Tulum archaeological Site.

Tulum archaeological site is 10 kilometers north of Dos Ceibas. This is the only Maya city built on the coast. The outstanding beauty of this site is, to our days, a breathtaking experience for all visitors, as it was for those who first encountered the spot.

"…we ran the day and the night along the coastline, and on the following day, near sunset, far in the distance we saw a town or settlement so large that the city of Sevilla could not seem larger nor better; and a very large tower could be observed in it.

Along the coast there were many Indians with two flags that they waved up and down in signal for us to come closer, but our captain refused. On this day we arrived to a beach that was next to a tower, the tallest 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 the 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 the clear waters that washed the base of the cliff we clearly saw a fish that measured 8 to 10 feet in length.

No painting or description can portray the solemnity of the living greenery that covered these ruins, or of the impression caused to us by the first thump of the axe that disturbed the gloomy and somber desolation and quietness that reined about.

John L. Stephens. Incidents of travel in the Yucatan. 1844.

• Posada Dos Ceibas: 1996 - 2007 •
Km. 10 Carretera Tulum-Boca Paila;
Tulum, Quintana Roo, México.
Tel./Fax: 52 (984) 877-6024;
E-mail: info@dosceibas.com