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El Rey Ruins (Zona Arqueologica El Rey)

Blvd Kukulcan Km 17 | Zona Hotelera, Cancun 77500, Mexico
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Ranked #13 of 66 attractions in Cancun
Type: Ancient Ruins
Description: The past meets the present in this ancient Mayan structure located right in the middle of Cancun's Hotel Zone.
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Ravenna, Ohio
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2013

It was within walking distance to my hotel, GR Solaris. Worth the trip. Take lots of bread to feed the Iguanas.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2013

Great, inexpensive and interesting mayan ruins. Good family activity as not too large and lots of iguanas to see.

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Liberty, Missouri
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2013

This is great if you have small kids and dont want to commit to a full day trip to see the larger ruins. It is a park like setting and only costs adults about $5 and kids are free. You can pay more to have a guided tour, but we just walked through on our own, I think its about... More

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Monroe, WA
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 April 2013

We spent an hour or so here and loved it. Was super hot so bring water. Kids had the most fun spotting iguanas and throwing them crackers. Well worth the walk and the price (can't remember but around $1 pp).

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Yorktown, Virginia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 April 2013 via mobile

We were shocked to find these ruins right off the highway. Admission was 47 pesos ($4) a person. Tons of iguanas are running around. If you aren't into the ruins, go for the iguanas and bring some bananas to feed them. Go early as it is hot out there. They open at 8am.

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2013

We spent a few hours here one afternoon, it defiantly worth a look as its only a few pesos to get in. We took fruit with us to feed the iguanas which was the highlight of the visit

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edmonton
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 April 2013

We've seen the big ruins but this was enough for me. It's close in town its very inexpensive and its covered with iguana's. We took our kids to experience the ruins and they were so excited about all the iguana's all over the place. We took some banana's to feed them but they went through them pretty quick. It's a... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 April 2013

This is not one of the more famous sites but it was great. It is easy reach of the hotel zone - we walked there from the hotel. It is a fairly large site and you could climb over the ruins. It was great getting to the top of some of them and looking over the site. There are iguanas... More

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Dayton, Ohio
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 April 2013

3 dollar admission but well worth it just remember to take some bananas for the iguanas so fun to get them to come that close to you and watch them chase each other over the fruit.good time had by all of us and just across the street from crown paradise

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Dallas, Texas
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 April 2013

not to be missed. no one was there while we visited and it was really cool.... lots of iguanas, which i really enjoyed. Alot larger than originally thought.

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