Trip IdeasFodor's Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula 2010
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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 friends in Cancun, Cozumel, and the Yucatan Peninsula!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula 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, Cozumel and the Yucatan Peninsula.
•Experience Mexico like a local! Fodor’s Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula includes unique photo-features that impart the country’s vibrant culture, covering diving and snorkeling in Cozumel; Mayan palaces and temples; and Chichén Itzá’s mysterious ball courts!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•Fodor’s Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula features over 25 maps from dining and lodging options in cities and up-close looks inside temple complexes, to regional overviews.
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 friends in Cancun, Cozumel, and the Yucatan Peninsula!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula 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, Cozumel and the Yucatan Peninsula.
•Experience Mexico like a local! Fodor’s Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula includes unique photo-features that impart the country’s vibrant culture, covering diving and snorkeling in Cozumel; Mayan palaces and temples; and Chichén Itzá’s mysterious ball courts!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•Fodor’s Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula features over 25 maps from dining and lodging options in cities and up-close looks inside temple complexes, to regional overviews.
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
Be a Fodor's Correspondent............3
What's Where............6
When to Go............10
About This Book............11
If You Like............12
Great Itineraries............14
On The Calendar............17
Chapter 1: Cancún............19
Welcome to Cancún............20
Cancún Planner............22
Exploring............27
Beaches............30
Where to Eat............34
Where to Stay............49
Nightlife............72
Shopping............78
Sports and the Outdoors............82
Chapter 2: Isla Mujeres............87
Welcome to Isla Mujeres............88
Isla Mujeres Planner............90
Exploring............94
Beaches............97
Where to Eat............98
Where to Stay............103
Nightlife............110
Shopping............110
Sports and the Outdoors............112
Side Trip to Isla Contoy............114
Chapter 3: Cozumel............117
Welcome to Cozumel............118
Cozumel Planner............120
Exploring............123
Beaches............126
Where to Eat............131
Where to Stay............135
Nightlife............143
Shopping............145
Sports and the Outdoors............154
Chapter 4: The Caribbean Coast............157
Welcome to The Caribbean Coast............158
The Caribbean Coast Planner............160
The Riviera Maya............161
Tulum............200
Reserva de la Biosfera Sian Ka'an............211
The Costa Maya............213
Chapter 5: Yucatán and Campeche States............223
Welcome to Yucatán and Campeche States............224
Yucatán and Campeche States Planner............226
Mérida............228
Uxmal and the Ruta Puuc............256
The Mayan Interior............266
Progreso and the North Coast............279
Campeche............289
Carretera 186 Into Campeche............303
Spanish Vocabulary............309
Travel Smart Cancún............318
Getting Here and Around............319
Essentials............326
Index............343
About Our Writers............352
CANCUN IN FOCUS
Cozumel
Cozumel Diving & Snorkeling............148
The Caribbean Coast
Ancient Architects: The Maya............192
Yucatán and Campeche States
Chichén Itzá............268
MAPS
Yucatán Peninsula............8-9
Cancun............29
Where to Eat in Zona Hotelera............37
Where to Stay and Eat in El Centro............44
Where to Stay in Zona Hotelera............58
Cancun Nightlife............74
Isla Mujeres............93
Where to Stay and Eat in El Pueblo............104
Cozumel............124
Where to Eat and Stay in the Zona Hoteleras............136
Where to Eat & Stay in San Miguel............142
Caribbean Coast............162
Where to Stay and Eat in Playa del Carmen and Playacar............169
Tulum ............203
State of Yucatan............229
Merida............231
Uxmal............259
Campeche City............293
What's Where............6
When to Go............10
About This Book............11
If You Like............12
Great Itineraries............14
On The Calendar............17
Chapter 1: Cancún............19
Welcome to Cancún............20
Cancún Planner............22
Exploring............27
Beaches............30
Where to Eat............34
Where to Stay............49
Nightlife............72
Shopping............78
Sports and the Outdoors............82
Chapter 2: Isla Mujeres............87
Welcome to Isla Mujeres............88
Isla Mujeres Planner............90
Exploring............94
Beaches............97
Where to Eat............98
Where to Stay............103
Nightlife............110
Shopping............110
Sports and the Outdoors............112
Side Trip to Isla Contoy............114
Chapter 3: Cozumel............117
Welcome to Cozumel............118
Cozumel Planner............120
Exploring............123
Beaches............126
Where to Eat............131
Where to Stay............135
Nightlife............143
Shopping............145
Sports and the Outdoors............154
Chapter 4: The Caribbean Coast............157
Welcome to The Caribbean Coast............158
The Caribbean Coast Planner............160
The Riviera Maya............161
Tulum............200
Reserva de la Biosfera Sian Ka'an............211
The Costa Maya............213
Chapter 5: Yucatán and Campeche States............223
Welcome to Yucatán and Campeche States............224
Yucatán and Campeche States Planner............226
Mérida............228
Uxmal and the Ruta Puuc............256
The Mayan Interior............266
Progreso and the North Coast............279
Campeche............289
Carretera 186 Into Campeche............303
Spanish Vocabulary............309
Travel Smart Cancún............318
Getting Here and Around............319
Essentials............326
Index............343
About Our Writers............352
CANCUN IN FOCUS
Cozumel
Cozumel Diving & Snorkeling............148
The Caribbean Coast
Ancient Architects: The Maya............192
Yucatán and Campeche States
Chichén Itzá............268
MAPS
Yucatán Peninsula............8-9
Cancun............29
Where to Eat in Zona Hotelera............37
Where to Stay and Eat in El Centro............44
Where to Stay in Zona Hotelera............58
Cancun Nightlife............74
Isla Mujeres............93
Where to Stay and Eat in El Pueblo............104
Cozumel............124
Where to Eat and Stay in the Zona Hoteleras............136
Where to Eat & Stay in San Miguel............142
Caribbean Coast............162
Where to Stay and Eat in Playa del Carmen and Playacar............169
Tulum ............203
State of Yucatan............229
Merida............231
Uxmal............259
Campeche City............293
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