Cancún in Mexico

Cancún Introduction

 
Cancún is a coastal city in Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. Cancún is located on the Yucatan Channel that separates Mexico from the island of Cuba in the Greater Antilles. The Cancún region is sometimes known as the Mexican Caribbean. Cancún is the municipal seat of the Benito Juárez municipality and a world-renowned tourist resort. The city center is located on the mainland which connects the Nichupté and lagoons to a narrow 7-shaped island where the modern beachfront hotels are located. The island of Isla Mujeres is located off the coast and is accessible by boat from Puerto Juárez.

There are about 150 hotels in Cancún with more than 24,000 rooms and 380 restaurants. Four million visitors arrive each year in an average of 190 flights daily. The Hotel Zone of Cancún is shaped like a 7 with bridges on each end connecting to the mainland. Hotels on the vertical or long side of the 7 tend to have rougher beaches and beach erosion can be a problem. Resorts on the horizontal or short end of the seven tend to have more gentle surf because the waves here are blocked by the island of Isla Mujeres which lies just off shore. The Hotel Zone offers a broad range of accommodations, ranging from relatively inexpensive motel-style facilities in the older section closest to the mainland, to high-priced luxury hotels in the later sections, great malls, theme parks and swimming with dolphins activity.

On the opposite side of the island from the Caribbean Sea is the Nichupté Lagoon, which is used for boating excursions and jet-ski jungle tours.Cancún is also the gateway to the Riviera Maya, another tourist pull in the area, where people go attracted by the numerous archaeological sites, as Cobá and Tulum, the many cenotes, charming towns as Playa del Carmen and theme parks such as Xcaret Eco Park, Xel-Ha and Xplor. Read More ...
 
 

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Cancún Picture Guide

Cancun Caribbean Sea
The sunny Caribbean sea at Cancun, attracting millions of tourists every year
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Cancun Golden Beach
One of the main attractions is the beautiful golden sandy beaches
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Cancun Beach
A typical part of the beach along the hotel zone at Cancun
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Cancun Catamaran Sailing
Activities along the beach include Catamaran Sailing
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Cancun Jet Ski
Other activities include motor boat and jet ski hire
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Cancun Para Sailing Gliding
For a spectacular aerial view, you could try Para Sailing!
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Cancun Beaches
Beach facing hotels at Cancun
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Cancun Sea
Hotel terraces leading straight down on to the beach
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Cancun Pelican
A pelican in full flight over the beach at Cancun
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Cancun Sun Beds
Sunbeds on the beach ready for a days sunbathing
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Cancun Hotel Pool
A typical Cancun hotel swimming pool, facing directly onto the beach
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Cancun Swimming Pool
Enjoying a cocktail around the swimming pool
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Cancun Hotel Entertainment
Colourful entertainers around the pool in Cancun
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Downtown Cancun City
The view looking from the hotel zone towards Downtown Cancun City
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Cancun Lagoon
The Lagoon located behind the sand spit
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Cancun Motor Cruisers Boats
Motor cruisers moored in the Lagoon
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Cancun Hotel
The Riu Cancun, one of the hotels in Cancun's hotel zone
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Cancun Hotel Sea View
All hotels have superb views out over the Caribbean sea
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Cancun Apartment
Accommodation varies from apartments to hotels
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Riu Cancun Hotel
Some well known brands have hotels in Cancun
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Cancun Hotel Zone Road
A typical view of the main road running down the middle of the hotel zone in Cancun
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Cancun Shopping
Shopping in the Cancun hotel zone, you wll find a mixture of designer names and local souvenir outlets
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Cancun Plaza Mall
A series of modern Plaza Malls runs along the hotel zone
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Cancun Hard Rock Cafe
Each one contains some well known names
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Cancun Mall Shop
A leather shop in one of Cancun's Shopping Malls
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Cancun Crafts Masks
Locally crafted masks on sale in Cancun's souvenir shops
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Cancun Senor Frogs
Senor Frogs Souvenir Shop in Cancun
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Plaza Forum Mall
A Souvenir shop in Plaza Forum Mall
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Cancun Coco Bongo
For your nights out, you can do no better than the world famous Coco Bongo nightclub
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Cancun Nightclub Disco
Party time inside Coco Bongo in Canun
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Cancun Show Act
Part disco, part show, with all kinds of show acts
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See Also
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza
Isla Mujeres
Isla Mujeres
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