It is the main road and you’ll see other cruisers and tourists walking it too. To get to San Miguel by foot from the port, walk through the tourist village to Avenida Rafael E. Along with a recommendation for a monstrous margarita in San Miguel, the tourist office also mentioned a few public beaches along the way we wanted to check out. For example, a one way, three-mile cab ride from the port to San Miguel, Cozumel’s main downtown area, costs approximately $18 for up to four people. While standardized fares do a great job of preventing being cheated by a cabbie, they can also inflate the rate, which seems to be the case in Cozumel.
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We moved through this district fairly quickly, stopping only at the tourist information desk and then at the “Puerta Maya” for a photograph, as we wanted to make the most of our time in San Miguel.įixed taxi rates are another way the Mexican government is trying to make traveling around Cozumel easier and more stress free for tourists. A flat, mostly undeveloped island covered with mangrove forest and Mayan ruins, the majority of the island’s population lives in San Miguel.Īt the port, where our cruise ship docked, there is a charming Mexican village, complete with a massive duty-free shop, restaurants and bars, and lots of shopping opportunities. Located off the Yucatán Peninsula, Cozumel is Mexico’s largest Caribbean island, known predominately for its superb diving and gorgeous beaches. And with a half-day in port, we decided to pass on a shore excursion and explore Cozumel on our own. Yet, we had never been to Cozumel, aside from catching a ferry to Playa del Carmen.
At that time, we lived in San Diego, making it easy to explore the frontier coast of Baja California whenever we pleased. Looking out from our sixth floor balcony on the Carnival Glory, the Caribbean Sea is a soothing turquoise blue, the likes of which I’ve only ever seen in the Maldives.Įver since Beth and I started dating a decade ago, we’ve been drawn to Mexico.
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