The three best known of these complexes are the Great North Platform, which includes the monuments of El Castillo, Temple of Warriors and the Great Ball Court; The Osario Group, which includes the pyramid of the same name as well as the Temple of Xtoloc; and the Central Group, which includes the Caracol, Las Monjas, and Akab Dzib.
Mesto je bilo zgrajeno na razgibanem terenu, ki je bil umetno izravnan za potrebe izgradnje glavnih arhitekturnih skupin, največ gradbenih del je bilo potrebno na območjih piramide El Castillo, Las Monjas, Osario in JZ skupine zgradb.