Mezzanine Hotel Tulum
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5-Star Tulum resorts for that BoHo Chic experience

ByBryan Dearsley

If your idea of a perfect getaway involves staying in luxurious accommodations, enjoying world-class dining, and receiving exceptional service at a stunning beachside location, you’ll want to explore these top 5-star resorts in Tulum for inspiration. Mezzanine Hotel Tulum Perched on a dramatic cliffside, the Mezzanine Hotel Tulum offers an intimate escape with just nine…

While others ‘fall back,’ Mexico stays on ‘God’s clock’

While others ‘fall back,’ Mexico stays on ‘God’s clock’

ByYucatán Magazine

Daylight Saving Time ended this morning, but if you’re in Mexico, don’t touch that clock.  Mexico stopped going by DST in 2022, abiding instead with what the president called “God’s clock.” That is, Standard Time all year long. Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer argued, not without reason, that setting clocks back or forward damages people’s health….

Wendy’s breaks into Yucatán’s competitive burger scene
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Wendy’s breaks into Yucatán’s competitive burger scene

ByLee Steele

On the highway that connects Mérida and Progreso, in the Súper Aki Xcanatún parking lot, another US-based fast food chain is under construction. Joining the long-entrenched McDonald’s and Burger King is America’s second-leading burger franchise, Wendy’s. It’s at least the second attempt by Wendy’s to enter the area. More than a decade ago, a Wendy’s…

Mark your calendar for Paseo de las Ánimas and other Hanal Pixán events
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Mark your calendar for Paseo de las Ánimas and other Hanal Pixán events

ByYucatán Magazine

Mérida is getting ready to celebrate the traditions of Hanal Pixán and Day of the Dead. The sprawling annual Festival de las Ánimas stretches from Tuesday, Oct. 24 to Thursday, Nov. 2. Starting Sunday, Oct. 29, the city’s monumental altar will be erected on the Plaza Grande. But more personal altars will appear along the…

Yaxunah women bank on the future, one seed at a time
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Yaxunah women bank on the future, one seed at a time

ByCarlos Rosado van der Gracht

In the tiny Mexican town of Yaxunah (home of the Amazonas) nine women are working to ensure that traditional varieties of corn, beans, chilies, lentils and many others are not wiped out by genetically modified variants created by multinational corporations. They do this through their own community seed bank and exchange called K’an-Lol, which translates…

The Amazonas: A distinctively rural softball team that plays to win
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The Amazonas: A distinctively rural softball team that plays to win

ByCarlos Rosado van der Gracht

The Amazonas of Yaxunah start off every softball game with Maya battle cry, ending with a roaring mujeres fuertes! Though the team started off in 2018 as an outlet to simply have some fun, the Amazonas and their unique style soon captured the attention of everyone in town and far beyond.  They are most famous…

Animated artistry: JAAR sees movement in his burgeoning career
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Animated artistry: JAAR sees movement in his burgeoning career

ByYucatán Magazine

A Mexican painter introduced to the Mérida art community by Adele Aguirre at SoHo Galleries has found a new direction. Earlier this year, the artist Jorge Alberto Aguilar Rojas — better known by his initials JAAR — attended the Annecy Animation Film Festival in Paris. He came home deeply influenced by what he saw. “This trip…

Alfredo Romero: Artful archaeology of the recent past
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Alfredo Romero: Artful archaeology of the recent past

ByCarlos Rosado van der Gracht

Armed with a simple but trusty set of tools, artist Alfredo Romero has made his way across Mexico, literally peeling layers of history found beneath decades of paint. Alfred is obsessed with memory and what he refers to as “the archaeology of the recent past.”  Anyone who has spent time in Mexico knows that painted…

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