The main Maya ruins are in southern Mexico, especially the Yucatán Peninsula, with other major sites in Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. In Mexico, well-known sites include Chichén Itzá, Tulum, Coba, Uxmal, Calakmul, and Ek Balam; Palenque is in Chiapas, Monte Albán is in Oaxaca, and Teotihuacan is in the State of Mexico.

Quick Scoop

If you mean the ancient Maya civilization’s ruins, they are spread across the Maya region of Mesoamerica rather than in just one place.

Biggest cluster

  • Mexico: Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Chiapas, and Oaxaca.
  • Guatemala: several major jungle sites, including well-preserved ruins in the Petén region.
  • Belize, Honduras, El Salvador: also have important Maya archaeological sites, though fewer were highlighted in the sources I checked.

Famous examples

  • Chichén Itzá — Yucatán, Mexico.
  • Tulum — Caribbean coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico.
  • Calakmul — Campeche, Mexico.
  • Palenque — Chiapas, Mexico.
  • Uxmal — Yucatán, Mexico.

Fast answer

If you’re asking “where should I go to see Maya ruins?”, start with the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.

If you want, I can also give you a best places to visit Maya ruins by country list.