The Rough Guide to the Yucatan UPDATE

Uxmal admission (p. 247) is now M$98, with no discount on Sundays.

The Ruta Puuc bus (p. 245) is now M$132.

Hacienda Yaxcopoil (p. 251) admission is M$50.

I don’t usually mention new items, but The Pickled Onion is a great addition to Santa Elena—it’s on the highway midway between the Flycatcher and Sacbe Bungalows. Great fresh food and a varied menu—local stuff, plus more international items.

Hacienda Tabi is still shut—no sign of it reopening. I’m leaving it out of the new edition entirely.

This nice B&B in Santa Elena, on the Ruta Puuc (p. 254), just sent me a little update about its facilities:

We are adding 2 new rooms, available in late November, which will each have one queen bed, at 500 pesos each. AC is optional at 100 pesos more. These rooms are in a separate structure, set lower in the garden/orchard area.

We also have put new mattresses in all the rooms, the pillow-top, orthopedic style, very nice ones.

Flycatcher does have a very nice garden area–lots of fruit trees!–so I imagine the new rooms will be in a good setting.

This little B&B in Santa Elena (p. 254) has a new website [www.flycatcherinn.com], and new email: contact[at]flycatcherinn[dot]com.

Additionally, the owners are putting a/c in five of the rooms, and the rates will go up M$100 on these rooms–but worth it, when you consider it’s been over 100 degrees for a long stretch already!

And, the owner says, in the fall a new restaurant will be opening just down the road, run by a Brit/Canadian woman. This definitely improves the eating options right around this area, particularly for people traveling without a car.