Originally Posted by LABARINTH

I went there....we stayed at the Myan Palace. It was really nice, but all the big resorts down there are.

We stayed in Playa Del Carmen when we went, it's about 30 minutes south of Cancun and I would stay there again in a heart beat. Playa is MUCH nicer than Cancun. Cancun is all really big resorts and you can't walk around anywhere because you have to walk past giant resorts so you end up taking cabs everywhere....In playa you take one 5 minute cab ride to 5th avenue and then you can walk from shop to shop, stop at a bar, get something to eat, see the sites, hop on the ferry to Cozumel (an island off the coast with a ton of stuff to do) or just go to the beach. I personally like the beaches better at Playa Del Carmen but Cancun is good too.

The best part about Playa is if you want to go to Cancun it's less than 30 minutes away, if you want to go to Cozumel it's less than 30 minutes away, if you want to see some Myan ruins Tulum is 30 minutes away (Tulum is the only Myan ruins on the water), and if you want to go to a really cool nature reserve and snorkle Xel Ha is 20 minutes away....all those places are an hour or more from Cancun. Playa Del Carmen is the place to be now... Cancun is over developed. Oh, and plan on spending about 2-3 hours at the Cancun airport....at least we did....there are so many people and it is such a small airport that you spend forever in line...but it's worth it. Just make sure you have a disc man and a portable fan (most of the airport is not air conditioned). Oh, btw I was just there in June so this info should be pretty up to date.