Cancún Travel Guide

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Cancún is a great place to experience 21st-century Mexico since it has everything you'd want in a vacation, including shopping, sports, spas, and beaches. Here you'll find five-star resorts, exceptional food, Mexican culture, and natural beauty within minutes of the world-famous Mayan ruins. There isn't, however, much that's quaint or historic in this distinctively modern city, many of whose residents have embraced the accoutrements of urban middle-class life—cell phones, cable TV—that are found all over the world.

Hotels

Cancún Hotels

A growing number of Cancún hotels are now encouraging people to make their reservations online. Some allow you to book rooms on their Web sites...read more

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Restaurants

Cancún Restaurants

Be aware that restaurants that line Avenidas Tulum and Yaxchilán are often noisy and crowded, and gas fumes make it hard to enjoy alfresco meals...read more

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Things To Do

Things To Do in Cancún

The best way to explore Cancún is by hopping...read more

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Cancún Experiences

  • Top Reasons to Go to Cancún

    Dancing the night away: Salsa, cumbia, reggae, mariachi, hip-hop, and electronic music dizzy the air of the Zona Hotelera's many nightclubs.... Read more

  • Cancún's Best Beaches

    Offering 22½ km (14 mi) of accessible coastline, Cancún is riddled with postcard-worthy beaches that beckon outdoor enthusiasts... Read more

  • Mexican Food Primer

    The varied culinary characteristics of each region make it difficult to define "Mexican food" as a whole. Its complexity and diversity is a direct... Read more

  • Cancún's History

    The first known settlers of the area, the Maya, arrived in what is now Cancún centuries ago, and their descendants remain in the area... Read more

  • Wet, Wild Water Sports

    Cancún is one of the water-sports capitals of the world, and, with the Caribbean on one side of the island and the still waters of Laguna... Read more

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