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Holiday in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

We started our one week holiday in Mexican Peninsula, Yucatan in Playa Del Carmen resort. It is a costal resort town on the Caribbean shoreline, one of main tourist spots on the Riviera Maya. We spent one day here, we wandered on the narrow streets of the town, enjoyed the delicious Mexican tacos and relaxed at the beach.

From Playa del Carmen coastal resort, we departed today to a more adventurous destination.

We booked bus tickets from Playa del Carmen to Xenotes Oasis Maya, which is the biggest and most exciting adventure parks on the Yucatan. It is filled with wonderful cenotes, water sinkholes where we took jumps and also zip-lining across them. You can also try rappelling down into dark caves or kayaking.

Back to Playa del Carmen for the night.

We headed south to the city of Tulum, also on the coast, at the bottom of Riviera Maya. We visited the city, explored UNESCO World Heritage Mayan Ruins and the beaches around. Spent the night in Tulum.

We left Tulum for Valladolid, a historical city that hosts Baroque-style colonial buildings. Unlike previous towns, this is not a tourist resort, it's an authentic and local.

Pretty near Valladolid is El Castillo, the UNESCO World Heritage Mayan site hosting a complex of Mayan Ruins with the beautiful Chichen Itzá temple in the centre, a famous landmark of Mexico.

We took the bus from Valladolid to Izamal, which is a beautiful colonial city. It is also known as Yellow City due to the many buildings painted in bright yellow colour. We checked the Kinich Kakmo Pyramid, the Habuk Archaelogical site, and the Mayan monument Itzamatul and spent the night here.

From Izamal, we returned to Riviera Maya, on Cancun, probably the most known place of the Yucatan Peninsula. We took the day to relax at the beach on those gorgeous beaches with turquise waters. Spent the night in Cancun.

In the last day we took the ferry to Isla Mujeres, a small island just 7 km away from Cancun, most known for its incredible beaches, good and fresh seafood and turtles. There's a Turtle Sanctuary there that can be visited.