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VALLADOLID |
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| The second town of Yucatán state, VALLADOLID is around 40km from
Chichén Itzá, still close enough to beat the crowds to the site on an
early bus, and of interest in its own right. Although it took a severe
bashing in the nineteenth-century Caste Wars, the town has retained a
strong colonial feel, and centres on a pretty, peaceful zócalo. The most
famous of the surviving churches is sixteenth-century San Bernardino ,
1km southwest of the zócalo (daily 9am-8pm; Mass daily at 6pm). Built
over one of the town's cenotes, Sis-Ha , the church is currently under
restoration: the buildings are very impressive, but there's little left
inside as, like so many of the Yucatán's churches, San Bernardino was
sacked by the local indians in the Caste Wars. Valladolid's other cenote,
Zací , on C 36 between C 39 and C 37 (daily 8am-6pm; US$0.70), has
become a tourist attraction, with a museum and an open-air restaurant at
the entrance. |
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