My husband and I spent eight nights at Hacienda San Pedro, just outside Merida on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Our spacious room, formerly part of the "Casa de Machina" overlooked the pool and gardens.

Traveling along the road towards the ruins of Uxmal, when passing through Yaxcopoil the most characteristic building immediately appears, its monumental double Moorish arch from the colonial period, ...

Yucatán is enjoying an extraordinary period of growth and investment-among the latest news is a recent alliance between the huge Singapore-based hospitality investor, Banyan Tree Holdings, and the ...

Standing next to the rusted gears of a henequen-processing machine, I gazed out at a lonely cluster of the spiky, cactuslike plants in an otherwise empty field. One hundred years ago, countless acres ...

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

A Spanish nobleman arriving at the gates of Temozón in the 17th century would have received a generous welcome. The sprawling estate was owned by Don Diego de Mendoza, descendant of the great ...

Pathways lead to surprises in the lush gardens at Hacienda Xcanatún. Rocking chairs on shady verandahs at Hacienda Misné. A traditional yucatecan style bench sits in the shade at Hacienda Misné.