Frederick Catherwood reached Tulum in March 1841. The explorers realized that Tulum, like Chichén Itzá, was one of the last strongholds against the Spanish, thus one of the few Maya cities mentioned ...

Back in the early ’90s, Tulum was a sleepy pueblo on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, a day trip from a hotel in Playa del Carmen or Cancún to see the ruins and walk around downtown. But by the end of ...