Campeche City

Campeche - Campeche City Attractions

History has divided Campeche City into three zones:

The Center, formed by the old walled city which was inhabited by the Spaniards during the Colony San Francisco, located to the north of the wall, where the Mayan population was concentrated; and in San Roman to the south, where the Mexican natives established themselves with the mulattos brought from the Islands of the Caribbean, mainly from Cuba.

Campeche also has many brightly colored buildings reflective of Caribbean tastes. As might be expected in a seaport town, Campeche has an abundance of fresh seafood prepared in every conceivable manner including some flavored with tasty Caribbean spices.

A handicraft market is now located at the site of the former Fort of San Pedro. Beneath the fort are located various secret passages which once linked various parts of the city, and provided a means of escape when the fort was being attacked. Some of these secret passageways are said to date back to Mayan times.

Streets in Campeche are numbered. Streets running north-south have even numbers; streets running east-west have odd numbers; street numbers ascend towards the south and east.