<< Our Photo Pages >> Tulum - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Quintana Roo
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Multi-periodSite Name: Tulum Alternative Name: Tuluum, ZanaCountry: Mexico Region: Quintana Roo Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Cancun Nearest Village: Tulum
Latitude: 20.214670N Longitude: 87.42889W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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mfrincu visited on 27th Dec 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Splendid Maya city by the seaside!
XIII visited on 1st Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
ModernExplorers visited on 7th Jan 2003 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Mayan ruins on the beach
graemefield visited on 27th Oct 1998 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
43559959 visited on 26th Nov 1991 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1991 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5
MelissaBWrite Ogham paulcall davidmorgan Orcinus phalanges20 have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.33
However, this attraction and its relative nearness to the tourist resort of Cozumel, Cancun, and the towns on the coast mean that the site is frequntly crowded and has been damaged over the years due to pure tourist volume. The location given is for the site in general.
Note: Bones of early American disappear from underwater cave near Mexico's Tulum.
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