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Tulum

Mexico · North America
Tulum's Templo del Dios Viento (Temple of Wind God, left) and Castillo (castle, right)
Photo: Popo le Chien, CC BY-SA 3.0
What a trip to Tulum costs
MX$10,500
3 days

Taxi fares between the town and beach zone are notoriously exorbitant.

The daily figure is an estimate and does not include flights. The exchange rate is real, and it moves once a day, not by the second.

The background

Tulum (Spanish pronunciation: [tuˈlun]; Yucatec Maya: Tulu'um) 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. Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya and achieved its greatest prominence between the 13th and 15th centuries. Maya continued to occupy Tulum for about 70 years after the Spanish began exploring Mexico, but the city was abandoned by the end of the 16th century. Tulum is one of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites, and today it is a popular site for tourists.

More of Tulum


Mayan ruin in the archeological site of Tulum in the Ycatán Peninsula, Mexico.
This is a photo of a monument in Mexico, identified by ID
Photo: Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0
Thatched roof on building at Tulum
Photo: Amber Funderburk Vyn, CC BY-SA 4.0
View of ocean from Tulum site
Photo: Amber Funderburk Vyn, CC BY-SA 4.0

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