San Pedro Town

Starting with San Pedro, this sleepy little fishing village, the original home of the San Pedranos, has emerged as a vibrant quaint tourist Town. The Town of San Pedro, the major population center on the island, was founded in 1848 by Mestizo refugees from the Guerra de Castas in Yucatan. This was the largest and most successful rebellion on the peninsula in the long tradition of Maya resistance to Spanish and Mestizo oppression. The locals were the workers of the logwood, then chicle, then coconut farms and most recently before the emergence of the tourism industry, the vibrant fishing and lobster industry. Tourism and real estate are now the number one source of income so much so that many are coming from the mainland to work in hotels, restaurants, tour companies and real estate.