Chichén Itzá
- Climbing the pyramid is now banned (for preservation and safety)
- don't touch the reliefs
- don't be loud inside the site.
Etiquette & taboos
Etiquette & taboos
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Site-specific notes 5
Taken from the "don'ts" on each site page here. Open a site for its full etiquette and background.
Tulum
- Don't climb the ruins
- don't use sunscreen in cenotes (it pollutes the water)
- don't take shells or coral.
Tacos al pastor
- Don't eat tacos with a knife and fork (use your hands)
- don't dither at the stall and hold up the queue
Teotihuacan
- Don't climb closed areas of the pyramids (the summit of the Pyramid of the Sun has been closed in recent years — follow the rules on site)
- don't take stones or potsherds from the site
Day of the Dead
- Don't treat a cemetery vigil as a costume party
- don't photograph family altars or people mourning without permission
- don't touch or take offerings from altars