# What to see in Mérida (Yucatán)

The White City, its mansions, and the cenotes and Mayan ruins around it: Mérida's essentials.

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- Jul 23, 2026 · Itzel Navarro
- https://even.best/en/l/814/what-to-see-in-merida-yucatan

## Top 10

1. **Paseo de Montejo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Avenue of mansions from the henequen boom.
2. **Great Museum of the Mayan World** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Modern museum on Mayan culture.
3. **Plaza Grande** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The heart of the city.
4. **Cathedral of San Ildefonso** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — One of the oldest cathedrals in the Americas.
5. **Casa de Montejo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 16th-century Plateresque façade.
6. **Government Palace** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Murals by Fernando Castro Pacheco.
7. **Palacio Cantón** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Regional anthropology museum on Paseo de Montejo.
8. **Lucas de Gálvez market** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Market to try cochinita and panuchos.
9. **Santa Lucía park** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yucatecan serenades on Thursdays.
10. **Uxmal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mayan city and World Heritage Site an hour away.
11. **Cuzamá cenotes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cenotes reached by horse-drawn rail cart.
12. **Izamal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The yellow town, with its Franciscan convent.

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