone reported that several of the most important architectural sets. You can also appreciate a number of architectural styles that occurred over time: Peten, Chenes, and Late Puuc. It is of particular importance at this site, the building of five floors, which is built on a large platform that gives great architectural majesty.

Ruta Chenes

Dzibilnocac. The famous John L. Stephens y Frederick Catherwood were the first to visit this site, which means "house painted or write”.  Its location falls within the town of Iturbide in Hopelchén, Campeche.. It measures 1100 meters from north to south and 1,200 meters from east to west. Data from 600 bc to 1100 ac. The structure A-1 is the most important, this structure is a clear example of architecture Chenes, dominated the temples - pyramids and the tripartite covers. The first surveys of the site dating from 1887, and were carried out by Teobert Maler. The meaning of the word is "place of ears of corn." It is situated at an elevation of 30 meters in height. Its length is approximately 200 meters from east to west and 50 meters from north to south. There are three squares, of which the first was the only visited for the moment, here you can find the first structure, the main palace structure or structures II and V and VI.
The covers are zoomorphic traditional feature in the region Chenes. Santa Rosa X'tampak: Located 36 kilometers northwest of Hopelchen and is considered the capital of the region Chenes. It is a place of great importance because of the monumentality of the site. His name is due to the proximity of a ranch called Santa Rosa, and X'tampak alludes to walls or walls. In this majestic site there are a lot of buildings, is a pre-Hispanic city that has a beautiful three-level palace, the barracks, the house with colorful covers zoomorphic, the southeast quadrangle, the veranda, a large number of structures and chultunes lie in the jungle. The caves of X'tamcumbilxunaan: Are located 4 kilometers from the town of Bolonchen of Rejón. It is a marvelous caves, where the legends will surprise you and the formations of stalactites and stalagmites recreate the imagination. The meaning of this word Maya means "hidden lady". It is still possible to see a stone formation that represents this character. There are seven ponds where fish inhabit and may find pottery and even hot water.

Xpujil

The archeological zone of Xpujil is located on the road from Chetumal to Escarcega, in the so-called region of the Rio Bec, and his name may indicate tailed cat, or Cortadera Seibal, naming no doubt recent origin. The building of the three towers Xpuhil, structure typical of the Rio Bec style, consists of a platform that seems to have had two bodies, or perhaps a single moldings, has rounded corners with one hand near the outgoing base that gives looks like a socket or molding lower. On the east side there is a central staircase, 18 m long and 3.20 m wide. On the east side and in the west there are two steps of 4.20 m long and 3.50 m wide appear symmetrical.