{"id":2415,"date":"2023-07-29T09:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2023-07-29T09:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:17:18","slug":"exploring-chichen-itza-and-valladolid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/exploring-chichen-itza-and-valladolid\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 and Valladolid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The archaeological site Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 in the Yucatan Peninsula&nbsp;is one of the most visited locations in Mexico, so of course we climbed aboard a bus during our Canc\u00fan visit and headed there for a day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exploring Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 and Valladolid\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rmT1jQGXO34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich in history and the center of pilgrimage for the ancient Maya civilization for over 1,000 years, this pyramid must be seen to be believed. Chichen Itza was classified as one of the&nbsp;New Seven Wonders of the World&nbsp;and in 1988 was enlisted as a&nbsp;UNESCO&nbsp;World Heritage Site. Lisa actually climbed up the steep steps to the top when she visited in the late 80s, but tourists are no longer allowed to get that close. Good thing, too. It\u2019s steep!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the way back to Cancun, we enjoyed a short visit to the magical city of Valladolid (pronounced Vah-YAH-Doh-Leed), which had a lively town plaza featuring Mayan dance, sport, and music, as well as a beautiful cathedral, and earsplitting birds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chichenitza.com\/\">Chichen Itza Tourism<\/a>\u00a0<br><a href=\"https:\/\/world.new7wonders.com\/\">New 7 Wonders<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/483\">UNESCO World Heritage<\/a>\u00a0<br><a href=\"https:\/\/letstraveltomexico.com\/things-to-do-in-valladolid-mexico\/\">Valladolid<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/4v6T8y6kGKJ4txx88\" target=\"_blank\">Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The archaeological site Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 in the Yucatan Peninsula&nbsp;is one of the most visited locations in Mexico, so of course we climbed aboard a bus during our Canc\u00fan visit and headed there for a day.&nbsp; Rich in history and the center of pilgrimage for the ancient Maya civilization for over 1,000 years, this pyramid must &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/exploring-chichen-itza-and-valladolid\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exploring Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 and Valladolid&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[407,222,13,408,211],"tags":[617,603,410,612,610,27,4,613,9,261,262,615,614,616,611],"class_list":["post-2415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-lisa-blogger","category-mexico","category-museums","category-videos","tag-archaeology","tag-cancun","tag-history","tag-maya","tag-mayan","tag-messysuitcase","tag-mexico","tag-newsevenwonders","tag-retirement","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger","tag-unesco","tag-valladolidchichenitza","tag-yucatan","tag-yucatanpeninsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions\/2419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}