Cancún & Isla Mujeres Features

Cancún & Isla Mujeres Features

• When to Go
  Cancún enjoys its best weather between November and May, when temperatures usually hover around...
• Top Reasons to Go to Cancún & Isla Mujeres
  Dancing the night away to salsa, mariachi, reggae, jazz, or hip-hop at one of the Zona Hotelera's many...
• Cancún's Top Attractions
  That Beach: The entire planet should look like this. A long, thin stretch of beach with a lagoon on one...
• Cancún & Day-trips
  Cancún is the place where you'll likely start your visit, and if sunbathing, water sports, and...
• Wet, Wild Water Sports
  Cancún is one of the water-sports capitals of the world, and, with the Caribbean on one side of...
• Cancún's History
  The first known settlers of the area, the Mayans arrived in what is now Cancún centuries ago...
• Chichén Itzá
  One of the most dramatically beautiful of the ancient Maya cities, Chichén Itzá draws some......
• Isla's History
  The name Isla Mujeres means "Island of Women," although no one knows who dubbed it that. Many believe...
• In Search of the Dead
  El Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) is often billed as "Mexican Halloween," but it's much...
• Yucatecan Cuisine
  Yucatecan food is surprisingly diverse, and milder than you might expect. Anything that's too mild, however...
• Side Trip to Isla Contoy
  Some 30 km (19 mi) north of Isla Mujeres, Isla Contoy (Isle of Birds) is a national wildlife park and...
• Who Was Ixchel?
  Ixchel (ee-shell) is a principal figure in the Pantheon of Mayan gods. Originally married to the earth...
• Don't Wake the Sharks
  The underwater caverns off Isla Mujeres attract a dangerous species of shark -- though nobody knows exactly...