Playa Del Carmen instead of Cozumel?

Question

I am looking for a nice honeymoon spot. We want to lay on the beach, swim, snorkle, take tours, one fishing trip, and party mildly at night.

Answer 1

Try Shangri La Caribe  Here is the website....

http://www.shangrilacaribe.net/

It is in Playa and just a short time from the ferry to Cozumel.  And so you can have the best of both. A day (and night of partying) in Cozumel and a lot more peace and quiet than Cancun.

Plus they have a dive shop on premises to help with diving plans too.

Enjoy it...we did!

Answer 2

I suggest that you stay in Playa Del Carmen, it is on the mainland and if you are going to take tours, it is better. If you stay at the Playacar Palace, which I highly recommend, you can always take the ferry across to the Cozumel Palace and use the all-inclusive there as well. They have great snorkeling right in front of the hotel. (In Cozumel)

PDC is a great area to stay, because it is right in the middle of the tour areas. You are only 5 min. from Xcaret, (take a cab and purchase your tix at the gate) Xel Ha/ Tulum is about 40 min. and Coba is about the same. The Palace is located one block from 5Th Ave. and one block from the ferry dock, great location. You can book your tours thru the hotel as well.

Cozumel is great, I spend most of my time in Cozumel, but I scuba dive and the vast majority of people on the island are there to scuba. There is not as much to do in Cozumel, one or two days on the island is plenty. You can always spend a few days in Cozumel and then move to PDC. I really like flying into Cozumel, the ferry boat take really good care of your luggage when you cross Cozumel to PDC as well. If you fly to Cancun to get to Playa it will take about 45 min. to drive to PDC.

There is much more to do on the mainland. You can check out some tours at playatrips.com and you can check out Playacar palace and Cozumel palace at palaceresorts.com. Playa is much more of a small bar scene than a big night club scene. They do have all the typical Mexico places such as senior frogs, Carlos and Charlies.

P.S. Very casual everywhere, pack plenty of shorts and t-shirts.

Answer 3

If it's a honeymoon, Cozumel definitely.

Answer 4

Actually they are so close on from the other, you could go to both places. All of the southern coast of Mexico is beautiful, don't worry about it.

Have a great time.