Amusement park
Xel-Há
Spring-fed lagoon mixing turquoise sea water with fresh, once a doomed Spanish outpost.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Xel-Ha lagoon near Tulum follows the Spanish conquistador Francisco de Montejo, who landed here in fifteen twenty-seven and renamed the ancient Maya port after his own hometown of Salamanca. You will hear what his soldiers faced in the months that followed, from hunger to open mutiny, as his plan to found Spain's first foothold in Yucatan began to unravel. Best heard standing at the water's edge, where his men once burned their own ships.
This audio guide was created using AI.