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    Playa Delfines - The Best Public Beach and the Cancún Sign

    Playa Delfines, at Kilometre 17.5 of Boulevard Kukulcan, is the finest public beach in Cancún's Hotel Zone and home to the giant, multicoloured CANCÚN letters everyone photographs. Set on an elevated stretch of coast…

    Address
    Blvd. Kukulcan Km 17.5, Zona Hotelera, 77500 Cancún, Q.R.
    Nearest transit
    R1 / R2 bus along Blvd. Kukulcan, stops at the beach entrance
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    El Rey Archaeological Zone - Maya Ruins Inside the Hotel Zone

    The El Rey Archaeological Zone is the largest Maya site within Cancún itself - a compact set of temples, platforms and a small pyramid dating from around 1200 to 1500 CE. Once a coastal trading and fishing settlement…

    Address
    Blvd. Kukulcan Km 18, Zona Hotelera, 77500 Cancún, Q.R.
    Nearest transit
    R1 / R2 bus along Blvd. Kukulcan, 2-min walk
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    Isla Mujeres - The Easy Island Day Trip

    A 20-minute ferry from Puerto Juárez, Isla Mujeres is the easiest island escape from Cancún and a highlight of any trip. The 7-kilometre island is famous for Playa Norte, regularly ranked among the Caribbean's best…

    Address
    Isla Mujeres, 77400, Q.R. (ferry from Puerto Juárez, Cancún)
    Nearest transit
    Ultramar ferry from Puerto Juárez, ~20 min crossing
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    Cancún Underwater Museum (MUSA) - Art Beneath the Caribbean

    The Cancún Underwater Museum (MUSA), off Punta Nizuc, is one of the world's largest underwater art installations - more than 500 life-size concrete sculptures by artist Jason deCaires Taylor, submerged to form an…

    Address
    Punta Nizuc, Parque Nacional Costa Occidental, 77500 Cancún, Q.R.
    Nearest transit
    Snorkel / dive boat tours from the Hotel Zone marinas
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    Museo Maya de Cancún - The Region's Best Maya Museum

    The Museo Maya de Cancún is the best place to make sense of the ruins you will see across the Yucatán. Its air-conditioned halls display artefacts from Chichén Itzá, Tulum, Palenque and beyond, from jade masks to…

    Address
    Blvd. Kukulcan Km 16.5, Zona Hotelera, 77500 Cancún, Q.R.
    Nearest transit
    R1 / R2 bus along Blvd. Kukulcan, at the door
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    Chichén Itzá - The Great Maya Wonder

    About 2.5 hours inland, Chichén Itzá is the most famous archaeological site in Mexico, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Its centrepiece, the El Castillo pyramid, rises 30…

    Address
    Yucatán 97751 (Carretera Mérida-Valladolid Km 120)
    Nearest transit
    Guided day tour or ADO bus from Cancún, ~2.5 hours
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    Xcaret Park - Nature and Culture Eco-Park

    Xcaret, near Playa del Carmen about an hour south, is the Riviera Maya's flagship eco-archaeological park and a full day out for families. Built around natural coves and underground rivers, it lets you snorkel…

    Address
    Carretera Chetumal-Puerto Juárez Km 282, 77710 Playa del Carmen, Q.R.
    Nearest transit
    Park shuttle or guided tour from Cancún, ~1 hour
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    Nichupté Lagoon - Mangroves and Jungle Tours

    Running the length of the Hotel Zone behind the resorts, the Nichupté Lagoon is a protected system of mangroves and channels alive with birds, fish and the occasional crocodile. The classic way to explore is a jungle…

    Address
    Blvd. Kukulcan, Zona Hotelera, 77500 Cancún, Q.R.
    Nearest transit
    Marinas along Blvd. Kukulcan, reachable by R1 / R2 bus
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    Mercado 28 & Downtown Cancún - The Local Side

    For a break from the resort strip, take the R1 bus to Mercado 28 in downtown Cancún. This sprawling market mixes souvenir stalls of silver, hammocks and Talavera pottery with some of the city's best-value loncherías…

    Address
    Xel-Há 30, Supermanzana 28, 77509 Cancún, Q.R.
    Nearest transit
    R1 bus from the Hotel Zone to downtown, then short walk
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    Coco Bongo & Hotel Zone Nightlife

    Cancún's nightlife is legendary, and Coco Bongo, in the Forum area at Km 9.5, is its wildest show - part nightclub, part Vegas-style spectacle with acrobats, confetti storms, live tribute performances and film…

    Address
    Blvd. Kukulcan Km 9.5, Forum Cancún, Zona Hotelera, 77500 Cancún, Q.R.
    Nearest transit
    R1 / R2 bus to the Party Center (Forum), at the door
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    Cenotes of the Riviera Maya - Sacred Swimming Holes

    The Yucatán sits on a vast network of cenotes - freshwater sinkholes in the limestone that the Maya considered sacred. Within an hour of Cancún, the Ruta de los Cenotes near Puerto Morelos and the cenotes around Playa…

    Address
    Ruta de los Cenotes, Puerto Morelos, 77580, Q.R.
    Nearest transit
    Rental car or guided tour from Cancún, ~40-60 min

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