Tulum’s finest fascination is its location. It stands over a stone cold bluff looking at the rising sun searching upon sights of the Caribbean which can be nothing less than amazing. In Maya, Tulum means “Wall”, and the city was christened thereby since it is a walled city; by far the very few the ancients truly built. Studies suggest that it was previously called Zama or “to dawn” in [...]

Tulum is the most attended amongst the Maya sites within the Yucatan because of its vicinity to Cancun even though the Tulum ruins are structurally much less incredible than Chichen Itza or Uxmal and considerably less extensive. Since the location is small and there exists moderately little climbing, you’ll get an excellent appreciation of the [...]

Tulum is most probably on a collision course to turning into the next Cancun but meanwhile, it remains one of the loveliest, most low-key Yucatan destinations. Rather than concrete McResorts, Hard Rock Cafeterias and topless, drunk sorority girls, the crazy gorgeous beach is populated by small b&b’s and Swiss Family Robinson-style huts. Here area few [...]