Mexico’s largest island, blessed with world-class reefs and other dive sites, has always featured diving as its first appeal. But beach hotels have also existed there, and as the entire Mexican Caribbean tourism industry has grown, so has Cozumel’s.

The island has its own unique personality, apart from everything you find on the mainland. Things are just a little bit different here.

Cozumel is reachable by air, by major U.S. carriers from Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta, and on local flights from Cancun; ferries sail from Playa del Carmen on the Yucatan coast.

Cozumel is also a popular cruise port of call, included in practically every Western Caribbean sailing currently offered, by almost every cruise line.

Hotel options on Cozumel include the Presidente InterContinental Resort; the Melia Cozumel all-inclusive; and the Hacienda San Miguel in the main town on the island.

Not To Be Missed – The Cozumel Golf Club was designed and built by the Jack Nicklaus folks, but being on this quiet island, tee times are generally much easier to get than on the mainland.

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