Yucatán Beach Travel Guide

Yucatán Beach Travel Guide

• Yucatán Overview
• Yucatán Hotels
• Yucatán Attractions
• Yucatán Feature Articles
• Yucatán Adventure Trips
• Yucatán Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Yucatán

• Yucatán Travel
• Beach Guide
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Windsurfing
• Family Guide

Top Beach Destinations In Yucatán

• Cancun, Yucatán
  (7.9 mi.)
• Riviera Maya, Yucatán
  (50 mi.)
• Cozumel, Yucatán
  (50 mi.)
• Puerto Morelos, Yucatán
  (27 mi.)
• Akumal, Yucatán
  (66 mi.)
• Isla Holbox, Yucatán
  (48 mi.)
• Isla Mujeres, Yucatán
  (2.1 mi.)
• Playa del Carmen, Yucatán
  (46 mi.)
• Tulum, Yucatán
  (84 mi.)
• Xcalak, Yucatán
  (161 mi.)

Travel Guides In Yucatán

• Cancun, Yucatán (40 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Riviera Maya, Yucatán (4.6 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Cozumel, Yucatán (12 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Puerto Morelos, Yucatán (19 mi.)
• Akumal, Yucatán (21 mi.)
• Isla Holbox, Yucatán (65 mi.)
• Isla Mujeres, Yucatán (47 mi.)
• Merida, Yucatán (98 mi.)
• Playa del Carmen, Yucatán (1.3 mi.)
• Tulum, Yucatán (39 mi.)

Mexico Beach Subregions

• Baja
• Central Mexico
• Gulf Coast
• Northern Mexico
• Southern Mexico
• Yucatán

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
• Mexico
  • Baja
  • Central Mexico
  • Gulf Coast
  • Northern Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
  • Yucatán

Boats docked at Isla Mujeres (Bruce Herman/courtesy, Mexico Tourism)

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Overview
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Yucatán Beach Destinations

• Akumal
• Cancun
• Cozumel
• Isla Holbox
• Isla Mujeres
• Playa del Carmen
• Puerto Morelos
• Riviera Maya
• Tulum
• Xcalak

Top Beach Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Cancun		Hotels
Cozumel		Hotels
Riviera Maya		Hotels
Puerto Morelos		Hotels
Akumal		Hotels
Isla Holbox		Hotels
Isla Mujeres		Hotels
Playa del Carmen		Hotels
Tulum		Hotels
Xcalak		Hotels

Yucatán Overview

Feature Articles

• Top Ten Alternative Spring Break Destinations
  Beach Travel Expert Gary Chandler picks the hottest spring break spots and then offers alternative suggestions for travelers in search of something a bit off the beaten path.
• Cozumel: Searching for Elvis
  
• Diving & Snorkeling: Cozumel
  
• Ménage à Quatre
  outside
  Tulum, Mexico
• Maroma Resort & Spa
  outside
  A mystical hideaway on the Mayan Riviera

Trip Ideas

• Dive Mexico's Barrier Reef
  Mexico's Top 20 Adventures

Practical Advice

• Seafood Watch: The Eastern Seaboard
  Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world’s oceans, offers information on the environmental impacts of eating various types of seafood.
• Sharks: Myths and Realities
  Every summer, the ominous display of a dorsal fin sends crowds scurrying for the shore—and newspaper headlines exploding with warnings. Find out why that’s the wrong way to act.
• Deep Focus
  Learn the basics of underwater photography and you expand the experience of scuba diving and snorkeling. Our ten tips will help keep things crystal clear.
• The Move
  outside
  Go deeper with champion freediver Tanya Streeter
• Welcome to Home Rental Country: The Refuge of the Un-Hotel
  Take the brand-name anonymity out of your next foray into the vacation world by getting the scoop on finding the best homes away from home.

Gear

• Surfing
  outside
  Get dialed for summer's coolest sport
• Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.
• Women’s Beach Gear Essentials
  outside
  
• Board Rules
  outside
  Rising star Dane Reynolds sheds some light on everyday surfing
• Diving Fin Innovations
  outside
  Maiden voyage of the man-fish

Fitness

• The Move
  outside
  Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
• Fit to Surf
  outside
  
• Sunbrellas Chemical-Free Sun Block SPF 30+
  
• Good Day, Sunshine
  outside
  Embrace the summer sun with an intelligent skin-protection strategy
• Is surfing a good workout?
  outside

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Attractions

Cenotes near Tulum

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Quintana Roo
Tulum, Mexico

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Hidden Worlds Cenote Park

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Hwy. 307 between Tulum and Akumal
Tulum, Mexico

Description: Hidden Worlds Cenote Park is a popular one-stop shop for cenote snorkeling and diving. The shops offer fascinating guided tours several times per day.... Read More

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Playa Caracol

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Across from Mayafair Plaza Cancun
Km. 8.5, Kukulcan Blvd.
Cancun, Mexico

Description: Enjoy one of the most convenient spots in Cancun.... Read More

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Hotels

JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa

Kukulcan Boulevard KM 14.5
Cancun, Mexico 77500

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• Virtual Tour

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Acanto Hotel and Suites

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Ceiba del Mar Spa Resort

Costera Norte Lote 01
Puerto Morelos, Mexico 77580

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