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 court over the weekend. Young athletes who have represented Yucatán in national competitions ran a practice session and an exhibition match in the open-air cenote on Saturday and Sunday, adapting a…
Who was that masked squeegee man? A muscular man in lucha libre gear has drivers in Mérida reaching for their smartphones. The masked figure, known on social media as Limpiaparabrisas Mx, was spotted working the streets near the former O’Horán site on the city’s west side, offering to clean windshields while stopped at intersections. Photos…
The Yucatán Leones head into the final week of the 2026 season with a 31-56 record, on pace for the franchise’s worst finish since 2014, a steep fall for a team that won Mexican League titles as recently as 2022. The Leones split a Saturday doubleheader against the Pericos de Puebla at Parque Kukulcán, taking…
Yucatán’s octopus season opened today, and port officials expect roughly 3,300 fishermen to be on the water out of Progreso alone during the first stretch of the season, which runs through Dec. 15. Randyr Fabián Castillo Alférez, Progreso’s director of fisheries, said about 150 small boats, each carrying two fishermen, are heading out early, accounting…
Yucatán has opened registration for a new database meant to connect LGBTQ+ business owners with promotional opportunities across the state. The Secretaría de las Juventudes de Yucatán, known as Sejuvey, is building a registry that it calls the Padrón Estatal de Personas Emprendedoras LGBTI+. The effort is run through the agency’s Jefatura para la Inclusión…
Despite what many believe, marijuana in Mexico has been historically taboo. But this is changing, and fast. While the country has not fully legalized recreational cannabis, a complex legal situation has allowed various products to enter the mainstream market. Products containing CBD, or cannabidiol, can be purchased freely at pharmacies and even grocery stores across…
The first 12 locomotives for the Tren Maya’s freight line have arrived in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, marking a milestone for the cargo project expected to begin operating in January 2027. President Claudia Sheinbaum made the announcement during a visit to the rail site, just before departing for New York to attend Sunday’s World Cup…
Dog and cat owners on Mérida’s east side will soon have a new place to take their pets for a checkup. Farmacias Similares has confirmed a location for its veterinary brand, SimiPet Care, at Circuito Colonias and Calle 25-A in the Lázaro Cárdenas neighborhood, next to a 24-hour Farmacias Similares location facing CETIS 112. The…
The taqueria El Negro does not rely on bright lights or large signage to attract attention. The establishment is modest in size and operates much like a hole-in-the-wall. Inside, you will find only a handful of small tables, which fill up quickly with regulars who know exactly what they came for. The décor is minimal,…
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 in Japan decades ago and has slowly made its way into a few Mexican cities….
Green jerseys, waving flags and a fair number of costumes filled the plaza around Mérida’s Monumento a la Patria Tuesday night, as fans didn’t even wait for the final whistle to start celebrating Mexico’s 2-0 win over Ecuador in the World Cup’s round of 32. By the time the match wrapped up at Estadio Azteca…
The Amazonas field, built by the previous state administration, now stands as a symbol of a promise made and, many say, abandoned.
In Yucatán, there is no shortage of opportunities for great meals. However, as the secret of the state’s cuisine has gained an international reputation, prices have surged, and traditional methods have been compromised by cutting corners to cater to visitors’ preferences. Fortunately, there are still exceptions. Inside the grounds of an unassuming property on the…
Yucatán didn’t get an official day off, but that didn’t stop hundreds of soccer fans from finding a way to watch Mexico’s opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Thursday — even as a tropical storm system soaked the state. The biggest organized crowd in Mérida gathered at the Unidad Deportiva Inalámbrica, the…
More than two decades after a Canadian sports bar chain planted its first flag in Mexico — in Mérida — Boston’s Pizza has opened its fifth location in the city, this time at the new Prime Center shopping complex on the northern outskirts of town. The opening, which took place on Thursday, marks the 11th…
The Michelin Guide finally came knocking on Wednesday night, and three Yucatán restaurants came away with a star apiece. The Michelin Guide Mexico 2026 ceremony in Guadalajara delivered Yucatán’s first stars in the guide’s history. Chef Roberto Solís picked up two stars for his Huniik and La Barra de Huniik on Calle 60 in Mérida,…
While shopping malls in the United States and Europe face declining foot traffic and store closures, Mexico continues to see a wave of new mall construction. Retail sales in the country rose 4.4% year-on-year in November 2025, and 15 new malls were planned for 2025 alone. Few places illustrate this trend better than Mérida, Yucatán,…
During the 1950s, the first Silla Acapulco saw the light of day in the city of the same name. There are many theories about their precise origin, but one thing is certain. A timeless Mexican design icon, the Acapulco Chair, was born. My dad used to call them silletas. I grew up seeing them around…
There’s no better way to understand Valladolid than from the saddle of a bicycle. The streets fan out in an orderly colonial grid, the terrain is flat, and within a few kilometers of the main square, you’ll find cenotes, haciendas, a 16th-century convent, and Maya villages where life moves at a pace the tour buses…
There is a neighborhood in the south of Mérida where the smell of fried pork has drawn people for more than 70 years. Xcalachén — now officially one of the city’s three Barrios Mágicos — built its identity around a single dish: chicharra, a Yucatecan specialty that bears only a passing resemblance to the chicharrón…
No matches will be played in Cancún during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. That distinction belongs to Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey. But starting May 11, Cancún will be subject to some of the strictest airspace controls in the country — and anyone flying into, out of, or around the region this summer needs to…
In the heart of Monterrey’s Parque Fundidora, a massive terracotta building houses the country’s most important tribute to baseball. The Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame) opened in 2019, offering a modern alternative to the static, velvet-rope museums that typically define sports history. Here, the exhibits are not just…
Travelers arriving at Mérida’s international airport are about to have a new way to get downtown — one that’s fully electric, air-conditioned, and part of the city’s expanding public transit network. Yucatán’s state transit authority, known as ATY (Agencia de Transporte de Yucatán), announced this week that a dedicated Airport Route will launch April 14,…
In 15-plus years, the show has returned to the city more than a dozen times, even as prices have soared. What’s the appeal?
That’s all for now
That’s all for now