Catedral de San Ildefonso is located in Mérida's main square near other things to do in the city. Though it is not ...

Carlos Huber, the Mexico City–born founder of the perfume brand Arquiste, has mastered the art of setting a scene with scent. Arquiste’s best-selling Nanban, for instance, conjures the aroma of a 17th ...

The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Mérida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania. The well-preserved remains of ...

Mérida welcomes you the moment you walk in the door. Relax and stay awhile, it seems to say — and near the city’s populous main square, we met many a friendly guy — a different one every time — who, ...

I’ll admit it: I had never really liked Mexico. My visits had been limited to cruise ports, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, Cabo, and Cozumel—and each spot left me underwhelmed. The towns felt more curated ...

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For a Mexican city whose reputation tends to concentrate on its gilded age of the early 20 th century, some hundred years later, Mérida is experiencing a second coming. Between new hotels, restaurants ...

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The capital of the Yucatán attracts creative types from around Mexico and across many borders, drawn by its Mayan and colonial heritage and, for some, its path to the future. Plantel Matilde, an arts ...

A Spanish energy firm is looking to develop a data center in Extremadura. Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), a subsidiary of Jameel Energy, recently announced the Lusitanus project, a data center ...