The Barrio de San Sebastián is one of the oldest, with the longest tradition in Merida and the Hermitage of Santa Isabel has always been within its physical, social and human perimeter.
The Hermitage Santa Isabel, was named like this, in homage to the mother of San Juan Bautista. A precise date is not known about its foundation. The beautiful and evocative building has a special character, as it is surrounded by a beautiful spacious botanical garden with Yucatecan flora.
The temple is simple and its façade presents a perfect square with a long cornice at the top, where a pyramidal belfry with three openings for the bell sits. Two hollow pillars with rustic vaults topped with small stone obelisks are attached to its sides.
Built by Gaspar González de Ledezma with the attention that the constriction of a temple was more valid than stone and the devotion to some saint to gain entry to heaven.
Some time ago it was known as the Hermitage of Our Lady of Good Voyage, possibly because being on the edge of the Campeche royal road, the stagecoaches stopped briefly there to beg the Virgin, who was sheltered there, to provide them with a good end to the painful crossing.
Open every day from 9:00 a.m. at 6:00 p.m.
It is located on the east side of Calle 66 Sur with 79, near the old Merida exit towards the Camino Real to Campeche.