Fine food and high culture in Mérida

The Mexican city’s gastronomic scene is lively and distinctive

Izamal
Izamal: the ‘yellow city’ of Yucatán
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Most tourists visiting the Mexican city of Mérida use it as a base for exploring the nearby Caribbean coast and the “big-ticket” Mayan sites of Izamal, Ek Balam and Chichen Itza. But Mérida is “one of the most cultured cities in the Americas”, says Chris Haslam in The Times – and it repays much deeper acquaintance.

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