Maya Ruins of Tulum

Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on 12-meter-tall (39 ft) cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea. Wikipedia

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Mexico

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Daylight 10 h 54 in Dec, dark by 17:11 · 13 h 22 in Jun
  1. January: 11 h 02 of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 29 of daylight
  3. March: 12 h 01 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 37 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 06 of daylight
  6. June: 13 h 22 of daylight
  7. July: 13 h 15 of daylight
  8. August: 12 h 50 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 16 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 42 of daylight
  11. November: 11 h 10 of daylight
  12. December: 10 h 54 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

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