Oxkintoc Archaeological Zone — Attraction in Yucatán

A great place to be alone with beautiful ruins and birds.

Good: Nice ruins with stellae and glyphs You have the place to yourself Lots of bird life and shade

Bad: Road from the East that risks tire damage Narrow passage with vegetation on East road making it hard to avoid scratching your paint Road from the West is CLOSED because of the Tren Mayan construction

Authorities are building an overpass from the West to cross the train tracks but it is incomplete. Do not attempt from the West until the overpass is complete or you will just have to turn around.

Oxkintoc is built in the Rute Puuc style and I think second only in grandure to Uxmal in appearance and you have it to yourself for 80 pesos! There are no services other...

Oxkintok could be translated from Yucatec Mayan, depending on the meaning, as "Three days of flint" or "Three sharp suns" It is located in the territory of the municipality of Maxcanú.

Here the Oxkintok lineages ruled and reigned.

The tourist workers, who met us at the entrance, were very happy when we arrived because this place is visited by very few tourists and is almost unknown. They told us that the Mexican authorities don't even provide enough funds to revitalize and decorate the entire complex. Even the road we drove there was not paved. We already had light off road... Tickets are cheap, only €4, in contrast to Chichen Itza, where we paid €35 ​​per capita or...

Road is thin and very bumpy but still paved and kept clear. No idea what we would have done if a car came the other way.

Site itself is surprisingly huge with a large diversity of buildings and many different courtyards.

No single building is extremely impressive but as a whole the site feels cohesive and feels like being in an actual city rather than just the main square of one like some smaller sites do.

Place is crawling with iguanas. This is a good thing! Also saw a roadrunner on the road,...