Guidebook for Playa del Carmen

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Guidebook for Playa del Carmen

Food Scene

Only 4 blocks from the studio. Small and unassuming, this little restaurant specializes in local seafood - in fact, if you want to, you can select your own fish at the fish market next door - totally fresh! The prices are very reasonable and as you might imagine, the place is always packed. Service is no frills and quick and the food is just plain delicious.
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El pirata
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Only 4 blocks from the studio. Small and unassuming, this little restaurant specializes in local seafood - in fact, if you want to, you can select your own fish at the fish market next door - totally fresh! The prices are very reasonable and as you might imagine, the place is always packed. Service is no frills and quick and the food is just plain delicious.
Best cappuccino in town. Also, I'd recommend their cakes (I like the corn one).
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Ah Cacao Chocolate Café
Calle 30 Norte
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Best cappuccino in town. Also, I'd recommend their cakes (I like the corn one).
French bakery and restaurant. Love the croissants and other pastries. Good breakfast options. Usually packed.
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Chez Céline
Esquina Calle 34 Nte
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French bakery and restaurant. Love the croissants and other pastries. Good breakfast options. Usually packed.
Cheapest beach restaurant in town. Local seafood. Fish fillet with rice, salad and tortillas, $60 pesos!
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Party Playa
2 Calle 2 Nte
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Cheapest beach restaurant in town. Local seafood. Fish fillet with rice, salad and tortillas, $60 pesos!
Amazing restaurant, specially for breakfast. Nice architecture and decor. A bit pricey but it's worth the visit. No free coffee refills.
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La Cueva del Chango
Mz. 4 Calle 38 Nte.
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Amazing restaurant, specially for breakfast. Nice architecture and decor. A bit pricey but it's worth the visit. No free coffee refills.
Nice restaurant, specially for breakfast. Excellent for people-watching on 5th Avenue. Try to get a first row table. Free coffee refills.
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La Vagabunda Playa
Quinta Avenida
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Nice restaurant, specially for breakfast. Excellent for people-watching on 5th Avenue. Try to get a first row table. Free coffee refills.
Mexican food, specially tacos al pastor, frijoles charros. Try the taco de chorizo con queso. There are several branches in town, this is the closest to the studio, but also the smallest. A bigger one is at Constituyentes and 30 Avenida, next to Mega supermarket.
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El Fogon
Avenida Constituyentes
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Mexican food, specially tacos al pastor, frijoles charros. Try the taco de chorizo con queso. There are several branches in town, this is the closest to the studio, but also the smallest. A bigger one is at Constituyentes and 30 Avenida, next to Mega supermarket.
One of Playa's best seafood restaurants. A very local, well established place. Authentic Mexican style dishes.
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La Bamba Jarocha
S/N Calle 34 Nte. Bis
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One of Playa's best seafood restaurants. A very local, well established place. Authentic Mexican style dishes.

Parks & Nature

Best beach for snorkeling. Sea turtles, fish and coral are easy to spot. You can take a Colectivo van. The driver would drop you at the highway and you can either walk 500 meters from there or take a taxi to the beach.
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playa akumal
Akumal Trail
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Best beach for snorkeling. Sea turtles, fish and coral are easy to spot. You can take a Colectivo van. The driver would drop you at the highway and you can either walk 500 meters from there or take a taxi to the beach.
This hotel's nice beach is the closest to the studio, just walk all the way down on Calle 38. There is an nearby Oxxo convenience store where you can buy soda, water, beer, snacks, etc.
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Mahekal Beach Resort
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This hotel's nice beach is the closest to the studio, just walk all the way down on Calle 38. There is an nearby Oxxo convenience store where you can buy soda, water, beer, snacks, etc.

Sightseeing

Those are the only Mayan ruins on the beach. It gets crowded and hot (not too much shade from trees). There is a beach were you can swim.
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Archeological Zone of Tulum - Mayan Port City Ruins
Km 230 Cancun - Chetumal
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Those are the only Mayan ruins on the beach. It gets crowded and hot (not too much shade from trees). There is a beach were you can swim.
Great cenote in a cave, with stalactites, etc., not too far from the studio. The $450 pesos entrance fee includes a wet suit, helmet, swim vest, flash light and a guide. Your hosts could drive you there round trip for a small fee.
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Cenote Chaak Tun
7 Avenida Benito Juarez
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Great cenote in a cave, with stalactites, etc., not too far from the studio. The $450 pesos entrance fee includes a wet suit, helmet, swim vest, flash light and a guide. Your hosts could drive you there round trip for a small fee.
Amazing beach with a fresh water cenote steps from the ocean. See video on FlyNRec page :)
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Point Esmeralda
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Amazing beach with a fresh water cenote steps from the ocean. See video on FlyNRec page :)

Drinks & Nightlife

Famous beach club. Beach chairs and umbrellas for rent. It organizes and hosts events such as the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival (November) and the BPM Festival (January).
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Mamita's Beach Club
8 Calle 28 Nte.
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Famous beach club. Beach chairs and umbrellas for rent. It organizes and hosts events such as the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival (November) and the BPM Festival (January).

Entertainment & Activities

Sports complex with a soccer field, jogging tracks, tennis and basketball courts, dance lessons, etc.
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Deportivo Mario Villanueva Madrid
Calle 34 Norte
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Sports complex with a soccer field, jogging tracks, tennis and basketball courts, dance lessons, etc.