Help with three week itinerary in Yucatan (Cancun and surroundings)?
Hello i would appreciate some help planning my trip to Yucatan from California. My spouse and I (both in our early 20′s) will be arriving in Cancun on January 6th and will be staying within the Yucatan Peninsula for three weeks. I need help with recomendations on places to visit and things to do, hotels to stay in while visiting, and places/things to avoid while visiting Mexico. Here is what we have planned so far and are hoping to expand:
6th –
- check into hotel
- check out town
- night clubs in the evening
7th –
-see downtown cancun
- hang out at hotel
- check out night clubs again
8th –
Leisure beach day
9th –
Leisure beach day
10th –
Take a ferry to see isla mujeres.
mayan ruins
Captain dulches museum
11th –
- take bus to playa del carmen
- check into hotel
- eat lunch
- tour city
- hang out at hotel
12th –
- take ferry to cozumel
- spend the day site seeing in a dune buggy 
13th –
- check out the natural tres rios park
- tour surrounding areas
14th –
- take bus to xcaret eco park
- spend all day there
15th –
-drive to tulum and check into hotel
- tulum ruins
- chill in the city
16th –
-spend the day seeing ruins in Coba
- hang out around town
17th –
-take bus ride to Valladolid
- visit Chichen Itza ruins park
- check out Chichen itza/ Valladolid town
18th –
Take bus to merida
Venture around town
Check out the Anthropology and history museum
19th –
Check out the Dzibilchaltun Ruins park
Afterwords come back and relax at hotel.
20th
Take bus to see the Mayapan Mayan Ruins
Visit the plaza grande
22nd – next destination until the 29th at which we need to return to Cancun to depart back to the states.
FYI Tulum is only a tiny pueblo. It is less then 3/4 mile long and one block wide on each side of the main road (as far as tourists are concerned. There are local housing and businesses beyond that, of course.) There are several eateries. My family loved the BBQ chicken at El Pollo Bronco for lunch, but there are pizza places, Mexican eateries (duh), etc, and each will give you a taste of Mexico (at very reasonable prices).
Hotels in Tulum were not obvious, but if you found one through your research, that is good. {We were staying at a nearby all-inclusive resort.} The small shop owners were very friendly, and it is interesting to see the goods and produce for sale that are not in the typical U S store.
Definitely go to the Tulum ruins. Pay for the ride to and from the entrance/exit and hire a guide (explainer – as you cannot get lost). If you are energetic, take the 150 steps down to the water and splash around.
There are also some Mayan ruins west of Tulum that my adult kids enjoyed going to, and seeing. [I might be referring to Coba; idk.]
Chichen Itza is an all day tour. My wife and friend went, and were really glad they went.
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