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Cancún, Mexico
6 places worth your time in Cancún, with what each is actually like and when to go.
The Maya city with El Castillo, where the equinox shadow forms a serpent down the staircase.
A Maya walled city on a cliff above the Caribbean — the only one built on the coast.
Freshwater sinkholes in the limestone, sacred to the Maya and superb for swimming.
A small island twenty minutes by ferry, with calmer water than the hotel zone.
A well-made museum with an archaeological site attached, and a fraction of the crowds.
A UNESCO biosphere reserve south of Tulum, with lagoons and a Maya canal you can float down.
