Tulum

is really Tulum, Quintana Roo

Real place, reimagined

Tulum, Quintana Roo
Tulum in Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
In gameReal world

Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons

How close does the game get to the real place?

In the game

A Maya city on the coast of the Yucatan, home of the Assassin mentor Ah Tabai and his order.

The real place

Tulum was one of the last cities built by the Maya, walled on three sides and open to the Caribbean. The Castillo in the photo stands on the cliff above the sea. By 1715 it had been abandoned for well over a century.

Visiting

The site opens at 8 am and gets hot and crowded by 10. Bring swimwear: there is a small beach below the Castillo.

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