Nómadas Hostel

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One of Mérida’s best hostels, Nómadas has mixed and women’s dorms as well as private rooms with bathroom. Guests have use of a fully equipped kitchen, as well as spotless showers, toilets and hand-laundry facilities. It even has free salsa, yoga, trova (troubadour-type folk music) and cooking classes, and an amazing pool out back that is always buzzing with a young party-friendly crowd.

The owner, Señor Raul, was one of the first 'contemporary' hosteliers in Mexico, and he knows his stuff. See the hostel's website for various tours available to nearby ruins.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Gran Museo del Mundo Maya

    Gran Museo del Mundo Maya

    4.27 MILES

    A world-class museum celebrating Maya culture, the Gran Museo houses a permanent collection of more than 1100 remarkably well-preserved artifacts,…

  • Hacienda Yaxcopoil

    Hacienda Yaxcopoil

    16.99 MILES

    If you visit one hacienda, make it this one. This vast estate grew and processed henequén (agave plant fibers, used to make rope); many of its numerous…

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    0.41 MILES

    This massive mansion was built between 1909 and 1911, though its owner, General Francisco Cantón Rosado (1833–1917), lived here for only six years before…

  • Sotuta de Peón

    Sotuta de Peón

    16.45 MILES

    Sotuta de Peón, 32km south of Mérida, is the only working henequén hacienda in the world. Jump aboard a horse and cart and view the henequén process from…

  • Quinta Montes Molina

    Quinta Montes Molina

    0.86 MILES

    This living history house gives you a sense of the splendor and grandeur of the 'Oro Verde' (Green Gold) henequén era. The only original house of its kind…

  • Dzibilchaltún

    Dzibilchaltún

    8.36 MILES

    Lying about 17km due north of central Mérida, Dzibilchaltún ('Place of Inscribed Flat Stones') was the longest continuously used Maya administrative and…

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    Catedral de San Ildefonso

    0.42 MILES

    On the site of a former Maya temple is Mérida’s hulking, severe cathedral, begun in 1561 and completed in 1598. Some of the stone from the Maya temple was…

  • Casa de Montejo

    Casa de Montejo

    0.47 MILES

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0.15 MILES

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2. Teatro Peón Contreras

0.25 MILES

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3. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

0.26 MILES

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5. Iglesia de Jesús

0.31 MILES

The 17th-century Iglesia de Jesús was built by Jesuits in 1618. It's the sole surviving edifice from a complex of buildings that once filled the entire…

6. Palacio de Gobierno

0.39 MILES

Built in 1892, the Palacio de Gobierno houses the state of Yucatán’s executive government offices (and a tourist office). Don't miss the wonderful murals…

7. Centro Cultural Olimpo

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8. Paseo de Montejo

0.4 MILES

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