Dear Friends and Guests:
Airports for access to the Yucatan Peninsula are:
- Cancun;
- the international airport in Merida, (closer to Uxmal and Flycatcher Inn than Cancun);
- also there are fair sized airports in Chetumal and Campeche City;
- outside of Yucatan, Mexico City airport has connecting flights, rental cars and bus to Yucatan.
Why Visit the Yucatan?
Many of you, perhaps most, think of the Yucatan as Cancun, Playa, beaches, and white sand. But years ago, when I first came here, it was not
the main reason to visit. It was the Mayas. Their culture, their ancient temples and pyramids, their small villages, and their gentile ways. It 's why
I came. And it is still here. So perhaps once again, you might like to go back to the real Yucatan. Where the people I first met still are. Permit me
to show you a different Yucatan, still complete with white sand beaches.
Suggested Sightseeing the Yucatan Peninsula:
I won't detail you with the area around Chichen It'za, nor Merida, although they are in fine shape also. They are already well known, so let's go
north from Merida and start with Progreso, on the Gulf. Stop on the way and see the Temple of the 7 Dolls, perfectly aligned with the 4 cardinal
points, at Dzibilchaltun. Jump in the cenote there, visit the museum and see how life used to be. Then continue on to Progreso.
Years ago Progreso wasn't on any tourist list. It was a place for locals to go and enjoy the coast, the beach for a day, eat great seafood. But now
it has been spiffed up. New malecon, clean sand beaches, and great restaurants, as well as new places to stay. A very pleasant place to go for
the day from Merida, or maybe stay overnight at Casa Quijote. There are pleasant drives either way along the coast.
Then let's go west and south around the Gulf to Celestun. There is a permanent flamingo colony here, along with many other migrating birds, for
the visitor to see on well arranged launch trips. Celestun is a shell beach, as well as a clean beach, and offers several places to stay, from simple
to deluxe, as well as good seafood restaurants.
Wind back through Uman, and check out the market there, plus the bakeries. You might be surprised at how interesting it is. Continue on Hwy.
261 to Yaxcopoil and visit the ex-heneken hacienda/museum of the same name. Stop for lunch at the restored hacienda Ochil, just past tiny
Xtepen, before continuing on to the fabulous ruins of Uxmal.
Did you know that the ruin site of Oxkintok, back behind the village of Muna, has the only underground labyrinth on the peninsula? Be
adventurous and go into the caves of Calcetok, and see the "crystal room".
Then come join us at the Flycatcher Inn, in Santa Elena, where you can spend the night, or the week, visiting everything in this region. This is the
village where John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood stayed while rediscovering the ruins of Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil, and Labna, among
others. They stayed in what is now the small museum, attached to the church. Uxmal is just 13K to the north; Kabah and the Ruta PUUC Route
ruins start just 6K to the south.
Or head out for a day to Mani and Mama, see the convent churches, with their Norias, where they obtained water. Bishop Diego de Landa
burned the written Mayan codice texts in Mani, thereby obliterating the written language of the Mayas. Have lunch at one of the great regional
restaurants in Mani, and check out the local ladies fine handmade clothing, and other crafts, in a fine new building across from the restaurant.
Drive up by the ruins of Mayapan, and on to Cuzama village where you can go by small platform heneken rail cars, pulled by small ponies, into
three special cenotes, one noted for its ease of swimming.
All of this is easily reachable from our village. Then take a day trip to Campeche City, now a world heritage site, and see the treasures from
Calakmul at the hill top fort of San Miquel. Visit the former governor's house, Montejo, at Casa Seis, right on the main plaza square. Buy hats
made from palms at the Casa de Cultura, or take home one of the special regional liquors made from local fruits like maranon or nance. Have
lunch at one of the many specialty seafood restaurants. Head back to the Flycatcher Inn, it's only an hour and a half away, or stay overnight and
continue on to the Calakmul and Rio Bec archeological area. Stop at the small hotel of Rio Bec Dreams and have owner Diane fill you in on all
the details of that area.
Then head on over to Laguna Bacalar and spend the night (or several) with Caroline at Casita Carolina, or the Kopelman's Amigo's B&B, both
right on the lagoon. Check out Sophie and Arturo's small resort at the north end of the lagoon, Ecotucan. Head up the coast and you will see the
way the whole coast used to be.
Or you might now want those sand beaches, snorkeling and diving. What better places than Majahual and Xcalak? There are many fine small
establishments along this southern part of the coast, most offering diving excursions. This is the way the coast was before, small scattered
individually run Inns. Sink into the solitude of doing nothing before returning to reality and the workaday world.
And you might see a Yucatan you have never seen before, and maybe didn't know existed.
Thank you for your business and we look forward to hosting you and your family and friends again, or for the first time. If you know someone who
may enjoy our internet photos and information, or is considering a trip to Mexico or the Yucatan, please share our website with them too.
www.flycatcherinn.com
Kristine
Flycatcher Inn, Santa Elena
10 minutes southeast of Uxmal in Yucatan, Mexico
Airports for access to the Yucatan Peninsula are:
- Cancun;
- the international airport in Merida, (closer to Uxmal and Flycatcher Inn than Cancun);
- also there are fair sized airports in Chetumal and Campeche City;
- outside of Yucatan, Mexico City airport has connecting flights, rental cars and bus to Yucatan.
Why Visit the Yucatan?
Many of you, perhaps most, think of the Yucatan as Cancun, Playa, beaches, and white sand. But years ago, when I first came here, it was not
the main reason to visit. It was the Mayas. Their culture, their ancient temples and pyramids, their small villages, and their gentile ways. It 's why
I came. And it is still here. So perhaps once again, you might like to go back to the real Yucatan. Where the people I first met still are. Permit me
to show you a different Yucatan, still complete with white sand beaches.
Suggested Sightseeing the Yucatan Peninsula:
I won't detail you with the area around Chichen It'za, nor Merida, although they are in fine shape also. They are already well known, so let's go
north from Merida and start with Progreso, on the Gulf. Stop on the way and see the Temple of the 7 Dolls, perfectly aligned with the 4 cardinal
points, at Dzibilchaltun. Jump in the cenote there, visit the museum and see how life used to be. Then continue on to Progreso.
Years ago Progreso wasn't on any tourist list. It was a place for locals to go and enjoy the coast, the beach for a day, eat great seafood. But now
it has been spiffed up. New malecon, clean sand beaches, and great restaurants, as well as new places to stay. A very pleasant place to go for
the day from Merida, or maybe stay overnight at Casa Quijote. There are pleasant drives either way along the coast.
Then let's go west and south around the Gulf to Celestun. There is a permanent flamingo colony here, along with many other migrating birds, for
the visitor to see on well arranged launch trips. Celestun is a shell beach, as well as a clean beach, and offers several places to stay, from simple
to deluxe, as well as good seafood restaurants.
Wind back through Uman, and check out the market there, plus the bakeries. You might be surprised at how interesting it is. Continue on Hwy.
261 to Yaxcopoil and visit the ex-heneken hacienda/museum of the same name. Stop for lunch at the restored hacienda Ochil, just past tiny
Xtepen, before continuing on to the fabulous ruins of Uxmal.
Did you know that the ruin site of Oxkintok, back behind the village of Muna, has the only underground labyrinth on the peninsula? Be
adventurous and go into the caves of Calcetok, and see the "crystal room".
Then come join us at the Flycatcher Inn, in Santa Elena, where you can spend the night, or the week, visiting everything in this region. This is the
village where John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood stayed while rediscovering the ruins of Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil, and Labna, among
others. They stayed in what is now the small museum, attached to the church. Uxmal is just 13K to the north; Kabah and the Ruta PUUC Route
ruins start just 6K to the south.
Or head out for a day to Mani and Mama, see the convent churches, with their Norias, where they obtained water. Bishop Diego de Landa
burned the written Mayan codice texts in Mani, thereby obliterating the written language of the Mayas. Have lunch at one of the great regional
restaurants in Mani, and check out the local ladies fine handmade clothing, and other crafts, in a fine new building across from the restaurant.
Drive up by the ruins of Mayapan, and on to Cuzama village where you can go by small platform heneken rail cars, pulled by small ponies, into
three special cenotes, one noted for its ease of swimming.
All of this is easily reachable from our village. Then take a day trip to Campeche City, now a world heritage site, and see the treasures from
Calakmul at the hill top fort of San Miquel. Visit the former governor's house, Montejo, at Casa Seis, right on the main plaza square. Buy hats
made from palms at the Casa de Cultura, or take home one of the special regional liquors made from local fruits like maranon or nance. Have
lunch at one of the many specialty seafood restaurants. Head back to the Flycatcher Inn, it's only an hour and a half away, or stay overnight and
continue on to the Calakmul and Rio Bec archeological area. Stop at the small hotel of Rio Bec Dreams and have owner Diane fill you in on all
the details of that area.
Then head on over to Laguna Bacalar and spend the night (or several) with Caroline at Casita Carolina, or the Kopelman's Amigo's B&B, both
right on the lagoon. Check out Sophie and Arturo's small resort at the north end of the lagoon, Ecotucan. Head up the coast and you will see the
way the whole coast used to be.
Or you might now want those sand beaches, snorkeling and diving. What better places than Majahual and Xcalak? There are many fine small
establishments along this southern part of the coast, most offering diving excursions. This is the way the coast was before, small scattered
individually run Inns. Sink into the solitude of doing nothing before returning to reality and the workaday world.
And you might see a Yucatan you have never seen before, and maybe didn't know existed.
Thank you for your business and we look forward to hosting you and your family and friends again, or for the first time. If you know someone who
may enjoy our internet photos and information, or is considering a trip to Mexico or the Yucatan, please share our website with them too.
www.flycatcherinn.com
Kristine
Flycatcher Inn, Santa Elena
10 minutes southeast of Uxmal in Yucatan, Mexico
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