Situated right behind the park ticket stand, the entrance of Museum Cerámico is flanked by beautiful orchids and thick plants. It has more exhibits of valuable items discovered in the temple’s tombs than Museum Lítico. Ceramics, jade, inscribed bones and shells found buried...
Inside the grounds of Hotel Casa Santo Domingo is the beautifully presented Paseo de los Museos or Museums Promenade. The route allows access to the most significant areas of the convent ruins including old burial crypts and ruined church. The complex of museums displays colonial religious art,...
For history and culture buffs, this private museum is a must. Despite its small scale, it showcases an impressive display of Mayan artifacts, ceramic ritual plates, weapons and jade jewelry. With explanations in English and Spanish, this museum places its collection within the...
Along the entire south side of Parque Central lies the first two-storey building in the city, Palacio de los Capitanes. Built in 1558, for more than two centuries it was the seat of the Spanish colonial government for most of Central America and Chiapas. More recently it housed the police...
The church and convent ruins of Santo Domingo stand inside the grounds of the beautiful Hotel Casa Santo Domingo on the eastern edge of town. Between 1542 and 1666 the Dominican order built one of the largest, richest and most important convents in the colonial city. However, during the 1773...