San Joaquín Parish Church

Just a few steps from the plaza, behind an enormous kapok tree growing in the atrium, is the Parroquia de San Joaquín, a 19th-century church dedicated to Bacalar’s patron saint, Saint Joachim. His celebration is one of the region’s most well known. The figure of San Joaquín, pre-dating the Caste War of Yucatán, is the highlight of the interior. These days, folk dance, danzón, poetry, and handicraft classes are held here.