13km (8 miles) N of Cancún
Isla Mujeres (Island of Women) is a casual, laid-back refuge from the conspicuously commercialized action of Cancún, visible across a narrow channel. It’s known as the best value in the Caribbean, assuming that you favor an easygoing vacation pace and prefer simplicity to pretense. This is an island of white-sand beaches and turquoise waters, complemented by a town filled with Caribbean-colored clapboard houses and rustic, open-air … Continue reading →
Excerpted from Frommer's Cancun, Cozumel and the Yucatan 2009, © 2008, Whatsonwhen Limited and Wiley Publishing, Inc.