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Ake Yucatan

Aké Yucatan: Your Local Guide to the Off the Beaten Path Ruins

August 29, 2023 by Melissa Douglas

Aké Yucatan is the name of a small pre-Columbian Mayan city and modern-day settlement in the center of the Yucatan state, some 45 minutes/49 km east of the city of Merida. The archaeological site is the main draw here, but in Ake you will also find one of the only functioning henequen haciendas that remains … Read more

Categories Yucatan Tags Ake ruins Yucatan, Ake Yucatan
Hey, I'm Melissa! I'm a full-time Travel Writer from the UK.

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