Maya Ruins of Tulum

城市概覽

There are really three different areas referred to as Tulum. There are only minutes away from each other, not close enough though to walk to and from. Tulum Pueblo sits split by highway 307 running south-north. "El Pueblo", as referred to by locals, is home to most workers of the tourist industry and where many of the stores, supermarkets, two bus stations, budget inns, hostels and small hotels are found. Although the digs are cheap, you are around 3 km from the beach (which is why you came here isn't it?) This section of town has a definite feel of existing mostly to cater to the Tulum ruins. Tulum pueblo is indeed a destination for shopping, great restaurants, a modest night life, studying the language at Instituto Chac-Mool Spanish School, booking tours, banking, shopping for food, local vegetables, fruits, cafes, and local flavor. Do not miss it. Tulum Playa nests along the coastline that leads into the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, the Caribbean white sandy beaches to the east, an impressive mangrove & wetland reserve to the south. Tulum Playa embraces many of the fancier, ecological, boutique and spa hotels, and it has a decent to excellent selection of restaurants and world-famous nightlife spots. The northern part of Tulum Playa is quieter and more low-key. The southern part of Tulum Playa has a lot more of the restaurants and nightlife action Tulum has become known for. Most restaurants, bars, and stores in this area are closed well into the afternoon, but the area becomes extremely busy and crowded at night with party-going tourists from all over the world. There are also a number of affordable beach front cabana-type lodging locations. Walk the beach and step in and inquire about accommodations and rates. You will be surprised and delighted. Most of these establishments are eco-friendly and do not provide electricity past midnight. Toilet paper can not be flushed and it is asked that water and other resources be used sparingly. The hotels in Tulum ai

如何抵達

By plane Tulum International Airport TQO IATA is a major new airport (new in December 2023) in the Puerto Felipe Carillo area just outside Tulum. The airport is served by domestic carriers Aeromexico, Mexicana, Volaris and Viva Aerobus. Aeromexico has twice daily service to/from Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport (AICM) (MEX IATA). Mexicana offers flights from Mexico City's Felipe Angeles Airport (AIFA) (NLU IATA), and Viva Aerobus has flights to Monterrey (MTY IATA), Guadalajara (GDL IATA), Tijuana (TIJ IATA), and Mexico City AIFA. TAG offers flights between Tulum and Guatemala and Aeromexico offers international service between Tulum and Toronto, San Francisco, and Chicago. Air Canada offers direct flights from Montreal and Toronto. Air Transat offers flights from Montreal and Quebec. WestJet offers flights to Tulum from Calgary and Toronto. Discover offers flights to and from Frankfurt. Avianca offers flights to and from Bogota. From the United States, Delta offers direct flights to Tulum from its hub in Atlanta. United Airlines offers 22 weekly non-stop flights between Tulum and Newark/New York, Houston, and Chicago with seasonal service to Los Angeles. American Airlines offers four daily flights to Tulum including two from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), one daily flight from Miami (MIA), and one from Charlotte (CLT). Tulum International Airport has a station on the new Tren Maya high-speed intercity rail line with departures every 2 hours to Cancun, Chichen Itza, Merida, Campeche, Palenque and Chetumal (among other destinations). The train can also be used as local transportation to the town of Tulum, to Bacalar or Chetumal to the south, or north to Cancun. Other international airports in the region are Cozumel (CZM IATA) or Cancún International Airport (CUN IATA). A taxi from Cancun to Tulum costs about M$2500- M$3000 and takes 1h30 - 1h45 minutes straight down Federal Highway 307 depending on traffic. ADO operates buses from Cancun (both downt

當地交通

By bus ADO and its local second-class bus line, Mayab, operate buses throughout the region. From the Tulum bus station, you can catch buses to nearby cities or to the Tulum Airport (much cheaper and more comfortable than a taxi). Buses to the airport cost M$276 (2024). Check for the last returning bus when exploring nearby towns. From Playa del Carmen to Tulum, the last buses from both terminals in Playa del Carmen depart about midnight. From the Terminal Turistica (Av 5a) departs a Mayab bus at 23:55 to Tulum.

4 ADO Terminal Tulum (Bus station), MEX-307 y Calle Jupiter. Small, overcrowded bus terminal with a crowded waiting area, filthy bathrooms, and inadequate staffing for the number of travelers and buses they service. On the plus side, there's a deli counter selling food to go and foreign credit cards usually work here even when they don't on the ADO web site. Fortunately, the buses are clean, modern and air conditioned. (updated Feb 2025)

By combi Shared shuttle vans (called combis or colectivos) are one of the most commonly used local transportation options in the Yucatan. From Tulum, there are two major combi routes: one running north along highway MEX-307 to Playa del Carmen (where you can transfer to another combi going onward to Cancun and the other running south along highway MEX-307 to Felipe Carrillo Puerto (where you can transfer to another combi going further south to Chetumal. The combis are useful because they can get you where the first-class ADO buses won't. Combis stop frequently at major resort areas, such as Puerto Aventuras or Puerto Morelos, neither of which have ADO bus stops. 5 Colectivos to Tulum beach depart from C. Orión Sur / Venus Ote. The price is M$30 (Jan 2022). There seems to be a public bus which leaves Tulum Pueblo around 09:00 and 12:00 and goes to the beach and ruins, and returns from there at 12:15 and 17:00. 6 Colectivos in the directions of Playa del Carmen are half a block away from the ADO Terminal. You can leave t

必看景點

1 Tulum Archaeological Site (Zona Arqueologíca de Tulum). The main attraction. Mayan ruins by the sea. Access to the beach directly below the main temple via the stairway is restricted. However, for a certain price through vendors at the ruins entrance, you can still take boat tours for views of the ruins from the water. To get to the ruins, take a collectivo at the bus stop across the street from the ADO bus terminal in Tulum. Simply ask the driver for "ruinas". The cost is M$30, payable in cash and small bills only. To get back to Tulum, wait on the other side of the street from where the collectivo dropped you off and flag down one of the passing collectivos. There is a bag check at the entrance to the ruins. You are not allowed to enter with any kind of disposable plastic or smoking supplies. As the line at the bag check can get quite long and it only takes about one hour to see the ruins, it is better to not bring a bag at all, because this allows you to skip the line. There is a