Contents

Plan Your Trip 4 Welcome to Cancún & the ...... 4 Top Sights ...... 6 Eating ...... 12 Drinking & Nightlife ...... 14 Diving & ...... 16 History ...... 18 Shopping ...... 20 Beaches ...... 21 For Kids ...... 22 LGBTIQ ...... 23 Four Perfect Days ...... 24 Need to Know ...... 26 Cancún & the Riviera Maya Regions ...... 28

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00--toc-pk-crm1.inddtoc-pk-crm1.indd 2 88/02/2019/02/2019 11:25:4211:25:42 AM Explore Cancún Survival & the Riviera Guide 143 Maya 31 Before You Go ...... 144 Cancún Centro ...... 33 Arriving in Cancún & the Riviera Maya ...... 146 Zona Hotelera ...... 49 Getting Around ...... 146 ...... 73 Essential Information ....147 ...... 91 Language ...... 152 ...... 109 Index ...... 155 Isla ...... 125

Worth a Trip Special Features Chichén Itzá ...... 66 Isla Blanca ...... 34 Laguna ...... 106 Parque de las Cobá ...... 120 Palapas & Around ...... 36 Reserva de la Biosfera Museo Subacuático Sian Ka’an ...... 140 de Arte ...... 50 Museo Maya de Cancún & San Miguelito ...... 52 Playa Norte ...... 74 Isla Mujeres Turtle Farm ...... 76 Riviera Maya’s Cenotes ...... 92 Tulum Ruins ...... 110 Diving Isla Cozumel ...... 126

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Tulum Ruins Maya ruins with astonishing views. Tulum; p110 Plan Your Trip PATRYK KOSMIDER/SHUTTERSTOCK © Top Sights Top

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Isla Mujeres Turtle Farm Saving turtles one by one. Isla Mujeres; p76 AAINKJM/HTESOK©SWEDISHNOMAD.COM - ALEX W/SHUTTERSTOCK © TAKAKINAKAJIMA/SHUTTERSTOCK © Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top

Playa Norte An unforgettable seascape. Isla Mujeres; p74

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