Cancun travel guides & articles
All 21 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Cancun — newest first.
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Chichen Itza from Cancun in September, gate to last shadow
What the 200 km day trip actually costs, and what time to be at the turnstiles. The new entrance makes every pre-2026 set of directions wrong.
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Swimming Cenotes and Snorkeling With Turtles From Cancun
What a half-day of cenote swimming and turtle snorkeling out of Cancun costs at the gate, and the hour you need to be in the water.
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Five Hours Inside Coco Bongo Cancun
The revue, the open bar, the 02:00 door cut-off and the 05:00 tacos. What a night at Coco Bongo costs, and how to run it without losing half your group.
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Drive your own speedboat from Cancun's mangroves to the reef
Two hours at the wheel of a two-seater boat, through the mangrove channels of Laguna Nichupté and out to the shallow coral at Punta Nizuc, with the marinas, prices and rules in the order you meet them.
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A full day inside Xcaret from Cancun in October 2026
Xcaret is open from 08:30 to 22:30 and has more than 50 attractions, and for four evenings in late October the Festival de Tradiciones de Vida y Muerte takes over the Gran Tlachco.
Cancun's Sargassum Season and Where the Water Stays Clear
From May to October the Caribbean side of Cancun fills with brown weed while beaches six kilometres away stay glassy. Here is how to read the coast day by day and still get in the water.
Isla Mujeres in a Day on the Public Ferry from Cancun
The ferry window, a rented cart and the north beach: how to build Cancun's best day out yourself for less than the resold package costs.
Cancun in Spring 2027: Beaches, Sargassum Odds and Quieter Spots
Cancun's 2026 sargassum landed by compass direction, which is why the bay-side sand and the Playa Norte ferry are worth planning a day around, and much of the rest of the coast is not.
The Maya Ruins Between Cancun's Resort Towers
Cancun's Hotel Zone was a working Maya port long before it was a beach strip, and four of its archaeological sites are still standing between the hotels. This is how to walk them, what they cost, and when to go.
The Still-Water Side of Cancun After Dark
Cross Boulevard Kukulcan to the Nichupte lagoon and you get flat water, pier restaurants, one real club and a kayak at sunset, with 2026 prices, door rules and closing times.
Swimming Cancun's Cenotes Before the First Bus Arrives
Half a day inland from the Caribbean and the beach holiday becomes a geology story. These are the sinkholes worth the early alarm, with gate prices, opening hours and the honest truth about which ones fill up.
Where Cancun goes when the afternoon rain arrives
A low-season plan for Cancun built around the storm hour: the one beach with no resort behind it, and the markets, palapas and underground cenotes that hold up when it pours.
La Nader, downtown Cancun's eating and drinking street
Breakfast under the ceiba trees, tacos at 9 p.m. and mezcal until 2 a.m.: the downtown Cancun avenue where the city eats.
Mercado 23, the market neighbourhood Cancún shops in
Cancún's oldest market still trades for residents. Around it are the city's first church and its coach terminal, and the tacos run until 2 a.m.
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What a 55ft Private Yacht Day in Cancun Actually Costs
A straight account of chartering a 55-foot yacht in Cancún: which marina to leave from, what the day really runs to, and when it is worth the money.
How to spend a day and night on Cancún's Avenida Yaxchilán
Where to eat, what to see and how late the music runs on downtown Cancún's main avenue.
Cancun's Parque Kabah and the blocks around it
Free jungle trails from 06:00, a Maya house museum, two stadiums across the avenue and where to eat and sleep within walking distance.
Cancun's Isla Blanca road, from El Meco to the sandbar
Maya ruins, kite flats, a bonefish fishery and the seafood palapas of the Punta Sam road, planned in the order you drive them.
Where to eat, swim and stay around El Meco in Cancun
The north end of Cancun has a Maya port ruin, a Blue Flag beach, two ferry piers and the seafood road that runs between them.
Night Diving Cancun's Reef While the Hotel Zone Dances
Octopus out in the open, coral that fluoresces under blue light, and the one stretch of water near Cancun that really does glow: how to book the city's after-dark reef properly in 2026.
Eating, drinking and cycling Avenida Huayacán in Cancun
A 2010s Cancun corridor with a free cycle path down its length, Yucatecan botana plates, live-fire cooking and one small hotel.