Ma Ianuali 6, 1542, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Francisco de Montejo iā Mérida, ua kūkulu ʻia ma luna o ka lehulehu ʻo Mayan T'ho (ma mua o Ichcaanziho), ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale me 70 mau ʻohana Sepania a me 300 mau Inday Maya. Ma Iulai 13, 1618 ua kapa ʻia ia "kūlanakauhale hanohano a kūpaʻa hoʻi" i ka palapala i kau inoa ʻia e Felipe II.
ʻO kāna hale pule ka mea kahiko loa ma Nu Sepania, ua hoʻomaka ia ma 1561 a hoʻolaʻa ʻia iā San Ildefonso, ka mea mālama o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO nā hana ʻē aʻe mai ka wā koloneia nā luakini o San Juan Bautista, La Mejorada, San Cristóbal a me ka hale pule o Santa Ana. ʻO ka luakini o ka Papa ʻEkolu, ʻo ia ka Luakini o Iesū, i noho ʻia e Franciscans, i ka wā i kipaku aku ai lākou i nā Jesuits mai ka ʻO Sepania Hou i ke kenekulia 18.
ʻO nā hale kūkulu hale e kū i ke kūlanakauhale: ʻo ka Casa de Montejo, ma muli o kona ʻano Plateresque; ka Colegio de San Pedro, hoʻokumu ʻia e Jesuits i 1711, i kēia manawa ka noho o ke Kulanui Mokuʻāina; Halemai o Nuestra Señora del Rosario, he hale hōʻikeʻike i kēia lā; Ua kūkulu ʻia ka hale aliʻi ʻo Canton o ke kinikini a i kēia manawa e noho ʻia e ka Museum Museum of Anthropology; ʻO ka Hale Aliʻi Aupuni, me ka mōʻaukala o ka peninsula i kū ʻia e nā kiʻi pena; ke Plaza de Armas, ka Paseo Montejo, ka mākeke a me nā pāka ʻo Santiago a me Santa Lucía.
Mai Mérida 80 kilomita i ke komohana ʻo Celestún, kahi Puʻuhonua Biosfera Kūʻokoʻa, kahi pūnaewele kahi e hānau ai ka flamingo ʻalani. No ke kipa ʻana i kēia mālama mālama pono ʻoe i ka ʻae mai Sedesol. Ma ke kūkulu ʻākau o Mérida ma ke ala nui e hele aku ai i Progreso ʻo Dzibilchaltún, i loko o kona Luakini o nā Dālā ʻehiku i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia e ka poʻe Mayans e like me ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka lā.
ʻO Progreso ka pier lōʻihi loa ma ka ʻāina: Paipai mākou iā ʻoe e hele i kahi mau mile komohana e ʻai i ka iʻa a me nā ʻāpana pūpū ʻoiai ka mea ʻono loa ma Yucatan; i ka hikina hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i nā kahakai mālie e like me San Benito a me San Bruno.
ʻO Motul kahi i hānau ai ʻo Felipe Carrillo Puerto, mai ka hikina ʻākau o Mérida. Ke hoʻomau nei i ka hikina iā mākou ʻo Suma, Cansahcab a me Temax, e huli ana i ka ʻākau e loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻo Dzilam de Bravo, kahi kai lawaiʻa. Ma kahi kokoke i Boca de Dzilam kahe mai ka wai hou mai lalo o ke kai a he wahi cenote kekahi.
Hoʻomau mākou i ka hikina o Mérida kahi e hoʻomaka ai ke alaloa ʻo Mérida-Cancún, 160 mau mile o ke alaloa a hiki i Valladolid. Hele mākou i ka hapalua ma ke ala e hele i ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau e kipa iā Izamal me kāna hale konikona o San Antonio, kūkulu ʻia ma ke kahua mua o ka Hispanic. ʻO kāna atrium ka mea nui o ʻAmelika.
