Yucatán, Mexico · North America
San Rafael is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Chunchucmil, 30km from Celestún.
San Rafael is a town located in Yucatán, Mexico. With a population of 1,252, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, San Rafael sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Merida time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add San Rafael to your route.
Chunchucmil was once a large, sprawling pre-Columbian Maya city located in the western part of what is now the state of Yucatán, Mexico.
Although the famous explorer and author John Lloyd Stephens traveled within a few kilometers of Chunchucmil during his historic journey across the Yucatán Peninsula (he even met withRead more
the owner of the nearby haciendas), the archaeological site went relatively unnoticed by Maya scholars for more than a century because virtually no monuments (stelae) or other grand sculptures have been found there. The lack of royal monuments, combined with other archaeological data, may indicate that Chunchucmil was not a city ruled by a single divine king, as most other Maya polities. Instead, it may have been a commercial center, organized by various lineages and focused upon funneling goods between regions—such as the trade between the Gulf of Mexico and the interior of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Chunchucmil was most populous in the Middle Classical Period (400–650 AD), with an estimated 31,000–43,000 (within the central 25 km2 area) people.
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San Rafael is located in Yucatán, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.7039 latitude, -90.1581 longitude.
San Rafael has a population of approximately 1,252 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
Full driving guide for Mexico2 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
A Gulf-coast fishing village fronting a 600 km² biosphere reserve where thousands of American flamingos winter in the mangrove estuary, alongside a petrified forest and a freshwater spring in the ría.
30 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
An outstanding example of late Maya architecture in the Puuc style, featuring the ornately decorated Pyramid of the Magician and the elaborate Governor's Palace.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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