Traveling to Yucatán is one of the best decisions you can make. It is a state full of amazing places that leave you breathless. The haciendas in Yucatan are a mandatory stop on your visit, they give us the opportunity to learn the history of the state with the luxury and amenities that characterize them. Many of these keep secret corners full of vegetation, nature and mysticism, creating an atmosphere that will flood your senses with unique experiences and memories that will last a lifetime.
Next, we leave you some of our favorite haciendas with incredible spots to portray your visit.
Hacienda Sac Chich
This Hacienda has the opportunity to mix two completely different environments. It is made up of the House of Machines and the House of Sisal.
The Casa de Máquinas is a complex of 3 limestone buildings with a history dating back to 1850. It was restored preserving its essence, and is surrounded by gardens and palm trees, swimming pools and large common rooms. La Casa de Sisal is a contemporary house, making you feel that you are in a completely different world. With a swimming pool, palapa and wide garden esplanades, this house is built with a popular Mayan technique called Chukum, ideal for experiencing a break from routine.
Hacienda Santa Cruz Palomeque
With its colonial style that begins its history in 1640, the Santa Cruz hacienda has made a special effort to conserve the natural environment, always taking care of the privacy of its visitors.
It is segmented by the main house, the casita (old house of the peons), the house of the machines where the transformation of the thorny leaves of the henequen into sisal ropes occurred, a chapel which was modified preserving the old thick beams that it still strongly supports its roof, beautiful gardens, swimming pools and its own restaurant, La Créole. The places to create memories are innumerable, and their nature is indescribable.
Hacienda San Pedro Ochil
Located in Abalá, 36 kilometers from the city of Mérida, San Pedro Ochil is one of the most wonderful haciendas in the state. With an arches entrance worthy of the time, it uses its main house as a restaurant serving the most emblematic Yucatecan dishes such as lime soup, cochinita pibil, black filling, panuchos and several more that you can taste in its buffet or à la carte. The construction of an amphitheater at the mouth of the “Tree of Light” cenote makes this hacienda a spectacular place and its old routes offer truck rides, which give you the opportunity to get to know much of the place.
Hacienda Temozón
The first records of this hacienda are located in the year 1650. Located 50 minutes from the airport of the city of Mérida, Hacienda Temozón allows you to learn a bit of its history by walking through its gardens, enjoying the cenote that is inside it, taste the food of his restaurant and visit his museum that tells its history and its beginnings.
It has 28 luxuriously furnished suites, the patios are distinguished by being surrounded by greenery and sublime colors, perfectly blending architecture with nature.
Hacienda Misné
With 50 beautiful rooms, Hacienda Misné mixes colonial with modern. Located just 15 minutes from the Historic Center, it is a building that was born in the 18th century. Its beautiful corridors that are cobbled paths full of vast vegetation, large floral gardens, its own restaurant called “La Pitahaya” with an exquisite Yucatecan menu, relaxing Pools and spa area make the hacienda a place full of peace and relaxation.
