Palenque Temple of Inscriptions

We went early in the morning on a Sunday. Want busy around 8am. We got a guide along the way. It was 110 pesos to get in. 20 pesos to maintain the road and 90 for the archeological area. The was 1300 for 1.5 hours or 2 hours was 2300 pesos. Totally worth going with the guide. He knew way more than the info there. Amazing spot.

You cannot climb onto the top, but look at how amazing this building is! It is just perfectly designed and is really high.

We went out of our way to see this area and it truly is worth it to come and spend the day here.

The Temple of the Inscriptions (Classic Maya: Bʼolon Yej Teʼ Naah (Mayan pronunciation: [ɓolon jex teʔ naːh]) "House of the Nine Sharpened Spears") is the largest Mesoamerican stepped pyramid structure at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Palenque, located in the modern-day state of Chiapas, Mexico. The structure was specifically built as the funerary monumentfor K'inich Janaab' Pakal, ajaw or ruler of Palenque in the 7th century, whose reign over the polity lasted almost 70 years. Construction of this monument commenced in the last decade of his life, and was completed by his son and successor K'inich Kan B'alam II.Within Palenque, the Temple of the Inscriptions is located in an area known as the Temple of the Inscriptions’ Court and stands at a right angle to the Southeast of the Palace.The Temple of the Inscriptions has been significant in the study of the ancient Maya, owing to the extraordinary sample of hieroglyphic text found on the Inscription Tablets, the impressive sculptural panels on the piers of the building, and the finds inside the tomb of Pakal.

Temple of the inscriptions In front under a tree is bench to sit in the shad. On the bench is a drawing in stone. I saw a stone carving drawing of a head. It must be part of the Tempe of the inscriptions. I put water on the drawing to bring out the photo. It need to be preserved. It will not last a year. Preservation, preservation, preservation.

This is one of the few sites where you can get into the rulers burial chamber. The vault itself can be seen over in the museum.

Beautiful temple of the ancient Mayan king. Nice walk going there as well

See my instagram for more photos and story's @somewherewithsara This place had incredible history and it is really a mindblowing experiance. No temples are the same and they leave a different feel that lingers for days. This place is one of my favourites and we met alot of people trying to sell their craft and they told me so much of the history that you can't read on the signs. It really was a memory for life and I really recommend going here! 5/5! Go just go!

DO NOT COME HERE AS A TOURIST...THE POLICE WILL TAKE YOU, ISOLATE YOU, AND ROB YOU. I was traveling with my partner and their mom (who are from México). I was here legally, with my passport and paperwork that says tourists are allowed to be here for a maximum of 180 days. I was traveling by public bus when we were stopped by 5 different police check points over the course of 7 hours. There was Chiapas state police, city police, immigration officers, and 2 other groups. The police got on the bus and out of around 60 people on the bus, they ONLY asked for identification from myself and the only other white person on the bus. I hate to make it about race but the police ONLY spoke to the white people. When they looked at my passport they told me "you have stayed too long. You need to leave the country today." This was absolutely wrong so we tried to tell them, and they argued with us, saying I needed to get off the bus and come with them ALONE. My partner and their mom asked if they could come with me at least and all 5 times the police said no, I had to go alone. DO NOT GO. IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY, DO NOT GO WITH THEM. THEY WILL ROB YOU, IF NOT WORSE...PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU, DO NOT GO WITH THE POLICE IF YOU KNOW YOUR PAPERWORK IS CORRECT. PLEASE NEVER COME TO CHIAPAS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE LIGHT SKINNED. Palenque, Chiapas is beautiful but when exiting Chiapas is when I had major issues with corrupt police and immigration officers. Other notes if you still decide to come even after i do not recommend: in mine, my girlfriend's, and her mom's opinions (they are from central México), the food is not so great here compared to other parts of México and it is very expensive compared to other places because this is a big tourist area. With all that said, it is beautiful here as it is so green. It is also HOT and HUMID; you will sweat more in your life here than ever before. It rains a lot but usually in the evening time.

Great place but you have to go where the resorts are. Beautiful nature with lots of mountains and activities. People are not so friendly and we drove around for two hours to change currency and we couldn't cross the toll road.

It is amazing to see these ruins and practically impossible to see every thing in one day . So much to see and learn and wonder how these ancient civilization had so much knowledge about science and technology. One of the must visit place on earth and I feel lucky I was there .

The park is big lots to do. Recommend hiring a guid because the venders don't bug you. You really don't need to but they have great info and it's worth the fact venders don't bug you!!

This was my fourth visit to the ruins of Palenque and it's one of my favorites in Mexico. (Uxmal, in the Yucatan, is the other.) What brought me back here are the elegant structures of the Mayan civilization that inhabited this area from approximately AD 200-800. I have been here on mornings when fog envelopes the white limestone temples before the morning sun breaks through to reveal all. On this visit, my first day in the park had me walking through drenching hurricane rains and darkened skies. Only the most hearty tourists -- you know, those few with souvenir rain ponchos -- braved the weather. The gloominess made the temples look quite intimidating and it was a side of Palenque I was intrigued to see. Palenque is one of the most studied sites in Mexico and it achieved modern notoriety in the 1950s when the tomb of Pakal -- his rule started at age 12 and endured from AD 615 to 683 -- was discovered deep in the Tomb of the Inscriptions. This was one of the major archeological finds of the time and you can now see the beautiful jade face mask and accompanying jewelry at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City. (It has its own section replete with a reproduction tomb.) On my third day, the hurricane rains disappeared and the sunrise warmed up the place and made it a lot friendlier. Ensuring my arrival at 8am, I beat the crowds that always arrive by 10am. Years ago, the circle of tourists was rather small but, as the town/city of Palenque itself has grown, tourists from all over the world make it here. It's now normal to see gigantic air-conditioned buses of tourists who otherwise never leave their hotels as they are transported from site to site. Palenque used to be an adventure; now, it's just an internet click away. I love this area of Mexico and there are so many other things to see and do. Although I cringe a bit at the encroaching modernity, these ruins are in my blood because I wouldn't mind living here today. It's so inviting and I already want to return.