Vamanos a la Playa: Let's Hit the Beach! - Cancun, Mexico Travel Guide - Vacation Rentals by Zonder

Vamanos a la Playa: Let's Hit the Beach!

Relax in the sun in Cancun, Mexico. Here you will find very friendly family oriented beaches for your sunning pleasure!

Apply the sunscreen and pack the kids, a beach bag, and head to Playa Caracol. This beach is perfect for your children to enjoy the shallow waters and build sandcastles in the warm, soft sand. Although this beach is the most crowded on the strip, it provides restaurants and several other activities for fun and adventure.

Are you into adrenaline pumping water sports? Playa Las Perlas might be the beach for you. Whether surfing, skiing or snorkeling, these waters are just what you need to fulfill your adventurous, thrill-seeking sport needs. There are a bunch restaurants and bars for your dining pleasure, after your extreme experience. Not feeling the adrenaline? Playa Las Perlas is a wonderful place to swim and relax in the sun as well.

On the east side of Cancun there are more beautiful beaches for you to explore. The ocean is on one side with a lagoon on the other. The ocean is a good place for tanning and swimming, while the lagoon is used mostly for kayaking, jet skiing and other activities--and the lagoon also has rentable water crafts, too!

Not into big crowds? Try the beaches at Camino Real Hotel. It is more secluded and is only accessible by walking through the hotels property. This beach on the tip of the peninsula is public property, but offers no restaurants or any other activities. So, sit back and enjoy the smell of the ocean and the sound of the waves slapping the shore. Camino Beach is small, but the property is very clean and manicured daily.

Feeling a little spunky? Head over to Playa Del Carmen or the Mayan Riviera. These beaches allow women to go topless. Although nudity is not permitted, going topless or in a thong is very popular. So if you don't want to return from your vacation with any visible tan lines, spend a day here in the surf and sand.

Safety worries are not a big issue here in Cancun: They provide police patrolled beaches. Police ride the beach on 4-wheelers and keep an eye out for any unnecessary, unwanted mischief. (Some beaches are even patrolled by uniformed Navy personnel carrying sub-machine guns for your added safety!) Cancun is sure to make your visit to their beaches a safe and enjoyable experience.

So, what are you waiting for? The beautiful beaches of Cancun, Mexico are waiting for you!

This guide to the beaches of Cancun, Mexico was brought to you by Tabitha Easley.


Comments

mistyeyed wrote re: Vamanos a la Playa: Let's Hit the Beach!
on 08-14-2008 3:56 PM

Hi, Tabitha:

Thanks for breaking up where to take kids and where not to.  Different beaches due gear to different people.  Your story was very informative.

I know a lot of aspiring travel writers post their stories on Viscape.com. You should check it out - you can even publish some of your clips and photographs!

Right now, Viscape.com is holding a contest where every entry is entered for a chance to win a free trip to Key West or Belize. Your story about the beaches of Cancun around the world would be perfect for it and here is the link to Cancun: viscape.com/.../cancun_mexico.

Thanks again for your great blog -- and happy travels!

Cheers,

mistyeyed

Oh, by the way, be sure to add me as a friend (www.viscape.com/.../mistyfau) when you visit Viscape. I’d love to connect with you there as a kindred aspiring travel writer!

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John wrote re: Vamanos a la Playa: Let's Hit the Beach!
on 01-04-2009 10:15 AM

True enough, the European visitors to Playa del Carmen do have a different outlook on beach attire than Americans do.

But on Sundays, Mexican families with a more conservative attitude go to the beach.  

So if you are going to go "Euro-style" in Playa del Carmen; out of respect for the locals, you should try it on a work/school day when fewer or no people who would be uncomfortable are around.  They just have one day a week to go to the beach.  You have the whole week.

My wife went topless on a weekday and she loved it.  Only one old lecherous man leered at her.  And that was me.

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