Cahal Pech

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Cahal Pech is Mopan and Yucatec Mayan for 'Place of Ticks', a nickname earned in the 1950s when it was surrounded by pastures full of tick-infested cattle. Today it's a pleasantly shady site with plenty of trees. Though architecturally less impressive than Xunantunich, Cahal Pech is the oldest known Mayan site in the Belize River valley.

At Cahal Pech the core area of seven interconnected plazas was excavated and restored in the late 1980s. Plaza B is the largest and most impressive, while Structure A1, off plaza A, is the site's tallest temple.