Chichen Itza Walking Tour
Chichen Itza Walking Tour Introduction to the Walking Tour Chichén Itzá is the most visited archeological sites in Mexico. It is busy and full of tourists, vendors and service suppliers. We strongly recommend you visit the site as soon as it opens as there is less people and the sun is not directly overhead. If you are driving, you enter the gate and pay the fee for parking – currently 220 pesos. The buses and taxi’s drop passengers off at this location. You enter the large open entrance building and pay your entrance fee to the left. You then proceed through the building and pay the state fee to enter the site. You then proceed towards the turnstiles and give both tickets to the attendant. The main entrance has many types of services. It has a coat/parcel check, washrooms, coffee cafe, bank machine, bookstore, restaurant and small museum. The walking route we recommend is to explore in the following order: 1) Entrance 2) The Castle – El Castillo 3) The Grand Ball Court 4) The Temple of the Tiger 5) The Platform of the Skulls The Platform of Eagles and Jaguars The Venus Platform 6) The Platform of the Eagles 7) The Chac Mool 8) The Sacred Cenote 9) Temple of the Big Tables The Temple of Warriors 10) Plaza of a Thousand Columns 12) Cenote Xtoloc 13) The Tomb of the High Priest 14) The House of the Grinding Stone 15) House of the Deer 16) The Red House 17) Observatory 18) Temple of the Panels 19) The Church The Nunnery The Chac Mool Ball Courts The Sweat Bath