"Located about seven miles from central Tulum, this open-air cenote combines clear swimming water with art installations and cultural touches; facilities include a snack bar, gear rentals, restrooms, and showers. Surrounded by vegetation and tall stone walls draped in vines, visitors enter via a staircase or wooden ladder, and decorative statues and a wall of skulls reference Mayan beliefs about cenotes as entrances to the underworld." - Patricia Doherty Patricia Doherty Patricia Doherty is a writer who specializes in covering destinations, resorts, and cruises for Travel + Leisure and other publications. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines