A 10 day trip to Mexico?

[UxmalFan]

Could someone help with planning a trip to Mexico please?
We would like to go for around 7-10 days and see some of the wonders on the West side: Chichen Itza, Palenque, Uxmal etc. Ideally we'd be taken to each site of interest, given time to look at it and taken back to the hotel.
Is this an impossible ask? Very grateful for any suggestions from people who know the country.
For background: the escorted tours we've seen advertised are around 16 days long and include huge amounts of travel which would be exhausting. But flying out to Cancun then doing our own thing wouldn't work, because we struggle with strange places and don't want all our time and energy to go into arranging transport and finding things.

You should look into the tren Maya (Maya Train).

"We struggle with strange places"

What does that even mean?

Took my son to Mexico, it was fabulous.

Shake off your fear and go for it!

The hotels we've stayed in organised day trips to places like this.

You should absolutely do this, stepping out of your comfort zone to travel is something you'll never regret. I've not been to Mexico but I've travelled a lot, have researched Mexico but we ended up going somewhere else in the end. Those sites you mention are quite spread out. Palenque is like 10 hours each way from Cancun, Uxmal is about 5 hours each way and Chicken Itza is day trip distance from Cancun. You probably want to add Coba and Tulum to your list if you have time. I think you have a choice, either talk to some like Audley travel who will tailor a trip to your wishes and it will cost a lot, but is probably the best option if you can afford it. Or take a small group tour, I doubt you would fit in Palenque on a shorter tour of a week, maybe something like this Exodus trip is a compromise. Explore had a trip starting in Mexico city that covered exactly what you wanted, but seems last ever departure is next week. .https://www.exodus.co.uk/trips/mexico-holidays/culture/mexicos-yucatan-adventure/ayn#dates-prices

I didn't really want to go into details, but there are visual and hearing impairments in the mix and also memory problems. We could do it if we really had to, but it would take us a long time to orientate ourselves, and could be stressful.

Thanks. So would it work to book a few days in a hotel and just join a trip leaving from the hotel? That could work for us.

Yes, I think so, obviously check with who you are staying with 🙂love Mexico, have a good trip !

There are disabled, accompanied tours that might suit? Google ‘disabled accessible holidays’ and there’s several big companies. I would see what’s on the website and talk in person with them all, if possible, then decide from there. Your updates with the details make more of this than ‘just do it, you’ll be fine’. Have a lovely time, even serious disabilities can be accommodated lots of places these days!

We stayed in the Riviera Maya area and just did day trips. The furthest we went was to Chichen Itza (which was fabulous) and it worked well for us as we could balance the holiday. It was easy to book the trips.

I was coming to say exactly this. Riviera Maya and then coach trips. It was my favourite ever holiday.

We stayed in the Grand Sirenis which was beautiful. One of the few places we’d go back to exactly the same resort again.

I’ve been to Mexico twice and stayed in the Riviera Maya region. We’ve visited Chichen Itza which is amazing, also been to Xcaret, which is stunning, absolute paradise, Tulum is also great to visit. We booked all our excursions with TUI, I highly recommend travelling with them, especially long distance as they use their Dreamliner planes. We feel so much more refreshed and no jet lag, they’re quieter and the cabin pressure is different which is why you feel refreshed after a long flight, it’s amazing how different you feel.

I’ve recently returned from Egypt on a normal 737 and felt absolutely crap, it’s taken over a week to get over that flight, it took nearly 6 hours on the return leg, nowhere near as good as the Dreamliners.

Thanks thats a good idea. Saga would have done the job but they only do a trip covering the whole of mexico and we want something smaller.

I’ve not done it in Mexico but have elsewhere had a local tour fixer who provided a driver, booked hotels and provided guides at each site. If this appeals you can book through a uk agent (I used coop travel) then they book flights and it’s fully protected as well. I’d recommend a day or two in resort, a few days tour then back to resort to relax before heading home. Having your own driver is very flexible which makes it easier if there’s additional challenges. Small groups can work but talk carefully with the operator to see if they can adapt as you need, it will depend a lot on the local partner. I’m completely sold on having a driver now, was so easy and bizarrely half the price of the adventure small group travel type packages.