Progreso Trip Overview
Feel the luxury and comfort of a unique private guided tour to Uxmal´s Archaeological Site especially designed for you. Begin this activity at your time of choice and enjoy a roundtrip private transportation service aboard a Mercedes Benz vehicle. PLUS you will have the opportunity to use all the facilities of the Hacienda Uxmal and The Lodge at Uxmal – our hotels – including swimming pools and restaurants.
Additional Info
Duration: 5 to 6 hours
Starts: Progreso, Mexico
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Feel the luxury and comfort of a unique private guided tour to Uxmal´s Archaeological Site especially designed for you. Begin this activity at your time of choice and enjoy a roundtrip private transportation service aboard a Mercedes Benz vehicle. PLUS you will have the opportunity to use all the facilities of the Hacienda Uxmal and The Lodge at Uxmal – our hotels – including swimming pools and restaurants.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Playa Progreso, Progreso 97320 Mexico
You will be picked up from your hotel in Progreso at the time of your preference aboard a luxury Mercedes Benz vehicle. Go directly from your hotel to Uxmal’s Archaeological Site, known by many as place of legend and myth. It is situated within a series of hills known as the Puuc or “mountainous area” in the Mayan language.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Zona Arqueologica Uxmal, Carretera Federal No. 261, Uxmal 97899 Mexico
In this amazing archaeological site a private bilingual guide will take you to explore colossal constructions like the Magicians Pyramid, the Governors Palace, the Dove´s Temple and the Nuns Quadrangle. The archaeological structures and buildings located throughout Uxmal are ornamented with geometrical figures and masks of the rain god, Chaac. The rain god was considered by the Maya people as one of the most important of their deities.
After your visit you will have the opportunity to enjoy a delicious lunch at the restaurants of either the beautiful Hacienda Uxmal or in the gardens of the Lodge at Uxmal surrounded by unique Maya Palapas (at your own expense).
You will return to Progreso at your time of preference aboard a private Mercedes Benz vehicle.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Піраміда Чаклуна, Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico
the Pyramid of the Magician, stands at around 100 feet high. According to ancient legends, this pyramid was built by Itzamna in one night; in reality it appears to have been built in five phases and is situated so that its western stairway faces the setting sun at summer solstice.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cuadrangulo de las Monjas (Quadrangle of the Nuns), México 261, Uxmal, Yuc., Mexico
The Nunnery, named by the Spaniards as it reminisces a European-style nunnery, is another beautiful building on the site, used once as a school for training healers, astrologers and shamans.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Zona Arqueologica Uxmal, Carretera Federal No. 261, Uxmal 97899 Mexico
The Governor´s Palace, most likely created by hundreds of masons and sculptors, is an excellent example of stone mosaic work, it occupies five acres and contains many beautiful sculptures depicting Chaac (the rain god), serpents and astrological symbols.
After your tour, you will have the chance to visit the XIX Century Explorers gallery at the Hacienda Uxmal before returning to Progreso shore.
Duration: 30 minutes
