Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is a place of history and beauty, mystery and wonder. With its centuries-old Maya civilization, ...

Donald Miralle/Stringer/Getty All around the Yucatán Peninsula, within easy reach of some of Mexico’s best vacation spots, visitors will find dreamy turquoise-hued swimming holes called cenotes.

Hundreds of plantations once symbolised the peninsula's wealth but were abandoned in the 1950s after a sudden downturn of fortune. Over the years, the jungle has taken them back.

Families looking for sunny adventures will love exploring the Riviera Maya, located along Mexico’s Caribbean coastline of the ...

Age-old ruins emerging from the dense jungles of the Yucatán are just as mystical as you'd imagine, from ...

Cenotes are sinkholes through which groundwater may be accessed from the Yucatan Peninsula Aquifer. Historically and culturally, cenotes are also important cultural and spiritual natural sites for the ...

Cenotes provide an important water source to Ek’s community of Homun, in the Mexican state of Yucatan, and a livelihood for locals who lead tourists from around the world into the caverns to bathe in ...

When AP Climate video journalist and producer Teresa de Miguel first heard about the push to grant Mexico’s stunning cenotes, or underground lakes, personhood status, she knew it was crucial to find a ...