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Playaguide.com
Online Travel Guide For Playa del Carmen And The Mayan Riviera.
Emergency Services
Amerimed Hospital (Cancun)
Located 35 minutes from Playa del Carmen, state of the art care at the 1st American hospital chain in Mexico specializing in the care of International tourists.
Local Shopping
Costco (Cancun)
Costco just 35 minutes from Playa del Carmen!
Walmart (Cancun)
Walmart 35 minutes from Playa del Carmen.
Parks and Recreation
Xcaret Eco Park
Mayan-themed water park 30 minutes from Playa del Carmen.
Restaurants
Playa Restaurant Guide
A brief overview of just a few of Playa's great restaurants.
Schools
Playa Lingua Language School
Five minutes walk from the beautiful white sand beaches of Playa del Carmen, Playalingua offers a very high quality of teaching with qualified, responsible and motivated staff, supported by 29 years experience.
Solexico Language School
Solexico Language and Cultural Center provides students the opportunity to learn Spanish in a short period of time and be immersed in the Mexican culture. They offer classes in colonial Oaxaca or the beach town of Playa del Carmen.
Sports
The Abyss Dive Center
The Abyss Dive Center is a full service Canadian run Dive Shop and Training Facility in Playa del Carmen.
Tourism
The Blue Parrot Hotel and Beach Bar
Playa del Carmen's premier boutique hotel property right on the beach.
Weather
Playa del Carmen Weather
Currency
The peso is Mexico’s offical currency, but almost all purchases can be paid in US dollars.
There are currency exchanges in the Hotel Zone and downtown, and you can also exchange currency in the hotels and banks.
Language
The official language is Spanish, but English is spoken in most of the touristic establisments.
Weather
With 200 sunny days throughout the year, the temperature can vary from 85/100 farenheit (20/40 celcious), and humidity remains 90% throughout the year.
Beaches
All beaches are federal property and open to everyone. The sand is white and fine and the sea is turquiose. Use extra caution at beaches located on the open sea because of strong waves and undertow.
Clothes
Casual clothing is used. It is not necessary to wear any formal suit or tie unless you have an event where required. A luxurios dinner at a restaurant requires semi-formal attire. Bathing suits are not premitted in shopping centers, discos and restaurants.
Electricity
The standard electricicy voltage is 110 volts AC/60 cycles, as in the United States. Three phase connectors are not available everywhere, so it is recommended to bring an adapter in case you need it.
Drinking Water
The infrastruture of the Mexican Caribbean hotels has special facilities for a purifying water system. And every hotel has its own water filters. You can also ask for purified bottled water at any touristic establishement
Playa del Carmen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Playa del Carmen
hotels and condos in Playa del Carmen
Playa del Carmen is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in the north east of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, located at 20.62° North, 87.07° West. The city is the seat of the Solidaridad municipality. In 2003 the city had a population of about 50,000 people, though it is rapidly growing in population. Tourism to Playa del Carmen began with the passenger ferry service to Cozumel, an island across the Cozumel Channel and world-famous scuba diving destination. While passing through, many people realized that it was a nice place to relax away from the crowds of Cancún but with the same quality beaches and turquoise waters. While not as incredible as Cozumel, Playa del Carmen's coast offers some good scuba diving opportunities, as well as cenote diving for the more adventurous.
Today Playa del Carmen, or just 'Playa' as it is colloquially referred to, is the center of the Riviera Maya concept, which covers from Cancún to Tulum and the Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve. All tourist activity in Playa del Carmen centres on the Quinta Avenida, or Fifth Avenue, is a pedestrian walkway located just one block inland from the beach, and lined with boutique hotels, shops, bars and restaurants.
Playa Del Carmen wants to retain its small fishing village and artist colony charm, without becoming as large or tourist-dependent as Cancún. To this end, the city passed an ordinance by which all buildings, no matter what, have a limit of three stories, though a few four storey buildings were built before the ordinance.
There is a significant European influence in Playa, especially Italian. It is not ununsual to find that the proprietors of a particular hotel, restaurant, or bar are expatriots from Italy, Argentina, the US, Canada, France, Spain, or one of the many other country of origins represented among Playa del Carmen's residents.
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