Bus Lines and Routes
Oriente is the second class bus line that serivces all locations in the Yucatán Peninsula. ADO is the 1st Class bus line that services all the peninsula from Maya Riviera to state of Yucatán to Campeche. ADO also has a luxury class called UNO and a special super luxury class service called GL. Instead of the usual 4 seats in a row, the GL has three seats per row with totally horizontal reclining capability. These are however pricey and only serve long distance routes -- Mérida - Cancun. If you want to travel from locations that are major desitinations in Yucatán -- such as Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Mérida or Chetumal and Campeche -- to places in central and northern México, then you must use on of the other Mexican national bus lines. You can access those lines and routes through the online national bus line ticketing service.

When checking for bus service, use "Mérida Came" for Mérida and "Chichén Itzá" for Pisté
Check for Bus schedules for destinations throughout México
Check www.ado.com.mx for 1st & 2nd Class bus schedules and prices servicing Yucatán Peninsula

Mérida Bus Stations
There are many bus stations in Mérida. The main bus stations are on Calle 69 at the corner with Calle 70 (see information about Merida street system). The 1st Class ADO Bus station is called CAME. It is located on the north side of Calle 70 across from the 2nd Class Oriente bus station. There is a satelite 1st class ADO station out on calle 60 right next to the Hotel Fiesta Americana and is called Fiesta Americana Bus Station in Merida on the online bus schedules. You can mostly forget about this station except to ask when you buy a first class ticket or online checking routes -- There is only one route from this station and it the Merida to Cancun Airport route.

The CAME Bus stations is on Calle 70 between Calles 69 and 71.
The Oriente bus station is on Calle 69 between 68 and 70.

Cancun Bus Station
There is now an excellent service between the Cancun bus station downtown and the Cancun Airport. It runs every 30 minutes and takes about 25 mins. It is operated by ADO and costs 40 pesos. Compared to taxi service which would cost a minimal $40US, this is great. If you are going to a Cancun Resort Hotel then you will take the Resort Shuttle which goes directly to Cancun Island and snakes back to downtown Cancun about 1 and half later. It costs about $10 US.

ADO also operates frequent buses from Cancun to points south ... starting with Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen, Tulum on the Maya Riviera and then to Felipe Carrillo Puerto and Chetumal even further south. The buses heading south stop at the Cancun Airport to pick up passengers to the Maya Riviera. Note also that there are 10 passenger shuttle buses that run to Cancun Airport from Morelos, Playa, and Tulum for approximately $10 to $20 US.

More on Cancun: Maps and more information on Cancun Bus Station

Getting to/from Pisté by Bus and Shuttle

Checking for bus service to Pisté to Mérida
The stop for Pisté is listed but it will always give you an error message. Use "Chichén Itzá" to find the times for First Class buses in and out of Pisté/Chichén. First Class buses (approx. $10) depart Mérida at 6:30am, 9:15am, and 12:40am. From Chichén to Mérida are at 2:20pm and 5:10pm. Second class buses run every hour in either direction and cost 54 pesos or just under $6 US.

Checking for bus service to Pisté from Cancun
Use "Chichén Itzá" for routes to Pisté. The Cancun to Chichén Itzá is limited to one run at 9am and takes 2.5 hours. It is very comfortable with B-rated movies and ice-cold air-conditioning that never fails to get me sick with a cold regardless of the season: Take a sweater at least. To avoid taking the tortuous 6 hour 2nd class bus from Cancun to Piste, take a 1st class bus from Cancun to Valladolid which run all day and evening long. Once in Valladolid look for the Pisté shuttle bus for $30 pesos or take the 2nd class bus for $25 pesos. Either leave every hour but the shuttle is shorter trip and can take you directly to where you want to go.

Checking for bus service from Pisté and Chichen Itza to Mérida, Cancun, Playa, Tulum
From Pisté you can get 2nd class buses every hour to Merida (1.5 hours away) or to Valladolid (50 mins). From Pisté to Cancun there are 2 direct 1st class buses, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The bus from Pisté to Playa del Carmen stops in Tulum, but there is another bus that just goes to Tulum. These have afternoon routes but also a late 1am bus to Tulum/Playa is available for early a.m. arrival on the beach. Taxi service from Pisté to Mérida is approximately 800 pesos. To Valladolid approximately 700 and to Cancun airport about 1500 pesos.

Cancun to Mérida on ADO, ADO GL and UNO

• www.ado.com.mx -- the ADO-GL is the luxury line. $246 pesos/ $22 US. This bus has TV, AC, 4 hours 15 mins, and trips throughout day. (based on 11 mn/dollar rate)
• UNO bus is $365 pesos (US$33) Cancun-Merida, with wide chairs (3 seats across!), AC, bathroom, TV-Movies, etc. There are fewer trips per day, but under 4 hours
• ADO Regular is $218 pesos (US$ 19.8) and is basic bus, with movies, 4 hours 20 mins.
  

For more information about Mexican bus lines in general try this site:
www.differentworld.com/mexico/common/pages/bus_info.htm
For more information about Mérida bus station and bus lines see www.yucatantoday.com