One of my own favourite lesser known sites in the Yucatan because of its jungly setting, which makes you feel a bit like Indiana Jones as you clamber around pyramids, temples, stelae, and ball courts half buried in the jungle. Its 70 sq. kilometres (27 sq. miles) amid five lakes were occupied by also as many as 50,000 inhabitants from 500 AD till at least the 14th century and possibly a bit beyond. What’s particularly special here is that Cobá is also the nexus of the Mundo Maya’s largest road network, some 16 causeways linking it to sites as far away as 100 km (62 mi). It’s about a half hour inland from Tulum, two hours from Cancún, 90 minutes from Playa del Carmen, and 2½ from Yucatan capital Mérida. 

Read more in my post 12 of the Top Archaeological Sites on Mexico´s Yucatan Peninsula.

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