{"id":2259,"date":"2010-09-01T16:37:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T23:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2010-09-01T16:38:17","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T23:38:17","slug":"yucatan-yes-you-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/yucatan-yes-you-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yucatan, Yes You Can!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2277\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2277\" href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/yucatan-yes-you-ca\/cancun\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2277\" title=\"Beach at Cancun, Mexico\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cancun.jpg\" alt=\"Beach at Cancun, Mexico\" width=\"200\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cancun.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cancun-150x115.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beaches at Cancun give the traveler a chance to unwind at the beginning of a trip exploring Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When you travel with us on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yucatan Explorer Trips<\/a>, you now have the option of beginning and ending your vacation in either city, Cancun or Merida.<\/p>\n<p>With the large number of airlines flying into Cancun daily, starting your Yucatan adventure in Cancun allows you to take advantage of the competitive airfares and direct flights from the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Cancun is renowned for its beaches, restaurants and nightlife, with all the glitter of an upscale beach resort. Merida, on the other hand, is a cosmopolitan but at the same time tranquil and charming colonial city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2270\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2270\" href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/yucatan-yes-you-ca\/uxmal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2270\" title=\"Pyramid of the Magician at the ruins of the Mayan city of Uxmal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/uxmal.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramid of the Magician at the ruins of the Mayan city of Uxmal\" width=\"200\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/uxmal.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/uxmal-121x150.jpg 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abandoned for more than ten centuries, the Pyramid of the Magician is the tallest structure at the Mayan ruins of Uxmal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Yucatan Peninsula is the homeland of the Mayan people, whose mighty empire lasted over a thousand years. Throughout the peninsula are the amazing archaeological ruins of their great cities. In addition, the Yucatan has lovely colonial cities and beautiful Caribbean beaches.<\/p>\n<p>All of our Yucatan tours visit the Mayan ruins of Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1, Uxmal, El Balam and Edzna, as well as the city of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/campeche-conquistadors-commerce-and-corsairs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Campeche<\/a>&mdash;its fort was built by the Spaniards as defense against the Caribbean pirates.<\/p>\n<p>The tours which begin in Cancun also visit the ruins of the Mayan port city of Tulum, built alongside a beautiful Caribbean beach. and the archaeological site of Coba.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for more an even more extensive trip, you can include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chiapas<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/coppercanyon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Copper Canyon<\/a> in your Mexico vacation.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you travel with us on our Yucatan Explorer Trips, you now have the option of beginning and ending your vacation in either city, Cancun or Merida. With the large number of airlines flying into Cancun daily, starting your Yucatan adventure in Cancun allows you to take advantage of the competitive airfares and direct flights &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/yucatan-yes-you-ca\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Yucatan, Yes You Can!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[184,58,121,12,168,33,13,14,185,243],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4626,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions\/4626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}