For a real treat try the spa safari: a 90 - minute guided morning walk past rice paddies and through rolling countryside to a
seaside location where a full breakfast is prepared, followed by a dip in the ocean and a massage in a private treatment room with sides open to catch the gentle
trade winds.
From an archaeological perspective, Tulum is significant because of its status as a hub of
trade and commerce in the Riviera Maya dating back to 1200 A.D. Structures of note include the often - photographed El Castillo, which is magnificently perched on a
seaside cliff, the Temple of the
Wind, whose rounded corners allowed the wind to flow freely around it as a sort of tribute to that god, and the Temple of the Frescoes, which shows different scenes of gods including Chaac, the ever - powerful rain
Wind, whose rounded corners allowed the
wind to flow freely around it as a sort of tribute to that god, and the Temple of the Frescoes, which shows different scenes of gods including Chaac, the ever - powerful rain
wind to flow freely around it as a sort of tribute to that god, and the Temple of the Frescoes, which shows different scenes of gods including Chaac, the ever - powerful rain god.