13 Things You Have to Try in Yucatán, Mexico

1. Eat where the locals eat.

Try seafood at a restaurant on the beach,

tacos at a taquería en el centro,

and cochinita at a sidewalk restaurant          with paper napkins.

2. Sleep in a hammock.

3. Forget your age and go a little wild at     Coco Bongo.

4. Eat pan dulce and if you have a chance to be there at the end of October, devour pan de muertos.

5. Try mayan dishes like poc chuc at Hacienda Teya or

at La Tia

6. Eat warm marquesitas in the evening while walking around the plaza.

7. Shop in a mercado

 8. Have a champola at

Dulcería y Sorbetería Colón on Pasejo de Montejo in Merida or

or at the Sorbetería Colon in Merida’s centro.

9. Buy dulces from a walking street vendor and eat it while you…

10. Rest your feet in one of these “sweetheart” park benches and…

 11. People watch at the park

12. Visit the Cathedral of San Idelfonso to read the gravestones that make up the floor.

13. And finally, eat when the locals eat, even if it means falling asleep at the table.