Beaches in Cancun

Playa Las Perlas
Location: 2.5 km at the beginning of the Hotel Zone
Good place for swimming, relaxing and varied water sports. You can also get the shuttle to Isla Mujeres here. There are restaurants and bars located along the coast here as well.

Playa Linda
Location: 4 km in the Hotel Zone
Dive tours, the Submarine and shuttle to Isla Mujeres is located here.

Playa Langosta
Location: km 5 in the Hotel Zone
Swimming, water sports, restaurants and bars are located along this clean beach. There is also a dock with shuttles to Isla Mujeres and dive/snorkel tours.

Playa Tortugas
Location: km 6 in the Hotel Zone
Swimming, water sports, restaurants and bars are located along this clean beach. There is also a dock with shuttles to Isla Mujeres and dive/snorkel tours.

Playa Caracol
Location: km 6 in the Hotel Zone near Punta Cancun
This is a great beach for children because of the shallow flat sandy seabed. It is also one of the most crowded beaches along the strip. There are restaurants, bars and numerous activities here.

Playa Gaviota Azul
Location: 9 km in the Hotel Zone near Punta Cancun.
Good for relaxing, swimming and water sports.

Playa Chac Mool
Location: 10 km in the Hotel Zone near Punta Cancun.
Medium waves to big, great quantity of sand in order that everyone coexist pacifically. A restaurant bar with roof of palapa, completes the scene.

Playa Marlin
Good for relaxing, swimming and water sports.
Location: 13 km in the Hotel Zone in between Punta Cancun and Punta Nizuc.

Plaza Ballenas
Location: 14 km in the Hotel Zone in between Punta Cancun and Punta Nizuc.
A very popular beach in Cancun. Good for relaxing, swimming and water sports. There are bars and restaurants.

Playa Delfines
Location: 18 km in the Hotel Zone near Punta Nizuc
Good for relaxing, swimming.

Chichen Itzá

A brief description by the Unesco states: This site is one of the most impressive testimonies to the Maya-Toltec civilization of the Yucatan (10th to 15th centuries). It contains some of the most outstanding examples of Central America architecture, combining Maya construction techniques and Toltec sculpted decoration.

Tulum

One of the most representative Mayan ruins of the Riviera Maya in Mexico.

Tulum means wall, trench or fence in the Maya languaje and the conquerors were amazed by the beauty, size and strength of this ancient fortress built on a cliff overlooking the turquoise waters of the Caribbean below.