Playa Chac Mool Where? Blvd. Kukulcan, Km. 10, Hotel Zone, Cancun Located at Km 10 on Boulevard Kukulcán, Playa Chacmool can be accessed through the beach entrance across the street from Señor Frog’s. As at Playa Caracol, development has greatly encroached on Chacmool’s shores. There are a lot of rocks, but the water is a […]
Read More...Playa Caracol – Snail Beach Where? Blvd. Kukulcan, Km. 9.5, Hotel Zone, Cancun The last “real” beach along the east-west stretch of the Zona Hotelera, is near Plaza Caracol and the Xcaret dock. Located at Km 8.5, the whole area has been eaten up by development, in particular the high-rise condominium complex next to the […]
Read More...Playa Ballenas – Whale Beach Where? Blvd. Kukulcan, Km. 14.5, Hotel Zone, Cancun Also known as Whale Beach, this is raw stretch of sand and crystal water at Km 14.5 between Sandos Cancun and Cancun Palace. Jet skiers often zoom through the water, and the strong wind makes the surf rough. The beach is open […]
Read More...Bahia de Mujeres Top of the 7 With the Cancun beach zone running 22.5 km long (in the shape of the number “7”), this area is located in the northern end of the hotel zone (that is, on “top of the 7”), with white sand beaches and beautiful turquoise-blue waters. While this area may […]
Read More...Plaza Flamingo Shopping Address: Blvd. Kukulcan, Km. 11.5, across from Hotel Flamingo Resort & Plaza, Zona Hotelera, Cancun Plaza Flamingo is a small mall that houses around 80 different shops that sell mainly clothing, jewelry, and souvenirs. The main attractions at Plaza Flamingo are the chain restaurants Jimmy Buffet’s, Margaritaville, Outback Steakhouse, and Bubba Gump, which fill […]
Read More...Plaza Las Americas Address: Av. Tulum, Sm 4 and Sm 9, Cancun The largest shopping center in downtown Cancun. There are 50-plus stores, three restaurants, two movie theaters, video arcade, fast-food outlets, and several large department stores. Warning: this mall gets very crowded on weekends!
Read More...Plaza Hollywood Address: Av. Xcaret at Rubi Cancún, El Centro, Cancun At Plaza Hollywood, you’ll find several small boutiques and restaurants at this strip mall, as well as a bank, post office, and Starbucks. For the wine connoisseur, there is La Europea Wine Market, which carries a wide selection of imported cheeses and meats, as […]
Read More...Shopping in Cancun The centros comerciales (malls) for Shopping in Cancun are fully air-conditioned and reminiscent of similar ones in USA and Canada. Like those malls, the ones in Cancun also sell a variety of (tourist-friendly) merchandise: designer clothing, beachwear (including raunchy T-shirts aimed at the spring break crowd), sportswear, jewelry, music, video games, household items, […]
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