It is the most important settlement in the northeast of the Yucatan peninsula, it can only be compared in size and importance to Chichén Itzá. It has an area of over 70 square kilometers and a network of 45 routes (or sacbeob) that connects the various sets of the site, as well as other smaller communities near Coba and their probably dependent on their domain. 100 kms of the highlights within this complex system of roads. Linking the site with the Yaxuná in the neighboring state of Yucatan. Can be reached by the federal highway No.. 180 Cancun-Chetumal, Tulum take to reach the diversion of 47 km leading to the village and the archaeological zone. It was one of the most populous Mayan sites, important for all the political activities and business you can still appreciate their greatness while admiring a temple of 25 meters high in the Coba Group and Nonoch Mul, one of the tallest buildings in the Mayan area, with a total height of 42 m.

Coba can be seen as a temple for almost 25 mts. Height, known as the church, and a complex included palatial and residential buildings that are an excellent example of the enormous size and importance that the city would have had in that time. The tour is complemented by the game ball and a basement decorated with representations of human skulls and some hieroglyphic inscriptions on the steps of the building.

 

 

Mayan architects took a natural rise in the land to build larger and higher buildings in the city. The design of this group was based on irregular quadrilaterals alternated with gardens and / or places. Structure 1 Nohoch Mul (Nohoch-large, mound-Mul) consists of seven bodies with rounded corners. Is a 42 m high building, is the highest in the north of the Yucatan Peninsula.