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mostly cloudy, 93FThe second town of Yucatán state, VALLADOLID is around 40km from Chichén Itzá, still close enough to beat the crowds to the site on an early bus, and of interest in its own right. Although it took a severe bashing in the nineteenth-century Caste Wars, the town has retained a strong colonial feel, and centres on a pretty, peaceful zócalo. The most famous of the surviving churches is sixteenth-century San Bernardino , 1km southwest of the zócalo (daily 9am–8pm; Mass daily at 6pm). Built over one of the town's cenotes, Sis-Ha , the church is currently under restoration: the … more »
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