An architect couple take a stand against destructive development by tailoring their house to a leafy site.

Catedral de San Ildefonso is located in Mérida's main square near other things to do in the city. Though it is not ...

Carlos Huber, the Mexico City–born founder of the perfume brand Arquiste, has mastered the art of setting a scene with scent. Arquiste’s best-selling Nanban, for instance, conjures the aroma of a 17th ...

Mérida welcomes you the moment you walk in the door. Relax and stay awhile, it seems to say — and near the city’s populous main square, we met many a friendly guy — a different one every time — who, ...

The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. From its rich Mayan heritage to colonial ...

The government of Yucatán and partners like WWF announce Herencia Maya, permanently conserving and managing more than 1.4 ...

I’ll admit it: I had never really liked Mexico. My visits had been limited to cruise ports, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, Cabo, and Cozumel—and each spot left me underwhelmed. The towns felt more curated ...

The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Mérida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania. The well-preserved remains of ...

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The Mérida Initiative is a bilateral security cooperation agreement between Mexico and the United States The Mérida Initiative celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Yet since it began providing ...

The capital of the Yucatán attracts creative types from around Mexico and across many borders, drawn by its Mayan and colonial heritage and, for some, its path to the future. Plantel Matilde, an arts ...