Trip IdeasFodor's In Focus Cancun, 1st Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Cancun!
•Fodor’s In Focus Cancun features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Cancun.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Cancun!
•Fodor’s In Focus Cancun features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Cancun.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About This Book ............ 5
When To Go ............ 6
Chapter 1: Introducing Cancún ............ 9
What’s Where ............ 10
History ............ 11
If You Like ............ 13
Chapter 2: Exploring Cancún ............ 15
Exploring ............ 19
Chapter 3: Where to Stay ............ 25
Isla Blanca/Punta Sam/ Puerto Juárez ............ 28
Zona Hotelera ............ 29
El Centro ............ 51
Chapter 4: Where to Eat ............ 61
Zona Hotelera ............ 63
Chapter 5: Beaches & Outdoor Activities ............ 81
Beaches ............ 82
Sports & Outdoor Activities ............ 88
Chapter 6: Nightlife ............ 93
Bars ............ 94
Dance Clubs ............ 97
Dinner Cruises ............ 99
Live Music ............ 99
Chapter 7: Shopping ............ 101
Galleries ............ 102
Grocery Stores ............ 102
Markets & Malls ............ 103
Chapter 8: Adventure ............ 107
Tulum ............ 108
Cobá ............ 116
Chichén Itzá ............ 120
Uxmal & the Ruta Puuc ............ 127
Travel Smart Cancun ............ 138
Getting Here & Around ............ 139
Essentials ............ 147
Index ............ 171
About Our Writers ............ 176
Maps
Cancún ............ 7
Exploring Cancun ............ 21
Where to Stay in the Zona Hotelera ............ 32
Where to Stay in El Centro ............ 53
Where to Eat in the Zona Hotelera ............ 64
Where to Eat in El Centro ............ 73
Beaches ............ 84
Cancun Nightlife ............ 95
Tulum ............ 111
Chichén Itzá ............ 122-123
Uxmal ............ 129
When To Go ............ 6
Chapter 1: Introducing Cancún ............ 9
What’s Where ............ 10
History ............ 11
If You Like ............ 13
Chapter 2: Exploring Cancún ............ 15
Exploring ............ 19
Chapter 3: Where to Stay ............ 25
Isla Blanca/Punta Sam/ Puerto Juárez ............ 28
Zona Hotelera ............ 29
El Centro ............ 51
Chapter 4: Where to Eat ............ 61
Zona Hotelera ............ 63
Chapter 5: Beaches & Outdoor Activities ............ 81
Beaches ............ 82
Sports & Outdoor Activities ............ 88
Chapter 6: Nightlife ............ 93
Bars ............ 94
Dance Clubs ............ 97
Dinner Cruises ............ 99
Live Music ............ 99
Chapter 7: Shopping ............ 101
Galleries ............ 102
Grocery Stores ............ 102
Markets & Malls ............ 103
Chapter 8: Adventure ............ 107
Tulum ............ 108
Cobá ............ 116
Chichén Itzá ............ 120
Uxmal & the Ruta Puuc ............ 127
Travel Smart Cancun ............ 138
Getting Here & Around ............ 139
Essentials ............ 147
Index ............ 171
About Our Writers ............ 176
Maps
Cancún ............ 7
Exploring Cancun ............ 21
Where to Stay in the Zona Hotelera ............ 32
Where to Stay in El Centro ............ 53
Where to Eat in the Zona Hotelera ............ 64
Where to Eat in El Centro ............ 73
Beaches ............ 84
Cancun Nightlife ............ 95
Tulum ............ 111
Chichén Itzá ............ 122-123
Uxmal ............ 129
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