bienvenidos friends welcome to this lovely little city here in the yucatan in mexico this charming
place is very well known for its laid-back nature hundreds of cenotes in the area and of course
chichen itza i'll be honest and say that's the main reason that i came here because i didn't
particularly want to come on a tour bus from cancun which is like three hours each way you get
here during midday when the sun is scorching hot with the hundreds of other tourists if you're able
to stay in a city that's much closer to the actual site of biodoulit is about a 40 minute drive to
chichen itza so you can go there right when it opens but outside of that i also read a lot of
blogs that were saying that biodolid is this like hidden gem that not that many people know about
sure all the main bus tours actually stop here they'll have like dinner here after chichen itza
or let people walk around for an hour or two but not that many people actually stay overnight and
it's a shame because there are so many things to do in the area that i think are really overlooked
so in this video i just wanted to give you guys a sort of introduction to the city show you some of
my favorite places and hopefully when you come to mexico you will put it on your itinerary
it
now if you're wondering what is the best way to get to viado lid overall i would say it is
the bus the ado buses that go all over mexico i personally flew into cancun and then just
took the bus it took two and a half hours but obviously depending on where you're starting
from i'd say probably the two closest airports would be cancun and also merida so it's overall
super easy to get to you can book tickets online i have used click bust again as i did in brazil
but if you speak spanish you can also book off of the ado website or come in person it's super easy
so
do
another great thing about vyodo lid is there's actually a lot of really great
places to stay and you won't find big hotel chains as far as i've seen i feel like i've walked
a lot of the city and i haven't seen like you know any hiltons any ibis any you know five-star
sort of places either it's very local no chains and you really get that local sort of hospitality
but having said that you can find something on every budget like there are more luxury sort of
hotels there's mid-range there's budget there's kind of a fuse like the place that i am staying
at which is hostel uh candelaria which does have private rooms like the one that i am staying in
or you can also stay in a hostile dorm this place was in a really good area of town and had really
good reviews was super colorful so i decided to go with it because it was about 40 us dollars
a night breakfast included which changes every day and is super tasty and another great thing
to mention is that they have bike rentals which really makes getting around the city a lot easier
and speaking of bike rentals that's actually the way that i would recommend going to all
the different cenotes which are in and around the city usually in like a 10 to 15 kilometer radius
do
i did it guys it was a little bit nerve-wracking but i made it all the way to
sutan cenote this bike actually did a pretty good job and it's great because they do have
you know that bike lane on the other side of the highway but as you guys know i was almost robbed
beside a highway on a walking path in colombia so when i asked literally like 10 times i literally
asked 10 times the front desk i'm like is it safe like is it safe for a solo person to bike to the
cenotes and they kind of just looked at me like of course it is it's fine so you know of course
anything can happen it's always better if you can go with somebody else but i didn't have anybody
else to go with and thankfully everything was fine and i'm excited to check out this lovely cenote
so
a really cool thing that they have here and i guess that most cenotes is that they have
a restaurant and the entry to the cenote was 150 but if you paid an extra 100 you also got a
buffet sort of lunch where you can choose what you want for reference 250 total
is like about 10 11 u.s dollars so for less than five dollars you're getting a whole meal
really nice after a slim highly recommend
also just want to make a mention guys that right in vaio biodolide there is a cenote it's
called cenotes zachi i believe that's how it's pronounced c-a-c-y unfortunately right now it is
under renovation i guess they're like cleaning it so nobody's been allowed in for the last few
months but maybe by the time that this video is out and you guys visit this place will be
open it's only like 30 pesos here so like a dollar and a half to visit so definitely check it out
alright friends after a lovely late
lunch let me take you to one more place here in the city which is actually
my favorite street in vaio do lid which is calzada de los prelas and it's this really nice
five six block area of really colorful houses lots of great shops and restaurants and at the very end
there is a park that also has the biodo lid city sort of sign so definitely check it out
definitely an underrated destination wouldn't you guys say i know probably over a hundred people
personally who have been to mexico and i think
only one maybe two if i understood correctly have been to biodo lid it's definitely not off the
tourist beaten track it's just not as popular as many other destinations and i think that
is just a shame because it really has so much to offer but on the other hand maybe we should
keep it that way maybe i shouldn't actually even make this video to show you guys how great it is
but let me know guys let me know if you have ever been here what are your suggestions for the city
and the next video that you guys will see is of course me going to chichen itza so if you are
curious how to get there from here definitely stay tuned and of course i will have many other videos
coming here um from mexico before i head back to canada so thank you guys so much for tuning in
i'm sending you so much love and keep being your own kind of beautiful bye guys
you