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Chichen Itza
Magnificent pre-Columbian Mayan city dominated by the step pyramid El Castillo on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Piste
Yucatán, Mexico · North America
About Piste
Piste is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Chichén-Itzá, 6km from Cenote Ik Kil.
Piste is in Yucatán, Mexico, with about 5,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Chichén-Itzá, about 4 km away.
Pisté is a village in Tinum Municipality in the center of Yucatán State, Mexico. It is best known for the Mayan archaeological site Chichen Itza and the cenote Ik Kil. Federal Highway 180 connects Pisté to Valladolid, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) away, and Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, about 111 kilometres (69 mi)Read more
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Within an hour or so of Piste: Chichen Itza (3 km), Cenote Ik Kil (6 km), Valladolid (40 km), Cenote Zací (41 km).
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Piste is in Yucatán, Mexico, about 4 km from Chichén-Itzá.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,528
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Yucatán
- Timezone
- America/Merida
- Coordinates
- 20.6997, -88.5889
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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Worth the detour from Piste
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Cenote Ik Kil
A stunning open-air cenote with vines cascading 26 meters down limestone walls into crystal-clear turquoise water.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Valladolid
A charming colonial town known for its pastel-colored buildings, the stunning Convent of San Bernardino, and nearby cenotes.
40 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Cenote Zací
A half-collapsed cenote right in central Valladolid, a few blocks from the plaza: black catfish in green water, curtains of vine hanging from the open roof, and a swim you can walk to from your hotel.
41 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Cenote Suytun
A mystical underground cenote where a single beam of sunlight pierces through a hole in the cave ceiling onto a circular stone platform.
48 km · about 55 min drive
photogenic
Izamal
The "Yellow City": nearly every building painted egg-yolk ochre, built around the vast Franciscan monastery of San Antonio de Padua, whose atrium is second in size only to the Vatican's and which sits atop a Maya pyramid.
51 km · about 60 min drive
ancient ruins
Ek' Balam
A walled Maya city north of Valladolid where you can still climb the Acropolis past the plaster stucco jaws of a monster-mouth doorway guarding a king's tomb. Far quieter than Chichén Itzá an hour away.
52 km · about 60 min drive
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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