A ranar 6 ga Janairu, 1542, Francisco de Montejo ya kafa Mérida, an gina ta ne a kan yawan Mayan T´ho (kafin Ichcaanziho), an yi mata rajista a matsayin gari mai iyalai 70 na Sifen da 300 Mayan Indiya. A ranar 13 ga Yuli, 1618 aka sanya masa suna "birni mai mutunci da aminci" a cikin takardar shaidar da Felipe II ya sanya hannu.
Babban cocinsa shine mafi tsufa a cikin New Spain, an fara shi a 1561 kuma an sadaukar dashi ga Saint Ildefonso, waliyin birni. Sauran ayyukan tun zamanin mulkin mallaka sune gidajen ibada na San Juan Bautista, La Mejorada, San Cristóbal da cocin Santa Ana. Haikalin Dokoki na Uku, yanzu Haikalin Yesu, mabiya addinin Francis ne suka mamaye shi, lokacin da suka kori thean Jesuit daga Sabuwar Spain a karni na 18.
Gine-ginen gine-ginen da suka yi fice a cikin garin sune: Casa de Montejo, saboda salonta na Plateresque; Colegio de San Pedro, wanda Jesuits ya kafa a 1711, yanzu wurin zama na Jami'ar Jiha; Asibitin Nuestra Señora del Rosario, a yau gidan kayan gargajiya; Fadar Canton da aka gina da marmara kuma yanzu ta mallaki Gidan Tarihi na Yankin Anthropology; Fadar Gwamnati, tare da tarihin yankin teku wanda zane-zanen bango ya wakilta; da Plaza de Armas, da Paseo Montejo, da kasuwa da kuma wuraren shakatawa na Santiago da Santa Lucía.
Daga Mérida kilomita 80 zuwa yamma Celestún ne, keɓaɓɓen Mahalli, wurin da ruwan hoda na flamingo yake hayayyafa. Don ziyartar wannan ajiyar kuna buƙatar izini daga Sedesol. A arewacin Mérida akan babbar hanyar da ta tafi Progreso ita ce Dzibilchaltún, a cikin Haikalinta na Dolan tsana bakwai da Mayans suka yi rajistar jerin gwanon hasken rana.
Progreso yana da mafi tsayi mafi tsayi a ƙasar: Muna ba da shawarar ku tafi 'yan kilomita kaɗan yamma don cin kifi da kifin kifi saboda suna da mafi daɗin ɗanɗano a Yucatan; zuwa gabas zaku iya jin daɗin bakin rairayin bakin teku masu nutsuwa kamar San Benito da San Bruno.
Motul shine wurin da aka haifi Felipe Carrillo Puerto, ana samun sa daga arewa maso gabashin Mérida. A ci gaba gabas muna da Suma, Cansahcab da Temax, idan muka juya arewa zaka sami Dzilam de Bravo, ƙauyen kamun kifi. Kusa da Boca de Dzilam sabon ruwan da ke bulbulowa daga kasan tekun ban da kasancewa yanki ne na santi.
Muna ci gaba zuwa gabashin Mérida inda babbar hanyar Mérida-Cancún ta fara, kilomita 160 na babbar hanya zuwa Valladolid. Rabin hanyar da muke bi zamu dauki hanyar zuwa arewacin don ziyartar Izamal tare da majami'arta ta San Antonio, wanda aka gina akan asalin pre-Hispanic. Atrium ɗinta ana ɗaukar mafi girma a Amurka.
