Where to stay in Cancún

Neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood guidance for Cancún, Mexico: which areas suit which travellers, what they cost, and the stays we list in each.

• Zona Hotelera (4) — Barrier island, all-inclusive wall Caribbean on one side, lagoon on the other, one road between.
• Puerto Cancún (3) — Marina, gated new build Marina restaurants and a mall, between Centro and the strip.
• Centro (1) — Working city, taquerías, markets Half the price of the strip, and where the tacos actually are.
• Isla Blanca (2) — Sandbar, kitesurf, nothing else A thin sandbar with lagoon flats and almost no buildings.
• Playa Mujeres (4) — New resorts, empty sand Wide, uncrowded beach twenty minutes north of the noise.
• Puerto Juárez (2) — Ferry docks, calm shore The Isla Mujeres ferry leaves from your doorstep.

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