Santa Elena is one of the villages that form the most populated region of the Yucatan Peninsula, south of Merida. The pre-Hispanic vestiges and the colonizing footprint weave the mestizo canvas of this Yucatecan area.
Santa Elena (2) Santa Elena, Route Puuc, Yucatan, MexicoFor me, Santa Elena is the perfect base camp to discover this magnificent Yucatecan area where you can enjoy the daily life, visit churches, haciendas, archaeological sites, museums, Wander through the daily flavors … you are at the heart of the Yucatan Peninsula, next to the Puuc Route and on the Route of the Convents.
In this small and quiet Mayan village of Santa Elena you find several lodges, some run by foreigners who settled to live here. This allows you to enjoy with comfort one of the most authentic villages of Yucatan, in the heart of the Mayan land.
The first thing that catches Santa Elena’s attention is his name. The towns in the Peninsula of Yucatán usually retain their Mayan name except for cases like Mérida or Valladolid, the populations more developed by the settler. So find a Santa Elena among villages like Telchanillo, Sabacché, Oxkutzcab, Tecoh, Ticul, Acanceh, Kantunil .. surprising.
