Tag: Ancient History
Visiting Chichén Itzá - El Castillo, the Sacred Cenote and how to beat the tour buses
Ninety-one steps on each of the four sides, plus one platform at the top. Add them up and you get the number of days...
Tulum, Mexico’s clifftop Maya city - Seaside ruins, cenote swims and the wild Sian Ka’an coast
Five hundred years ago, Maya traders watched for canoes from this cliff. Today the same view comes with a swimsuit, a fresh coconut and...
Tarragona, Spain’s Roman city by the sea - Tarraco, the Part Alta and Costa Daurada beaches
Two thousand years ago, chariots thundered round a track here in front of 30,000 roaring spectators. Today the same vaults hold up wine bars,...
Alcudia, Mallorca - Roman ruins, medieval walls and a bay made for slow days
Two thousand years ago, Roman settlers laid out a city on this spot. Today, the loudest traffic is the Sunday crowd haggling over olives,...