A Resource For Expat Lifestyles in Mexico
Places to go! Robert Brady Museum The Robert Brady Museum shows the collection of the artist, antiquarian, and decorator from Fort Dodge, Iowa. Ceramics, antique furniture, sculptures, paintings, and tapestries fill the restored colonial mansion, all beautifully arranged in rooms painted with bright colors. Note that the building numbers on this street are out of [...]
Average Lifestyle rating: C+ (range D+ to B+) Built in 1517 AD, and located on the southeastern side of the Yucatán Peninsula, Campeche is the capital city of the state of Campeche and an excellent retirement destination for several reasons. The most important are the low cost of living, affordable real estate, high degree of safety and a [...]
The ancient city of Palenque (pa-lenn-KAY) is like no place on earth. Clutching the foothills of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, where the sultry tropical air gently reverberates sounds of the jungle like a slow-beating ceremonial drum, Palenque’s elegant structures have allured visitors from across the ages. One such figure was Count Jean-Frédérick Waldeck, an [...]
Our Mexico Trip/Tour expert Candice Carboo-Ofulue is a cultural journalist from London. Even in her early years as a twitchy toddler, Candice lived to travel. By day, she and her gremlin, Fluffy, adventured into the exotic world that was her Grandmother’s garden, overturning rocks in search of fossils and discovering wonderful species of bird. At [...]
Average Lifestyle rating: B- (range D- to A+) Merida is, not only the capital of the state of Yucatan, it is the financial and cultural center. It got its nickname, “The White City,” in its early history because most of its buildings were white and the customary clothing worn by the inhabitants was also white. It is the [...]
Average Lifestyle rating: C (range from D- to A-) At the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula on the “Flamingo Coast” is a string of small fishing communities. Beginning at Chuburna and running east on Carreterra 27 for about 50 kilometers to Telchac Puerto, these villages vary in size and modernity. Progreso, largest of them, has a [...]
Unique among the mix of peoples who have become Mexico, are the Yucatecans. Once an independent country, by mutual agreement, Yucatan became part of Mexico in 1821, went independent again in 1823, and finally rejoined Mexico for good in 1825. However, the defining observation about this blend of Mayan, Spanish, Caribbean, French and Middle Eastern (yes, Middle Eastern!) cultures [...]
Overgrown with tropical forest, Coba (pronounced coh-ba), the great city that once dominated ancient Mayan society in northern Yucatan is almost forgotten, aside from a gentle stream of explorers flowing through each year. Some, expecting a restored metropolis on par with neighboring Chichen Itza are disappointed by its eroded temples with fading facades. Others, however, [...]
Breaking the tide of the Gulf of Mexico, Campeche (Com pay CHAY) is one of the oldest colonial cities in Yucatán Peninsula, founded in 1540. In golden years, it thrived as the major port; trading timber, dyewood, silver and gold. An elegant city soon emerged behind the harbour, patterned with baroque style townhouses and ornamental [...]
Known as the “Yellow City,” Izamal may be the oldest colonial settlement in Yucatán state, located only 45 minutes from the capital, Mérida. It was founded in early 16th century, atop the pre-existing Mayan city of Izamal. As was the strategy of Spanish conquest, temples and buildings were destroyed, and a colonial township constructed from [...]
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