NgoJanuwari 6, 1542, uFrancisco de Montejo wasungula iMérida, yayakhiwe kubantu baseMayan iT'ho (ngaphambi kwe-Ichcaanziho), yabhaliswa njengedolobha elinemindeni engama-70 yaseSpain kanye namaNdiya angama-300 amaMaya. NgoJulayi 13, 1618 labizwa ngokuthi "idolobha elihle kakhulu futhi elithembekile" esitifiketini esisayinwe nguFelipe II.
Isonto lakhe elikhulu kunawo wonke eNew Spain, laqala ngo-1561 futhi lanikezelwa kuSanta Ildefonso, usanta ongumvikeli wedolobha. Eminye imisebenzi yesikhathi sekoloniyali ngamathempeli aseSan Juan Bautista, La Mejorada, San Cristóbal kanye nesonto laseSanta Ana. ISpain entsha ngekhulu le-18.
Izakhiwo zokwakha ezigqamile edolobheni yilezi: iCasa de Montejo, ngenxa yesitayela sayo sePlateresque; iColegio de San Pedro, eyasungulwa amaJesuit ngo-1711, manje eyisihlalo seNyuvesi Yombuso; Isibhedlela saseNuestra Señora del Rosario, namuhla siyigcinamagugu; Isigodlo seCanton esakhiwe ngemabula futhi manje sithathwa yiRegional Museum of Anthropology; Isigodlo sikaHulumeni, esinomlando wenhlonhlo esimele imidwebo yodonga; iPlaza de Armas, iPaseo Montejo, imakethe kanye namapaki eSantiago naseSanta Lucía.
Ukusuka eMérida amakhilomitha angama-80 kuya entshonalanga yiCelestún, iSpecial Biosphere Reserve, indawo lapho kuzala khona i-pink flamingo. Ukuvakashela lesi siqiwi udinga imvume kwaSedesol. Ngasenyakatho yeMerida emgwaqeni omkhulu oya eProgreso yiDzibilchaltún, ethempelini lawo lamaDoli Ayisikhombisa amaMaya abhalise ukuqondaniswa kwelanga.
I-Progreso inesikebhe eside kunazo zonke ezweni: Sincoma ukuthi uhambe amakhilomitha ambalwa entshonalanga uyodla izinhlanzi kanye ne-shellfish njengoba kunesiphuzo esimnandi kakhulu eYucatan; empumalanga ungajabulela amabhishi athule njengeSan Benito neSan Bruno.
IMotul yindawo lapho uFelipe Carrillo Puerto azalelwa khona, ifinyelelwa kusuka enyakatho-mpumalanga yeMerida. Ukuqhubeka empumalanga sineSuma, Cansahcab neTemax, uma ubheka enyakatho uzothola iDzilam de Bravo, indawo edobayo. Eduzane naseBoca de Dzilam, kuphuma amanzi amnandi avela phansi kolwandle ngaphezu kokuba yindawo yama-cenotes.
Siqhubeka empumalanga yeMerida lapho kuqala khona umgwaqo omkhulu waseMérida-Cancún, amakhilomitha ayi-160 womgwaqo omkhulu oya eValladolid. Maphakathi nomzila esihamba ngawo siye ngasenyakatho ukuvakashela i-Izamal nesigodlo sayo seSan Antonio, esakhiwe esisekelweni sangaphambi kweSpanishi. I-atrium yayo ibhekwa njengenkulu kunazo zonke eMelika.
