Sisal

Location
The memory of Empress Carlota's arrival on Yucatan
Mexican soil for the first time is very much
present in the history of this Magical Town.
"...We walked on a carpet of white shells to
the house designated for resting..." This is
how the empress documented her journey to
the Hunucmá hacienda where she stayed
overnight. Today, this silent hacienda still
stands with a 19th-century construction that
Touristic places
Nowadays we can find more tourist
speaks of the henequen boom. Inside, there is
activities in Sisal than there used to
a large rectangular building surrounded on all
be.
four sides by a spacious portico with ogival
One of the tourist centers that has
arches, giving it a certain Moorish flavor in its
existed for a long time is the Mirador
appearance. The chapel endures, and in
Charcas de Sisal
various places, you can see how rooms were
roofed at that time: with integrated logs and
masonry.

History
The port of Sisal was one of the most important
in colonial times, the commercialization of
henequen fibers, cotton, and tobacco to the old
continent, constituted it as a meeting point for
various cultures in - It is located within the El
Palmar State Reserve. The reserve is a RAMSAR
site and an area of ​influence of the
Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. - Its wetland
area is the habitat of a considerable colony of
pink flamingo.
Gastronomy
Traditions
There is a big celebration from more of sixty
There are many different flavors in each
meal and some examples are puchero,
cochinita pibil, lime soup.
years ago that celebrates in every 25 of august There is a great variety of dishes that are
and also there is a ritual in the ports of Sisal in found throughout Yucatan, so in Sisal you
honor of the black christ wich is described as can find them in different restaurants and
beautiful by people. This celebration is called the gastronomy is described as delicious
Festival in honor of the black christ (Fiesta en and exquisite by people.
honor al Cristo negro).
There is a sustainable celebration that is take
in the beginning of february in this
celebration the people of Sisal refrain from
fishing and they dedicated to the tourism, this
celebration is called The grouper ban festival
(Festival de la Veda del Mero).