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‘PlayaCar’, ‘PDC’, ou tout simplement ‘Playa’ : Playa del Carmen ne manque pas de surnoms qui sont autant de marques d’affection. Certes, le ‘Playa’ d’aujourd’hui n’est plus celui d’hier : le simple petit village de pêcheurs envahi par les hippies. Mais Playa a tout de même conservé des qualités : la beauté de sa plage, sa situation centrale sur la Riviera Maya, et donc la possibilité de partir chaque jour vers des sites merveilleux : les la plongée à Cozumel, les magnifiques cenotes, les criques aux couleurs fantastiques de Paamul ou Xpu-Ha.

And then there is its developments.Playa may be six times smaller than Cancun, its tourist installations by the sea make it the largest seaside pedestrian area in Yucatan.Obviously, certain developments are negative, such as the Calle Quinta Avenida which has become one of the most touristy (pedestrian) avenues in the world, with almost no interest, if not some good restaurants.If you want to buy a colorful skull, you will be spoiled for choice: there are millions for sale!If you stroll on the Calle Quinta Avenida, you will be discussed by hundreds of sellers on the life, trying (all) to sell you organized towers more expensive than what you will find on the Internet or on the sites you want to visit (someeven sell off tickets).

But Playa having also had to extend to house its new populations of workers, just flee the coast along a few houses of houses to find authentic, sympathetic and colorful restaurants, frequented by locals.Some silver lining !

By the way here is a good Pretty and Cheap Hotel Plan (in 2018) in Playacar: La Casa de Las Flores!(Tell us in the comments if you think that is no longer true).

- Go to the beach, go to the restaurant, go to the beach, go to the restaurant.Otherwise you can:

-Go to scuba diving or snorkeling on the palancar reef or the Santa Rosa Wall (on the island of Cozumel).For diving there are companies departing from PDC, otherwise for snorkelling you can take the ferry (every 30 minutes) at PDC to Cozumel and directly negotiate a tower in Palancar and Playa Palacar the diving site and the beachare really to be done).

-Go to the magnificent beaches a few kilometers to the south, like Paamul or XPu-ha.

- Diving in the magnificent cenotes (look at our page, there are both north and south of PDC).

- Visit the Mayan pyramids of Coba or Tulum which are closest (but the others are not far either!).

- Swimming with turtles (or in the lagoon) in Akumal.

- Go north to visit the Puerto Morelos region or the city of Cancun.

- get lost in the jungle (and with the monkeys) at Punta Laguna

-The X-Caret amusement parks, which deals with the history, traditions and Mayan landscapes, or X-plor (more on the theme of the adventure) (but you should still favor theAuthentic to the reconstituted: it's less in and more informative!).We would only advise the amusement parks for people who stay more than three weeks on the peninsula (or obviously for people with reduced mobility).

- To (nevertheless) quote something to visit in Playa del Carmen, there is a "3D Museum of Wonders" (3D Museum of Wonders).Go with your camera: it allows you to do lots of "trompe l'oeil", sometimes incredible optical illusions.It is on the 10 Avenida Norte between the 8th and the 10th street (in the center).

www.3dmuseumofwonders.com

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- Our guide to the island of Cozumel

- Akumal, its white sand berries, its lagoon and its turtles

- the Maya ruins of Cobá

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- The Yucatan in videos

- Yucatan Cenotes

- What mayas pyramids to visit at Yucatan

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