Cobá - Nohoch-Mul Group

Follow the track as it bears north-eastwards to the Nohoch-Mul Group (Mayan: "big hill"), also known as Group C. The principal pyramid (Structure I), called El Castillo, rises to a platform 42 m (138 ft) above the ground, making it the highest accessible Old Indian structure in the Yucatán peninsula. From the base, measuring 55 2 60 m (180 2 197 ft), a 12 m (39 ft)-wide external stairway of 120 steps mounts six terraces to the upper platform. Many of the steps are carved with shell motifs. Entry to the little temple atop the pyramid, in front of which stands a small altar, is by way of two narrow flights of steps 1 m (31/4 ft) wide. The pyramid itself is Mayan Classic but the temple crowning it is in the style of Tulum and dates from