Casa Misterio Merida

Name: Casa Misterio Merida
Address: Calle 71 568, Mérida, 97000, MX
Telephone: +529991976696
Price range: ££

Casa
Mexico
Mérida
Casa Misterio Merida

Casa Misterio is a 2 room guesthouse in Merida's Centro Historico. We also offer plant based cooking classes, market tours and private chef services.

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04/02/2026

On Sunday mornings, I ride my bike to Paseo de Montejo, with a trailer containing my art to sell, my table and chair (look for me across from Quinta Montes Molina if you are in town!). I stopped to take a photo of a new mural on this corner house, straddling my bike, and thought, "wow, how cool my shadow is being captured in the photo!" I snapped a couple pics then got back on my way, only to find that my shadow did not go with me. It was a real Peter Pan moment, folks. Until I realized that the shadow that looked exactly like me and my bike was actually a telephone pole 😂.

17/01/2026

Roadside frutería showcasing the bounty of the season: papaya, zapote negro, limón dulce, mango Tomy, toronja, plátano Roatán, mamey, jícama yucateca, mango ataulfo, sandía, plátano manzano, piña, plátano macho. Bonus points if you can spot a green basket, bags of peanuts, and the proprietor's feet! Seen on a great bike ride last week with !

11/01/2026

The sign on the roof and the Merida below are both made completely with seashells. El Tacontento, across from the ADO bus terminal in Centro Merida. 🐚⭐🐚⭐🐚

21/12/2025

Christmas in Merida means piñatas everywhere! Everyone seems to be throwing a posada, which can mean anything from a potluck with your coworkers to a recreation of Joseph and Mary searching for shelter. But what each of these celebrations has in common is a piñata, often the seasonal five-pointed star, but sometimes a turkey, a Santa Claus or a bucket of tiny Corona bottles. There is definitely a piñata for every taste, and one can find a huge selection on La Calle Ancha de Bazar, full of piñata shops and candy shops too. It's a party just to be there, really!

12/12/2025

Today is El Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe and Merida is abuzz with the energy (and noise) of the antorchistas arriving at their destination in the heart of Centro. Now that I've been living here for going on a dozen years, this event is simply a part of life now, rather than an occasion to take a ton of pictures, make an informative about it, etc. That about sums up why I went from posting daily to weekly to monthly to...who knows when I last posted? Of course, when only a fraction of my followers even see my content, it feels a bit like launching a pretty photo and blog post-length caption into the abyss. And ain't nobody got time for that. I keep saying I'll get back into posting, because I do like to keep a record, so maybe I'll do that. Merida continues to be a wonderful place to live, I'm grateful for my life here and I'm busy living it. If you have read this far, thanks for being here on my journey. Until the next post 😘👋🇲🇽

16/09/2025

¡Feliz Día de la Independencia! Viva México! As always, I am so grateful to Mexico for taking me in and taking care of me. I am so proud to be part of a Mexican-American family and raising my kids with a fuller sense of the world than I grew up with. As I type this, I can hear my neighbors blasting music on their roof as I know they are preparing to watch El Grito in a few hours. Walking around town this week, the colors of the bandera were everywhere, including in my favorite little shop pictured above. The love of country and countryman is palpable this time of year and it gives me all the feels. Viva!

10/09/2025

Greetings from Merida! I haven't been posting. Life has been too busy I guess. School is back in session and I'll have a little more time now to share photos and thoughts about life in this lovely place.

This is Calle 65, a main artery full of rumbling buses, and cars and motos traveling to the westside. In a few blocks from this cute scene, you will find the zoo, El Parque Centenario (and ahem, get a whiff of the animals just behind the wall as you pass by). I always slow down to admire the corner house with its whimsical facade, the yellow triangle mimicking light cast by the lamp above the door, along with a clock and a Picasso-like portrait. Add the faded Pepsi signage next door and the white and yellow VW beetle, and you have a pretty iconic Merida scene. A suitable first post after my long absence, I'd say. I'll have another one soon, promise.

26/07/2025

Late post from the last day of Pride Month. I am so grateful to live in a city and state that lights up its government buildings to let folks know they are in a safe place. And to let everyone know that that safe place is a priority. Gracias Yucatan, por todo ❤️💛💚💙💜

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13/06/2025

Postcard from Merida 🤍

26/05/2025

The heat of May envelops us in Merida. This week I had not one, but two aborted market tours, due to travelers being overwhelmed by the dangerous heat of mid morning. Besides those tours, I didn't leave the house much, which is really the way to keep from getting heat stroke. Coming to Merida in May is not for the faint of heart. This, my 11th May here, has been easier, because I better know my limits. And so I can focus on appreciating the perks of it, like gorgeous sunsets from the roof and the delicious breezes where we sleep in hammocks on the even higher part of the roof, and the lack of mosquitos who will return when the rain comes. In fact, I am savoring every moment we get to sleep on the roof. It is now one of my favorite parts of the year.

13/05/2025

I went to the market today to pick up a lot of random items- zucchini (calabacín or calabaza italiana) and green onions (cebolleta) for my daughter's 2nd grade presentation on healthy recipes, an extension rope for one of our hammocks (and I got a lesson on how to tie a safe knot), black spray paint and a refillable butane lighter (love refillable things), cat food at the feed store (had a chat about Xoloitzcuintle dogs with the shop keeper who told me he was a dog person), hard to find local tomatoes, and ginger for dinner (stopped to visit with these vendors who call me güera and always ask what I'm up to. I learned a new word in Maya from them today, which refers to a plate of food served without tortillas - something I know is almost blasphemous around here.)

And lastly I walked all the way across the market to buy smaller sized corn tortillas for my son's 4th grade project on Yucatecan traditions (these are called tortillas taqueras because they are a nice size for tacos, rather than the typical use of pulling off a bit of tortilla and grabbing ones food with it). This tortillería has two entrances, one on the inside of the market, one on the outside. The outside entrance feels a little like you aren't supposed to be there, close as it is to the work area. The lady facing the camera set a 2 liter empty Coke bottle to fill at the sink and then let me pass. After I paid for my half kilo, I asked if I could take their picture. They obliged and then the water filling the Coke bottle immediately overflowed, shooting water in a graceful, if startling arc. I pointed and said "ay!" failing to summon any other words in Spanish. The lady jumped up and turned the water off and she and everyone else in the place laughed hysterically, mostly at me.

I haven't been posting a lot lately, but I have interactions like these every time I leave the house. I'll try to post about them more ☺️

31/03/2025

We spent a beautiful day at yesterday and got to swim in a new-to-us cenote they call Pool Cocom. The beauty of the rock formations and tree roots forming the high walls surrounding the clear, cool water, was the kind you try to etch into your memory as you are experiencing it. Add a waterfall, a mini cave with sitting spots, blue dragonflies flitting across the water, and the otherworldly Yucatan clouds overhead; this place was truly magical. The site has three other beautiful cenotes, accessed by little train or by bicycle, plus a restaurant serving Yucatan favorites and freshly made tortillas, a splash pad for kids and plenty of great views. It's a popular spot but I'm here to say, I think it's worth the hype.

Dirección

Calle 71 568
Mérida
97000

Teléfono

+529991976696

Página web

http://www.casamisteriomerida.com/

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