Senior Tourist Attractions in Mexico

Mexico is one of the world’s most popular vacation destinations with over 20 million foreign visitors a year. Famous for its tequila, the Aztecs and the Mayas, Salma Hayek, Day of the Dead, drug wars, Lucha libre, Corona beer and the beach resorts on the Pacific and Caribbean side, Mexico can offer something for every senior traveler.

The warm sunshine of Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Cozumel continually invites seniors to come and enjoy and are among the many attractions that Mexico has to offer. The Yucatan Peninsula is home to a large grouping of Mayan archeological sites; major ones include Chichen Itza, Coba, Edzna, Kabah, Tulum and Uxmal. Many areas of the peninsula are blanketed by a thick jungle, and in the southeast, tropical rain forests merge into the borders with Belize and Guatemala.

If You Have Been to Mexico, Seniors…

The number one rated attraction is Teotihuacán. It is memorable for me because I have climbed to the top of the pyramid twice.  What a view from up there and the region is filled with history of the Aztecs.  Archeologists are still discovering hidden gems around the area.

In the 2nd century BC a new civilization arose in the valley of Mexico. This civilization built the flourishing metropolis of Teotihuacán and it’s pyramids. The Pyramid of the Sun was built around 100 AD and is the largest pyramid in all of Mexico. The construction of the smaller Pyramid of the Moon started a century later and was finished in 450 AD. Seven centuries after the demise of the Teotihuacán empire the pyramids were honored and utilized by the Aztecs and became a place of pilgrimage.

Chitzen Itza

Chichen Itza is the largest of the Mayan cities in the Yucatan Peninsula and one of Mexico’s most visited senior tourist destinations. The most famous landmark of Chichen Itza is the temple-pyramid of El Castillo. Each face of the pyramid has a stairway with 91 steps, which together with the shared step at the top, add up to 365. Other highlights of Chichen Itza include the Great Ballcourt and El Caracol, a circular temple which served as an astronomical observatory.

Tulum

Tulum, situated on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, once served as the major port of the Mayan city of Coba. Tulum was built around 1200 AD when the Mayan civilization was already in decline. My wife and I loved walking around the grounds.

Touropia lists their top 10 tourist destinations in Mexico and each draws thousands if not millions of tourists to the land of the Maya and Aztecs.  Senior travelers will not run out of amazing sites to visit and things to see and do in Mexico.  And all that great Mexican food…

I love Mexico and Mexicans. Always have and always will.  jeb