Behind the façade of this 16th-century, colonial-era villa in Mérida, México, is a transformed interior, radically overhauled by the Berlin-based architecture studio Zeller & Moye, working alongside ...

El Gran Museo del Mundo Maya de Mérida translates to The Great Museum of the Mayan World of Mérida. With more than 1,160 artifacts on display, the museum combines ancient textiles, religious elements, ...

The Mérida Initiative is a bilateral security cooperation agreement between Mexico and the United States The Mérida Initiative celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Yet since it began providing ...

Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin will return to Mexico in March as part of an international tour that will include seven ...

Mérida Fest 2026 is scheduled to take place through Jan. 18, 2026. The annual festival commemorates the anniversary of the founding of Mérida and includes a wide range of performing arts programming.

Freda Moon has traveled Mexico from top to bottom, by car and by sailboat, and has been writing about the country for The New York Times since 2009. Even as tourism to the Yucatán Peninsula skyrockets ...

The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Mérida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania. The well-preserved remains of ...

Mérida, Mexico, is rapidly growing in both size and reputation. It’s a solid craft beer city for its size. I enjoyed my time in the city, using cold beer to help cool off on hot days. Here are my ...

Mérida is one of those dream destinations where “something for everyone” is not just a tourism-board platitude. In the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, there’s a ton of Spanish colonial and ...

The capital of the Yucatán attracts creative types from around Mexico and across many borders, drawn by its Mayan and colonial heritage and, for some, its path to the future. Plantel Matilde, an arts ...

Nestled in the Andes Mountains and transected by the Chama River, Mérida is one of 23 states in Venezuela. It is home to the city and state capital, also named Mérida (officially Santiago de los ...