In a secret location in Mérida’s Centro neighborhood sits an unassuming old auto repair shop. Hidden behind its roll-up steel ...

El Gran Museo del Mundo Maya de Mérida translates to The Great Museum of the Mayan World of Mérida. With more than 1,160 artifacts on display, the museum combines ancient textiles, religious elements, ...

Discover why Mexico is the ultimate destination for expats seeking rich culture, affordable living, and a welcoming community ...

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 ...

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 ...

Freda Moon has traveled Mexico from top to bottom, by car and by sailboat, and has been writing about the country for The New York Times since 2009. Even as tourism to the Yucatán Peninsula skyrockets ...

Mérida is one of those dream destinations where “something for everyone” is not just a tourism-board platitude. In the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, there’s a ton of Spanish colonial and ...

The legend of henequen—an agave plant once known in Mérida as “green gold”—is still chronicled as a miraculous accident. Locals will tell you that Zamná, a Mayan god and storied herbalist, was pricked ...

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 ...

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 ...

For a Mexican city whose reputation tends to concentrate on its gilded age of the early 20 th century, some hundred years later, Mérida is experiencing a second coming. Between new hotels, restaurants ...

Nestled in the Andes Mountains and transected by the Chama River, Mérida is one of 23 states in Venezuela. It is home to the city and state capital, also named Mérida (officially Santiago de los ...