The most beautiful Mayan monuments in Me
Ancient Mayan town of Palenque is nestled in the foothills of Chiapas mountains and is surrounded by the remains of virgin forest. Palenque competes with its Guatemalan rival Tikal for the post of the most beautiful Mayan ruins. Most visitors agree that local buildings are perhaps a little nicer, but there are crowds of tourists, which takes away from the atmosphere a little. Anyway, Palenque should certainly be the „mandatory“ stop your journey around Mexico. Moreover, only a few kilometers away there are other very nice places – waterfalls of Agua Azul and Misol Ha.
Templo de la Calavera - Temple of the Sk
Just a few meters from the entrance awaits you the first pyramid – Temple of the Skull, which is not so impressive compared to other buildings, but it is interesting by famous skull inside. So climbing the stairs and looking inside is certainly worthwhile.
Skull in the Temple of the Skull
After climbing the stairs you can see an interesting skull, which gave the name to this temple.
Templo de las Inscripciones – The Temple
You will get to beautiful pyramid of The Temple of the Inscriptions along Temple XIII. Unfortunately, except for the guard sitting at the top is the entry forbidden. It is a shame, because otherwise there would be terrific outlook of the main building of the whole town – Palace.
Templo de la Cruz - Temple of the Cross
After seeing the Temple of the Inscriptions set out to the northernmost part of the town to great pyramid of the Temple of the Cross.
Pyramid half overgrown with jungle
From this view of the Temple of the Cross is clearly visible how much work is necessary to reconstruct or dig out the pyramids overgrown with the jungle. Lots of Mayan towns are still hidden in the jungle and even well-known sites such as Palenque are not yet completely uncovered.
View of The Temple of the Inscriptions a
The Temple of the Cross also serves as a great outlook of other buildings in Palenque. As in the palm of your hand you have here Temple of the Inscriptions and the Palace with its distinctive tower.
Temples in Palenque
From the outlook are also visible other less important temples.
El Palacio – The Palace
The most monumental building around Palenque is a giant pyramid of The Palace.
Other buildings and pyramids
On the south side of the ruins there are plenty of other smaller pyramids and buildings. You can hang about here relatively long in far lower density of tourists than in the north near the most interesting buildings.
The way through the jungle
It is more reasonable and interesting to go back the other way, which leads through local forest. Here you can see here interesting local trees and there is also a small waterfall.
Overgrown ruins
Along the way through the jungle you will see another ruins, which are still largely covered with local lush vegetation.
Waterfall in Palenque
You will pass around two pretty nice waterfalls in the forest. The condition of water in them depends mainly on the season. There is not much water in the dry season.
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