Inside Campeche Tour

Inside Campeche Tour Package

This vibrant province is a treasure trove of adventure experiences, ecotourism, and historical sites. Its colonial architecture adds to its allure, including a fortress steeped in history and haciendas brimming with tradition.

Something we can’t forget is the gastronomic delicacies, a melting pot of the Maya culture Spanish, and last but not least, the colorful presentation and exquisite taste of the pirate recipes.

Colonial beauty is reflected in its streets and structures. Some of them have been restored with exquisite taste and have become some of the most fabulous boutique hotels.

Duration: 7 Days, 6 Nights

Difficulty: Moderate

Group Size: Minimum 2

Comfort Level: Standard to Luxury

Pick up / Drop off locations

Transportation

Campeche International Airport

Minibus 

Physical demand

Trips may include activities like walks.

Destination

  • Campeche
  • Hochob
  • Tabasqueño
  • Santa Rosa Xtampak
  • Seybaplaya

Highlights

  • Culture & History
  • Archaeology
  • Nature
  • Beach Relaxation

Tour Plan

This itinerary idea can be customized to suit your and your family’s interests. Contact us; we are pleased to hear your comments, wishes, and expectations and are ready to design the trip to suit you.

Day 1: Arrival – Campeche International Airport

Our team will greet you at Campeche International airport and will transfer you to your hotel

Six nights of lodging in Campeche.

Day 2: Campeche City Tour

This morning, you will embark on a cultural city tour in the City of Campeche, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Your first stop will be the intriguing Museo de Estelas Mayas, nestled in the San Pedro Bulwark. This unique museum showcases a fascinating collection of Mayan stelae and regional art. The tour will then continue with a visit to the Puerta de Tierra.

A bronze cannon from the 18th century, bearing the royal insignia, greets you at the Puerta de Tierra. As you walk to the top of the rampart, you’ll be able to admire the domes of the Campeche churches. The Bastion of San Francisco and the Bastion of San Juan, both part of the same complex, house a small museum dedicated to the history of piracy, offering a unique connection to the past.

After the museum visit, walk along Calle 59, called Casas de Colores (Colored Houses). Along the street, you will observe brightly colored houses, colonial doors, and windows. You will visit art galleries with works of Campeche artists, handicraft stores, churches, the Campechano Institute, Parque de la Independencia, the Cathedral, and the Puerta del Mar, which was the first and main entrance to the walled city by navigators.

Don’t miss the fascinating light and sound show at La Puerta de Tierra at night. After the show, you can take a walk along the Historic Center’s cobblestone streets, where you’ll see a wide variety of stores, restaurants, bars, and cafes. You can also stroll down the beautiful 3.5-km boardwalk, which leads to a tourist walkway, parks, and a bicycle track.

Day 3: Hochob & Tabasqueño Archaeological sites

After breakfast, transfer to Hochob (2 hours). This is the first archaeological site that you will visit today.
Hochob means “ears of corn,” a place name given to the site in the late 19th century when Teobert Maler discovered it and recorded the name of the archaeological site.

Like other settlements within the Chenes area, Hochob became populated in 300 AD, when the first settlers settled on a hill about thirty meters high. They modified the hill when leveling it to build their homes, and sometime later, they raised their most essential constructions as public and religious buildings until the city gradually grew for several centuries.

Terraces and platforms occupied the slopes of the hill, and houses had walls and ceilings of perishable materials. Several pre-Hispanic reservoirs were strategically located to collect, store, and distribute rainwater. Hochob could depend on Dzibilnocac or Santa Rosa Xtampak, who had already acquired regional importance in the Classic period.

Afterward, move to Tabasqueño (25 minutes). Its name came at the end of the 20th century since a person from the State of Tabasco lived a short distance north of the site. That motivated the explorer Teobert Maler, who was the first to document the Mayan remains, to name the archaeological zone that way.

Teobert Maler reported the site in 1895 during his explorations of the Chenes region. It had its peak between 750 and 900 d. C. and its decline occurred around 1000 and 1250, during the Early Postclassic. Tabasqueño is a site whose explored area consists of a rectangular plan bounded on its four sides by buildings characteristic of the Chenes architectural style. Tabasqueño’s main buildings are divided into three groups. In all of them, the buildings denote characteristics of Chenes architecture, dated between 650 and 850 of our era (Late Classic period).

Afternoon return to Campeche.

Day 4: Santa Rosa Xtampak Archaeological Site

Morning transfer to Santa Rosa Xtampak (2.5 hours)

Xtampak means, in the Mayan language, “Old Walls.”
Santa Rosa Xtampak, often hailed as the most important regional capital of the Chenes, is a treasure trove of historical significance. It is one of the few places in the region adorned with altars and carved steles bearing event dates.

It also has free-standing sculptures, construction of pyramidal foundations, and in later times, perhaps around 900 to 1100 AD, the introduction of what has been recognized as a sacbe or path that joins two of the leading architectural ensembles

In summary, in this ancient city, you will find everything “atypical” for the region, a relevant aspect for specialists to consider it as a regional capital; that is, it has essential elements that small peripheral cities
do not possess since they are subject to control and dependence on capital.

In addition to this, the territorial extension of the settlement (30 square kilometers) and its radius of power and influence has been calculated at 400 square kilometers, placing Santa Rosa Xtampak among the most stunning sites within the Chenes

Afternoon transfers back to your hotel.

Day 5: Campeche Villages

Today, you will visit some villages along the Camino Real, the path the Spanish traced to connect the City of Campeche with Merida, Yucatan.

The first stop is Tenabo, a village dedicated to craft hammocks, huipiles (typical blouses), and candies; here, you will visit La Iglesia de la Asuncion and the central park.

Then, visit Pomuch, a simple population whose particularity is that most of its old houses were built with carved stones extracted from the nearby archaeological site of Xcochac.

In Pomuch, it is customary to make bread daily in stone and wood ovens. Bread is a very present tradition in this place; a clear example is its bakeries, such as La Conchita, Pan de Pomuch, Los Tres Reyes, and La Huachita.

You can also visit Calkini, a village with significant cultural, natural, and artisan wealth and essential services for families.

You cannot leave without first tasting its rich gastronomy and acquiring typical crafts of the region, such as pottery in Tepakán; the famous jipi hat, the sought-after Panamas in Bécal; wooden articles, hammocks, embroidery, and textiles made by the people of Dzitbalché; the weaving of mats in Nunkiní and the works in the fiber of cow’s tongue in the old Tankuché hacienda.

Becal is a village famous for the Panama hats made of jipi-japa fiber in an artisanal way.

Afternoon, return to your hotel.

Day 6: Relax at Seybaplaya

Morning transfer to Seybaplaya (30 minutes) for a day dedicated to relaxing yourself. Seybaplaya, a peaceful fishing village, it’s among the most engaging beaches in the Gulf of Mexico region. It is projected as a must-see place in the Campeche coast surroundings.

Day 7: Back home or Extension

At your convenience, transfer to Campeche airport or continue with a trip extension,

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