Exploring The Grand Palaces Of Merida, Mexico – Hand Luggage Only

By our fourth day in Merida in Mexico, it felt like we’d pretty much seen most of the major sites to see in Merida (especially on this day and then on this day for the incredible cenotes and Mayan ruins just outside of Merida) but there was one place that we still hadn’t covered yet as that was Paseo de Montejo which is this street that’s famous for it’s grand homes and palaces.

Some of these grand palaces have been converted to buildings for private use or office but there are quite a few that you can actually visit.

Now seeing as this was our main major plan for the day, breakfast at our hotel – Casa Olivia was a long and leisurely affair.

We were still at the breakfast table 3 hours after we started and only broke with proceedings to get some more tea on the sofa in the dining area. It was amazing.

I was tempted to get into the pool but decided we had to go check out Paseo de Montejo first before relaxing for the rest of the day.

With that, we hopped into a taxi and made our way over.

The first things we saw on Paseo de Montejo was actually a stand selling fresh ice-cold coconuts and so we started things off with that first before making our way over to Monumento a La Patria.

Monumento a La Patria is like the main start of the street and is described as a homage to Mexican history.

Leaving it, we made our way back on ourselves heading down Paseo de Montejo towards Quinta Montes Molina which is a museum now and a former stately home.

You can visit properly but we decided it wouldn’t make sense to visit every single one of these places so we saved our potential visiting for Montejo 495 which is a lot further down the street.

Before that though, we went past Museo Regional de Antropología, Palacio Cantón – which is typically just referred to as “Palacio Cantón” for short.

It’s such a grand building and again, is another one to visit if you have time but pick wisely otherwise you might end up with Palace fatigue after attempting to visit all of them.

Montejo 495 is quite literally named that because it’s the address on the street and it is one of the most gorgeous palaces on this street, inside and outside.

When we arrived there, we were told we would have to wait for the next English…