Cancun, Mexico

Cancun, Mexico



Hand-picked by computer, CANCÚN is, if nothing else, proof of Mexico's remarkable ability to get things done in a hurry if the political will is there. A fishing village of 120 people as recently as 1970, it's now a city with a resident population of half a million and receives almost two million visitors a year. To some extent the computer selected its location well. Cancún is marginally closer to Miami than it is to Mexico City, and if you come on an all-inclusive package tour the place has a lot to offer: striking modern hotels on white-sand beaches; high-class entertainment including parachuting, jet-skiing, scuba-diving and golf; a hectic nightlife; and from here much of the rest of the Yucatán is easily accessible. For the independent traveller, though, it is expensive, and can be frustrating and unwelcoming. You may well be forced to spend the night here, but without pots of money the true pleasures of the place will elude you.

There are, in effect, two quite separate parts to Cancún: the zona commercial downtown – the shopping and residential centre which, as it gets older, is becoming genuinely earthy – and the zona hotelera, a string of hotels and tourist amenities around "Cancún island", actually a narrow strip of sandy land connected to the mainland at each end by causeways. It encloses a huge lagoon, so there's water on both sides.

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  1. Cancun Mexico, on June 1, 2009 at 10:13 PM said:

    Cancun Mexico is a major tourist destination in Mexico and one of the most requested by American travelers. You can find accommodation for all budgets. Just have to learn well. Cancun All inclusive Packages are the best.

  2. Unknown, on August 19, 2015 at 5:02 AM said:

    That's some accurate info. Cancún is well located and also offers a wide range of attractions and you can stay there by holiday rentals or by hotels, you can choose any and never will get disappointed!

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