Episode One in our new video series, The Houses of Merida, features a renovated colonial with one of the most beautiful facades in the centro. In this case, the beauty of the facade is repeated in room after room in the interior. Come with us inside…

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Dorothy said ‘there’s no place like home’, but she’d never been to the Yucatan! Surveyed visitors agree that the Yucatan feels like home. Also in the news this week, pulpo fishing is threatened by a few bad apples, and the Red Tide which we have so far avoided this season.

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Art openings, both this week and a few to look forward to. Great music fills the city streets, Playboy comes to Chicxulub and summer fiestas feature everything made with coconut! Check it out…

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If you’ve ever wanted a tour of the Yucatan Peninsula in just under four minutes, this is the video for you!

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The Dzitya Handcraft Fair, classes at Habla! in percussion, dance and art, a fiesta in Rio Lagartos and more…

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This week, we report on the recent Physics Olympiad held here in Merida, the coming octopus season, money for the Drug War pouring into Mexico, a software system that tracks social programs, a dog story with a happy ending and much more!

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A Monopoly game about Mexico, lots of local fiestas, Oxkutzcab joins the 21st Century and much more…

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Fiesta in Motul (a great way to spend a day), beach soccer tournaments in Progreso, many dance events and trova music in downtown Merida… what better ways to spend a lazy summer day?

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A quiet election weekend, an apology from China, Yucatan stars in BBC documentary, and Julia Roberts buys movie rights to book set in Yucatan. All that and more in the News this week!

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Summer Vacation has arrived and, now that the election is over, look for a well earned break for many performers in the city, as almost all of Yucatan heads for the beaches. There are still a few events in town, so check back often to keep up with the best of what’s happening throughout Merida and the State of Yucatan this summer!

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