Mérida

The White City of Yucatan is the cultural capital of Mexico's southeast, known for its hacienda hotels, La Trova music culture, and the finest Yucatecan cuisine in the world — cochinita pibil, sopa de lima, queso relleno — served in the city's colonial mansion restaurants. Mérida's Sunday Vaquería street dance in the Plaza Grande is the most authentically joyful free public event in Mexican colonial city culture.