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Welcome to Cancun in Mexico!

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Cancun is located just north of Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort band known as the Riviera Maya. Cancun is just one of over 60 official online guides covering the whole of Mexico. Cancun is a city in southeastern Mexico, located on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. If you´re planning a trip to Mexico and would like discover our fabulous nation before visiting or, if you´d like to visit a specific place in Mexico, then you´ve come to the right place. Cancun is a major world-renowned tourist destination, as well as being the seat of the municipality of Benito Juárez. Cancun is located on the Caribbean Sea, and is one of the easternmost points in Mexico.

Cancun is one of Mexico´s most popular places, visited by millions of people over the last decade. When you travel to Cancun you may wish to check out the Cancun hotels we have available or maybe you´d like to rent a car in Cancun? We also offer extensive day trips in Cancun. This unique place has simply amazing. We´ve also compiled a list of Travel books on Cancun Mexico. The name Cancún, Cancum or Cankun first appears on 18th century maps. The meaning of Cancun is unknown, and it is also unknown whether the name is of Maya origin. If it is of Maya origin, possible translations include “Place, Seat, and Throne of the Snake “or” Enchanted Snake”.

Due to the reluctance of investors to bet on an unknown area, the Mexican government had to finance the first nine hotels. When development was started on January 23, 1970, Isla Cancun had only three residents, caretakers of the coconut plantation of Don José de Jesús Lima Gutiérrez, who lived on Isla Mujeres, and there were only 117 people living in nearby Puerto Juarez, a military base and fishing village

Hyatt Cancun Caribe was the first hotel financed, but the first hotel actually built was the Playa Blanca, which later became a Blue Bay hotel, and then the Temptation Resort. Back then Cancun was an elite destination, famous for its virgin white sand beaches.