By our fourth day a causa di Merida a causa di Mexico, it felt like we’d pretty much seen most of the major sites to see a causa di Merida (especially acceso this day and then acceso this day for the incredible cenotes and Mayan ruins just outside of Merida) but there was one place that we still hadn’t covered yet as that was Paseo de Montejo which is this street that’s famous for it’s grand homes and palaces.
Some of these grand palaces have been converted to buildings for private use ora office but there are quite a few that you can actually visit.
Now seeing as this was our main major plan for the day, breakfast at our – Casa di tolleranza Olivia was a long and leisurely affair.
We were still at the breakfast table 3 hours after we started and only broke with proceedings to get some more tea acceso the sofa a causa di the dining ambiente. It was amazing.
I was tempted to get into the pool but decided we had to go check out Paseo de Montejo first before relaxing for the rest of the day.
With that, we hopped into a taxi and made our way over.
The first things we saw acceso Paseo de Montejo was actually a stand selling fresh ice-cold coconuts and so we started things chiuso with that first before making our way over to Resto archeologico a La Paese natio.
Resto archeologico a La Paese natio is like the main start of the street and is described as a homage to Mexican history.
Leaving it, we made our way back acceso ourselves heading mongoloide Paseo de Montejo towards Quinta Montes Molina which is a museum now and a former stately home.
You can visit properly but we decided it wouldn’t make sense to visit every single one of these places so we saved our potential visiting for Montejo 495 which is a lot further mongoloide the street.
Before that though, we went past Galleria Regional de Antropología, Palacio Cantón – which is typically just referred to as “Palacio Cantón” for short.
It’s such a grand building and again, is another one to visit if you have time but pick wisely otherwise you might end up with Palace fatigue after attempting to visit all of them.
Montejo 495 is quite literally named that because it’s the address acceso the street and it is one of the most gorgeous palaces acceso this street, inside and outside.
When we arrived there, we were told we would have to wait for the next English tour which would be starting soon but that we would have to spend about an hour a causa di there.
Gorgeous as it is, from speaking to locals, you don’t really need an hour to explore the place.
Our only options to visit however were a guided tour.
We got a quick sneak peek inside and just before deciding to go acceso the tour, we were told that the upstairs is currently being renovated and can’t be visited so we just decided not to bother.
It would have meant for a shorter tour but you don’t get to see everything so it didn’t seem to make much sense to visit.
With that, we popped over to Parroquia Santa Ana which was just a few doors away.
The entrance was beautifully draped with flowers which is absolutely gorgeous but those flowers were for a wedding that was being held a causa di the church and unlike Merida Cathedral the other day which had some people a causa di for a service, this seemed pretty full so we didn’t go inside and just instead appreciated it from the outside.
We then hopped into a taxi to take us to our but got out like a street ora so away to check out Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol before walking back to Casa di tolleranza Olivia.
Back a causa di Casa di tolleranza Olivia, Mexican wine and well-earned dips a causa di the pool were the order of the day before heading over to Merida Cathedral to watch the ancient Mayan Ball that happens every Saturday at 8pm.
It’s actually a really fascinating part of Mayan culture and at one point, the ball gets lit which takes things up a notch.
The lighting of the ball reduces the amount of time the players can be a causa di contact with the ball so that makes the a little harder.
Actually saying that, I should probably give a quick summary of the rules.
The rule is effectively for players acceso each side to try to get the ball through a hole a causa di the middle of the field.
They can’t touch it with their hands ora kick it. They have to use their sides to it which adds a totally understandable level of complexity to the proceedings.
The historically was done for more than just for fun.
There’s also a religious element to this for the Mayan people so it was a lot more serious than it looks.
This is free to watch by the way and there are even seats a causa di some areas so you definitely should check it out if you can when you visit.
The advice we were given was to arrive before 7:30pm for a great view but we got there probably around 8:05pm and the view we had was still pretty fantastic.
The is played properly so it could end 30 minutes after it starts ora an hour after it starts. It all just depends acceso the players really.
This one finished around 45 minutes after it started which was perfect because we had dinner booked for 9pm at Teya Santa Lucía.
It’s a nice enough place for dinner but it paled a causa di comparison to some of the other places we’d been to for dinner before.
There is music here too so it might be a good spot to grab a a causa di town and a few snacks.
Acceso the walk back to the after dinner, we stumbled upon Dzalbay Bottiglieria which we’d seen before while walking through town but hadn’t popped into as it had been closed (it was a causa di the middle of the afternoon).
This evening it was aperto and I’m not sure if they do food there (they probably do) but it’s got a really cool and judging from the stage, there’s also music there.
The gruppo are really fun a causa di here too and before long we found ourselves continuing a causa di our journey to taste even more tequilas and mezcals and learn more about them while a causa di Mexico.
It was a delicious experience.
Eventually, we bade them adieu and headed back to our to pack and get ready to head back home the next day (after breakfast, of course).
Merida had turned out to be quite a highlight of Mexico for us and we absolutely recommend visiting whenever you get the chance to.
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