Tulum Ruins – Mexico Tulum Ruins Travel Guide

Tulum (Yucatec Maya: Tulu’um) is a ruin of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city that served as a major port for Cobá. The site is perched on a 12-meter (39-foot) cliff along the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Mayans, reaching its peak between the 13th and 15th centuries, existing for 70 years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The decline of Tulum, like many other Mayan cities, was likely due to diseases introduced by the Old World Spanish colonizers. Tulum is one of the best-preserved coastal Mayan sites and is now a popular tourist destination.