ShoppingĪs you would expect from a top holiday destination, you can do some serious shopping in Cancun with everything from high-end luxury brands to flea markets, local arts and crafts including jewellery and leatherwork, and souvenir shops. There are also lots of good hotel options away from the beach downtown that may appeal to the more budget conscious. ![]() Some offer all-inclusive packages while those visitors who prefer to self cater will find a range of villas and apartments. ![]() High-rise luxury international brands and more boutique hotels stand side by side with sprawling resorts catering to every need and budget – the vast majority of the properties three-star quality and up. The stunning setting of beach on one side and lagoon on the other defines the Hotel Zone and most visitors stay there. There are also lots of bars downtown, but nightlife really booms in the dance club bars of the Hotel Zone. Specialities include tostadas, enchiladas, tacos and other dishes using superb seafood such as lobster and shrimp. There is a multitude of dining options from first-class restaurants linked to hotels and resorts, to stand-alone eateries offering fare from around the world, to the fastest of fast food.įor a true and more economical Mexican food experience, look downtown. Land-based attractions include the Mayan museum, an ideal starting point before any day trip out to the Mayan archaeological wonders of World Heritage-listed Chichen Itza.Ĭancun is essentially split into two – the almost exclusively tourist-orientated Zona Hotelera (Hotel Zone) and its more than 20 kilometres of beaches, and Cancun Centro (downtown), home to most of the local population. There are 25 dedicated watersports centres. The beautiful beach and the warm turquoise ocean are the premier reasons why Cancun has become such a favourite destination, and when – and if – you tire of lounging around or swimming in front of your hotel resort, there are plenty more energetic water sports to keep you occupied.Ĭancun is water sports heaven, with sailing, parasailing, windsurfing, access to great snorkelling and diving (including the extraordinary MUSA underwater modern art museum, as well as the second largest reef in the world), and game fishing. What’s more, it remains the gateway to the Mayan world, a paradise of historic exploration. To see today’s spectacular beachfront dominated by hotels, resorts, restaurants and clubs makes it all the more astonishing that Cancun didn’t exist 40 years ago.Ī vision to turn an almost forgotten, narrow spit of land on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula into an exclusive tourism haven has catapulted Cancun to its position as the top destination in the Caribbean. They come for first-class accommodation, much of it all-inclusive. Well, they built it and, yes, they come – for the powdery white sand, impossibly turquoise sea and superb water sports. Consult the Prohibited Accommodation List for more information.“Build it and they will come”, goes the line. nationals from lodging, paying for lodging, or making reservations at certain properties in Cuba. Consult the Cuba Restricted List for more information. residents), even legally authorized travellers, are prohibited from engaging in direct financial transactions with certain Cuban hotels, shops, and tour agencies owned or controlled by the Cuba military or intelligence services as listed on the U.S State Department Cuba Restricted List. Department of the Treasury website for more information on Cuba Sanctions. ![]() Exportation, importation, or transmission of information or information materialsīefore booking a trip to Cuba, U.S. ![]()
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