The walk here was a bit long for my kids, but I enjoyed seeing the curved architecture and imagining ancient man tracking celestial bodies out the windows. Pretty amazing.
This round structure inside Chichen Itza was an observatory. It is named “El Caracol” (“the Snail”) because it has a spiral staircase inside. It is believed that the building dates to 906 AD. Part ...
El observatorio / Caracol es una de las ruinas mejor conservadas de Chichén Itzá. Recomiendo visitarla con un guía local para conocer los significados de los símbolos y de la arquitectura.
Imagining ancient astronomers
The walk here was a bit long for my kids, but I enjoyed seeing the curved architecture and imagining ancient man tracking celestial bodies out the windows. Pretty amazing.
The entire tour Chichen Itza
The entire main big area of the complex you have all those together, around the Piramide. When you walk around you can see all the other areas
Ancient Mayan Observatory
This round structure inside Chichen Itza was an observatory. It is named “El Caracol” (“the Snail”) because it has a spiral staircase inside. It is believed that the building dates to 906 AD. Part ...
El observatorio
El observatorio / Caracol es una de las ruinas mejor conservadas de Chichén Itzá. Recomiendo visitarla con un guía local para conocer los significados de los símbolos y de la arquitectura.
Gran observatorio
Es una de las estructuras más asombrosas de Chichenitzá. Llamada El Caracol era un observatorio para contemplar Venus u otros fenómenos arqueologicos.