Tulum archaeological Site.
Tulum archaeological site is localized at 10 kilometers of the north of Dos Ceibas. This is the only Mayan city on the coast. From its magnificent cliff, its beauty would leave you without breath, as it left at other travelers who first encountered it.
"…we ran during the day and night for this coastline, and on the following day, near sunset, far away in the distance we saw a town or a village so big that the city of Sevilla couldn`t seem to be neither bigger nor better; and we could see a very large tower in it.
Along the coast there were many Indians who waved up and down two flags in signal for us to come closer, but our captain refused. On this day we arrived at a beach that was next to a tower, the tallest tower that we had seen. A very large town could be observed and there were many rivers in the land."
Juan Diaz de Solis, 1518. Itinerary of the King's Navy to the Island of Yucatan.
"We were in the middle of the roughest wildest scenery we had ever found in Yucatan. In addition to the profound and most vivid interest in the ruins themselves, we were surrounded by what we had missed so much in other locations; a magnificent natural environment. Once we cleared the platform at the front we discovered an immense lush grove. Walking around the walls we discovered a limitless ocean and in the deepness of its clear waters that washed the base of the cliff we clearly saw a fish that measured 8 to 10 feet of length.
No painting or description can give a real idea of the solemnity of the living greenery that was covering these ruins, or of the impression that caused on us the first noise of the axe that disturbed the gloomy and shade desolation and quietness that ruled over the enviroment.
John L. Stephens. Incidents of travel in the Yucatan. 1844.
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