Progreso’s New Building Rules Don’t Appear to Address Overdevelopment
Progreso’s city council has replaced its construction rulebook for the first time in 33 years, responding to a wave of real estate development along the port’s stretch of coastline — though it’s not yet clear whether the new rules include…
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Progreso’s New Building Rules Don’t Appear to Address Overdevelopment
Progreso’s city council has replaced its construction rulebook for the first time in 33 years, responding to a wave of real estate development along…
Sacred Cenote Becomes a Water Polo Court at Yokdzonot
The cenote in Yokdzonot, a small Maya community about an hour and a half east of Mérida, briefly became a swimming pool-sized water polo…
3 Hurt as Car Slams Into Ie-Tram Bus in Downtown Mérida
A Nissan Versa ended up facing oncoming traffic after colliding with an Ie-Tram bus at the corner of Calle 60 and Calle 51 in…
Mérida Named Among World’s 50 Most Heat-Vulnerable Cities
Mérida has landed on a global list it would rather avoid: the 50 cities most vulnerable to extreme heat, according to new international research…
Lifestyle
Yucatán Leones Close Out a Historically Bad Season
The Yucatán Leones head into the final week of the 2026 season with a 31-56…
More Than 3,000 Fishermen Set Sail for Yucatán Octopus Season
Yucatán’s octopus season opened today, and port officials expect roughly 3,300 fishermen to be on…
Yucatán Opens Registry for LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs
Yucatán has opened registration for a new database meant to connect LGBTQ+ business owners with…
Is Cannabis Legal in Mexico Now? Understanding THC, CBD, and the Gray Areas
Despite what many believe, marijuana in Mexico has been historically taboo. But this is changing,…
When One Governor Builds It and the Next Tears It Down
One of the more telling footnotes in Yucatán’s political history involves not a palace or a prison, but a pair of columns that stood at the northern edge of Mérida for barely a decade — long enough to be photographed,…
Culture
Experience The Bullhorn Workshop of Yaxunah
In the Maya community of Yaxunah, in the municipality of Yaxcabá, a group of artisans…
Chichén Itzá’s New Visitors Center Fails To Impress in Just About Every Way
Chichén Itzá, Mexico’s most visited archaeological site, reopened June 1 after an unprecedented 13‑day closure…
Peón Contreras Comeback Tied to New International Arts Festival
Mérida’s fire-damaged Teatro José Peón Contreras is on track to reopen in about two years,…
Why Durango May Just Be Mexico’s Most Underrated City
Even for most Mexicans and the most intrepid explorers, swaths of the country fly under…
The New Dzibilchaltún Museum Was Well Worth The Wait
The new Museo del Pueblo Maya de Dzibilchaltún opened its doors this week after the closure of the original museum in 2020. The museum features modern architecture, but lacks the paths lined with stelae that made its previous incarnation so…
Archaeology
Chichén Itzá’s New Visitors Center Fails To Impress in Just About Every Way
Chichén Itzá, Mexico’s most visited archaeological site, reopened June 1 after an unprecedented 13‑day closure…
Pakal the Great: The Maya King Defined by Art and Beauty
Pakal II, also known as Palak the Great, is one of the most recognizable figures…
How Stele 18 of Uxmal Has Transformed the Understanding of Maya Ritual Life
The recent presentation of a book published by INAH, authored by archaeologists Eduardo Huchim and…
Diego Rivera’s Anahuacalli Archaeological Museum and its New Exhibits
The name Anahuacalli translates from the Nahua languages as “Home of the Anáhuac,” a term…
Mérida Named Among World’s 50 Most Heat-Vulnerable Cities
Mérida has landed on a global list it would rather avoid: the 50 cities most vulnerable to extreme heat, according to new international research. The city ranked 47th out of 205 cities studied worldwide in a paper published in the…
Nature
Progreso’s New Building Rules Don’t Appear to Address Overdevelopment
Progreso’s city council has replaced its construction rulebook for the first time in 33 years,…
Mérida Named Among World’s 50 Most Heat-Vulnerable Cities
Mérida has landed on a global list it would rather avoid: the 50 cities most…
Yucatán Fishermen Ask: Where Did the Octopus Go?
A week into 2026 octopus season, catches are running far behind what cooperatives are used…
Yucatán Farmers Adapt as Seasons Grow Less Predictable
Yucatán’s farmers are tearing up the old planting calendar. Decades of predictable seasons have given…
Floridian Robert Kimsey couldn’t stay away from Mérida for long
Editor’s note: Robert Kimsey was in his late 80s when we interviewed him for Issue 6 in 2022. After learning that he recently passed away, we searched our archive for the article so we could post it today. The story…
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People
From Mérida to Manhattan: A Yucatecan Actor Finds His Stage in New York
A kid from Mérida who grew up watching American movies decided, at 17, that New…
Mexico’s Top Arts Medal Goes to Sculptor Gerda Gruber
A sculptor who left Vienna half a century ago and eventually found her artistic home…
Mérida Painter and Writer Enrique Trava Díaz Dies at 69
Enrique de Jesús Trava Díaz, a painter and writer known for his contributions to the…
Joanna’s 50-Year Journey of Love and Life in Yucatán
Fifty years ago, what began as a work assignment became a life-defining decision. In January…
Distrito Arte Mérida Opens Its Business Center
Mérida added a new mixed-use development to its rapidly expanding north side Thursday with the official inauguration of Distrito Arte Mérida’s Business Center. The complex will eventually combine corporate offices, retail spaces, green areas and residential towers. Gianni Rosa, general…
REAL ESTATE
Residential development would transform Tepakán, a tiny village in rural Yucatán
A significant residential development project is under consideration for the small municipality of Tepakán, Yucatan,…
Airbnb advice: 5 things hosts removed from their rentals
Previously, we asked people for some expert Airbnb advice. The question was about income-property essentials…
Colonial Palace: Mérida home for sale turns heads up, down and around
A highlight of the most recent Mérida Showcase of Homes was this stunning Colonial Palace on…
A Mérida Couple Finds Peace in a Weekend Quinta
Photographs by Richard Leo Johnson Around the corner is an early 20th-century movie theater refashioned…
Mérida Gets Its First Super-Cheap Capsule Hotel
Mérida now has a place to stay that skips the usual hotel room altogether. Kapsul Express bills itself as the only capsule hotel in Mérida. Instead of a standard room, guests book a private sleeping pod, a format that started…
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A 7-Year Rescue Mission Ends With a Major Award for Hotel SevillaThe win adds another chapter to an already-decorated year for the property and its owner, Mexico City-based Grupo Habita, which Hospitality Design named its 2026 Hotelier of the Year earlier this spring.
A corner property in Mérida’s historic center that sat in ruins for years has just…
The Magic Formula That Made Grupo Habita Mexico’s Top Hotelier of 2026
Mexico City-based Grupo Habita, which recently unveiled its long-awaited Hotel Sevilla property in Mérida, is…
Luxury & Elegance at the Best 5-Star Hotels in Mérida
Whether you prefer colonial mansions or something altogether newer and more modern, the best 5-star…
Enjoy Authentic Old Mexico @ These Historic Luxury Hotels in Mérida
Travelers are turning to accommodations that offer authentic Ycatan experiences. Find out more with these…