Lamanai is one of the longest continuously inhabited cities in the ancient Maya world, with a history stretching across thousands of years. While many Maya cities were abandoned during periods of ...

Ask any local about Cancun and they’ll tell you it’s not the real Mexico. It’s a metropolis of foreign-owned, all-inclusive high-rises available on package holidays – somewhere designed as an easy fly ...

The kitchen in Antigua's Casa Popenoe. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann LAKE PETEN ITZA, Guatemala -- Tikal is arguably the finest excavated Mayan city in Central America. Seeing those ruins was my ...

Why cenotes matter: Formed by limestone collapse and fed by underground rivers, cenotes were vital to the Maya for water and rituals, and today draw adventurers worldwide. Ancient Mayan legacy: The ...

What's good about it? Cozumel, an island in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, offers intriguing glimpses into ancient civilisations. Explore the pre-Columbian Mayan religious site of ...