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El Rey Ruins (Zona Arqueologica El Rey)


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 90 attractions in Cancun
Traveller Description: Ruinas Del Rey or "El Rey", located on Isla Cancun, is just off Kukulkan Boulevard at KM 17 in the Southern Hotel Zone in Cancun. Nestled, lagoon... more »
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Attraction type: Ancient ruins
Address: Blvd Kukulcan Km 17
Zona Hotelera Cancun 77500
Mexico

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Reviews of El Rey Ruins (Zona Arqueologica El Rey)

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5 of 5 stars
Minneapolis
6 Apr 2009
3/3 found this review helpful

I too read the reviews in here before deciding to go. Mainly to see a bit of Cancun/Mexico's history without having to ride on a bus for hours and then bake in the hot sun, and to check out the iguanas everyone mentioned since we were traveling with a nine year old. It was really a pleasant side trip, doable... more

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5 of 5 stars
Denver, CO
31 Mar 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

This is a good place to go not too far away. Take the R-1 bus right pass the Hilton golf course. Its on the west side of Kukucan with a brown sign that says El Rey. Ticket per person is 30 pesos. The ruins are not amazing because its mostly destroyed but there are lots of iguanas chilling on rocks... more

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5 of 5 stars
Two Rivers, Wisconsin
22 Mar 2009
0/1 found this review helpful

We read reviews on the El Rey ruins and when we heard people talk about all the iguanas we knew we had to go. The ruins are very interesting and everywhere we went there were iguanas. We even had a Big one greet us at the top of the stairs as we entered the ruins and he walked down with... more

8 Mar 2009

It's small, but there was a whole crap load of iguanas when we went like in the hundreds easily, a couple hundred! We walked from the omni but take a cab! it took forever to get there! But we saw peacocks and what not on the way there. The guy gave us a tour and was teaching us mayan numbers... more

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4 of 5 stars
Madison, WI
4 Jun 2008
8/8 found this review helpful

I had read of these ruins from the previous reviews that you see here on TA and had decided that this was exactly the type of site that we would like to go to. We were only staying three days in Cancun and did not want to commit the time traveling to Chichen Itza or Tulum. We made our way... more

2 Jan 2008
6/6 found this review helpful

The real reason we went to these ruins was to find a geocache on site. The area is pretty small but has several structures to check out. The price of admission was next to nothing. Upon arrival we weren't sure it was open as the workers were elsewhere, the box office is hidden and run down, and we were the... more

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3 of 5 stars
Exton, PA
11 Oct 2007
4/4 found this review helpful

It is an interesting site, but if you have visited Tulum and/or Chichen Itza, this is too small and not very impressive. There are many iguanas. It is free on Sundays. more

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5 of 5 stars
St. Louis Missouri
18 Feb 2007
17/17 found this review helpful

Let me first start off by saying that this is a very small set of ruins, and if ruins are your main focus, then you should get on a bus for an all day tour. With that being said, El Ray was great. When you go, make sure you bring bread to feed the Iguanas. And I am not just... more

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4 of 5 stars
Edgewater, MD
16 Jan 2007
17/17 found this review helpful

There are so many Mayan archeological sites scattered all across the Yucatan Peninsula that it is easy to overlook a site like the Ruinas del Rey. But it is well worth a visit. It is right on the edge of busy Boulevard Kulkulcan at the south end of the hotel zone but once you enter the ruins you are in... more

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5 of 5 stars
Davie, FL
27 Sep 2006
8/8 found this review helpful

We went to the Ruins with the Jeep Adventure, it was everything they said it would be. It started at the ruins, which we caught the bus too. They gave us a great tour, we got to feed the iguanas also. Then we took the jeeps to the jungle, to do the zip line, it was amazing. The guide that... more

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El Rey Ruins (Zona Arqueologica El Rey) Address

Blvd Kukulcan Km 17 | Zona Hotelera, Cancun 77500, Mexico