Chichen Itza Travel Guide

The origin of Chichen-Itza dates of the V century in which little agriculture groups established at the Cenotes. The Itzaes occupied Chichen-Itza in the year 514. They left to Chakamputun in the year 692 and returned in 948. In the year 1007 they formed an alliance with Uxmal and Mayapan (capital of the Mayan Confederation). In 1542 all the heads of the Mayan Culture were killed because of the arrival of the Spaniards. They fled to Tayasal in Guatemala and were not controlled by the Spaniards until the year 1697. See more...

Chichen Itza pyramid

Picture taken by: Ricardo Geyne

Practical Information

Transportation: Take an airplane to Merida or Cancun then get a bus or a van to drive you to Chichen-Itza. This vans are not very expensive. If you are in Mexico City try leaving from the Toluca Airport is very close to the city and the airplane tickets are extremly cheap. Volaris or Interjet would be your best choice for an airline. See more...

The Ruins

The Castle Chichen-itza In this building we can find a relation of the cult to the sun of the Mayas with the solar cycle. We can infer this for a number of coincidences presented in the castle. The Mayan-Tolteca cycle had 52 years. This years had 365 days. A year had 18 months (Uinales) of 20 days (Kines) and 5 more days which were considered as (Kazil-Kin) all together were named Uayeb. The Pyramid in which "The castle" is located at the top, has 9 plataforms with their faces interrupted by one stairway that has access to the center of the edification forming 18 bodies equal number to the months of the Mayan year. Each one of the 8 first plataforms is ornamented with 3 flat tables and the last one has 2 of this tables forming 52 in all the pyramids equal number of the years of the mayan-tolteca cycle. Each one of the 4 stairways has 91 stairs. See more...

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