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El Gran Cenote

Mexico
4.5 of 5 stars 5 Reviews
Description: These underwater caves were meant to be explored: come prepared to be amazed.
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San Francisco, California
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21 reviews 21 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2012

This cenote is beautiful and set up for giant bus loads of people to visit. You store your things in a locker and go down into the cenote with only a towel. The grounds are lovely and well landscaped and the cenote is huge. Little fish swim around and nibble on your toes. This is a sort of Disneyland of... More

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Oslo, Norway
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 March 2012

We combined these two attractions, and that was perfect. We had stayed some days in Merida, and where going to Isla Mujeres. We ordered the tour through Yucatantrails through Denis Lafoy (yucatantrails@hotmail.com) and they fixed so we combined our trip to Isla Mujeres with a guided tour to Chichen Itza and El Gran Cenote. They even picked us up at... More

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Florence, Italy
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34 reviews 34 reviews
Reviews in 21 cities Reviews in 21 cities
20 helpful votes 20 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2012
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Lamezia Terme, Italy
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13 reviews 13 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 February 2012
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Coimbra, Portugal
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215 reviews 215 reviews
Reviews in 41 cities Reviews in 41 cities
159 helpful votes 159 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 January 2012
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