Chichén Itzá

Zona Arqueológica de Chichén Itzá

A New Seven Wonder: Kukulcán's nine-tiered pyramid

⚠ Foreigners 676 pesos

Hours

Daily, roughly 8am–5pm (check with INAH)

Tickets

Foreigners 676 pesos, Mexicans 303, under-13s free (Por Esto, 2026). Official guides extra. Check whether a tour includes entry

Address

Off Federal Highway 180 in Tinum, Yucatán, about 40 km west of Valladolid

Walk out of the trees and the Temple of Kukulcán, El Castillo, stands alone in the middle of a grass plaza. Its four stairways add up to 365 steps, one for each day of the year. On spring and autumn equinox afternoons, shadows on the stair edge form a serpent crawling down. Clap in front of the pyramid and the echo comes back from the top like a bird's chirp, so everybody tries it. Add the giant ball court and the Temple of the Warriors, and two or three hours under a shadeless sun disappear quickly.