Puerto Morelos is one of the most charming towns on the Mexican Caribbean coast. In the touristy Riviera Maya, Puerto Morelos is a different breath of air, with a rhythm more Caribbean than touristy, it has a special charm for travelers and residents.
Puerto Morelos He was like a castaway stranded between Cancún y Playa del Carmen, the two major tourist centers of the Riviera Maya. Puerto Morelos breathe calmly in front of the same sea, without being a hotbed of tourists, growing according to their calm needs, if they leave it.
What's up with Puerto Morelos
As it happens with many towns on the coast as Overall, Playa del Carmen or Akumal, the federal highway 307 divides the population into the sea and the interior part. The tourist life in Puerto Morelos it develops, as in all, in front of the sea. The few hotels of all inclusive of the area are far from the urban core, and the traveler enjoys daily living as one more.
The sea area of Morelos It is a small town, and this makes it very affordable: a central square facing the sea, charming locals where to eat, have a coffee or a beer, souvenir shops, small hotels, the beach. It is a relaxed village with a relaxed atmosphere, casual and backpacking, with foreign residents. Many choose Puerto Morelos as a base on the Caribbean coast to get to know the surroundings or spend a few days at the beach and relax.
Puerto Morelos is the town I would choose from the Riviera Maya, quiet environment in a small place
Along the broad and wide Playa of white sand you find restaurants that offer food on the beach and rent lounge chairs for your comfort. Unlike Cancun and Playa del Carmen, here there are more residents than tourists, it's a different environment. It is not a beach where the clubs predominate, it is a beach to be in the sand, in your towel, with your umbrella and your fridge. And if you fancy something, you buy it from the street vendor: a mango with chili? Beach happiness 🙂
Puerto Morelos has a varied hotel offer, find where to sleep in Puerto Morelos.
Activities in the Caribbean, Puerto Morelos
Puerto Morelos have the Arrecife close, from the town they offer excursions by boat to do snorkel. There are also good dives in the area, many come to dive the wreck The most daring can swim the kilometer away to the reef from the coast, but do not forget the safety buoy for you to see the many boats that move around here. Puerto Morelos It is a town that lives by fishing, and the boatmen are the heads of the beach.
Fishermen's cooperatives offer 20 usd trips to snorkel on the reef. They themselves when they arrive at the town offer their services, they are in the area of the crooked lighthouse.
A great option to enjoy the Caribbean in another way. There are several cenotes close to Puerto Morelos, in the known as Route of the Cenotes. Puerto Morelos has the charm of moving to the rhythm of a bicycle, a rhythm that fascinates many of us.
Puerto Morelos, beaches
LOCATION: Puerto Morelos It is located in the state of Quintana Roo. 36 km from Cancún and 32 km from Carmen beach.HOW TO GET IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? A Puerto Morelos Public transport arrives from Cancun (30 ″), Playa del Carmen (30 ″) and from the airport (30 ″). The bus terminal ADO It is located on the federal highway 307. From the federal to the beach area there are 2 kilometers, which you can do on foot, by taxi (for about 30 pesos) or by bus (8 pesos).
HOW DO YOU MOVE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? By the federal 307 an easy way to move is in collective, vans that make the trips with constant stops. They leave from the federal 307 bridge, towards Cancún and towards Playa del Carmen.
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Good report Sandra, now that the fresquete starts, it's a little envious to see these images, especially the restaurant ... it says it all, but this last one of the seagulls is traca !!
Kisses
Very kind Fernando. In your cold autumn and winter you take delight in photos and I look at your side of the pond with a certain nostalgia. Thanks for walking around here artist, a hug!
Hello Sandra. How are you?? I did not understand well, it seems to me that there is one zona hotelera from the beach and another further away where the municipality is, etc. And they are connected by the JOSE MARIA MORELOS road. There are 2 km from there to the beach?
Is it safe to walk?
Hello Viviana, let me explain: as you say, there is a coastal area and another area that is on the other side of the Federal highway, where there are also accommodations. Much more comfortable to be in the beach area, but if not, you can walk those 2 kilometers and a little. At night I do not recommend it at all, there is a taxi and local bus that make the journey.
Any questions tell me, good way?
you know I am not clear about public transport I go to the now jade and I am interested in going to the national park of the reef and I would like to know how to get there by public transport or if it is too far from the hotel to get there walking
Hello Tere, the Now Jade is about 2 or 3 kilometers from the center of Puerto Morelos. From here there are several agencies that offer boat rides to the reef. I should have public transportation through the hotel, but I'm not sure. The hotel usually encourages you to grab a taxi, which are at the door of the hotel. I hope you serve, greetings!
Hello sandra q such the cenotes area. They told me that the green star is very nice to visit. Do you have an idea of what it costs per person and if it is really the most attractive in the area? Thank you
Hello Nicolas, Lucero Verde for me is one of the most beautiful, but I tell you that there is no bad news for me 😉
Look, I pass you an entry where you see photos and prices of the cenotes of that route, so that you can choose to your liking: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/la-ruta-de-los-cenotes-de-puerto-morelos-leona-vicario/ Open for me Lucero Verde (150 pesos) and Popol Vuh (70 pesos), and Cerros La Noria (100 pesos) and Kin-Há (250 pesos), but it's something very personal.
Have a good day cenoteando, greetings
Hi. We are going to be at the Hotel Iberostar Paraiso Beach, on another occasion we stayed and when we wanted to move to Playa del Carmen on our own, since the transfer of the hotel was very expensive, we left the hotel and it is impossible to find a starting point for some public transport. We should go back to the hotel and ask for a taxi. Where you can really take some of those transports. Thank you!
Hello Alejandra, I explain how to do it from the Iberostar Paraíso Beach: you must walk from your hotel to the federal highway (it is not much the way walking). The buses (vans) do not have an exact stop, they stop there where they see people waiting. Just wait by the side of the road in the direction you go (either to Cancun or Playa del Carmen) and make a sign to those vans you see with the CANCUN-PLAYA DEL CARMEN sign. Being an intermediate point where is the Iberosatr, some are full and will not stop. I leave a link that can help you: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/como-ir-de-cancun-a-playa-del-carmen-y-tulum/
Any doubt you tell me. Happy stay.
Sandra, thanks for the page, you clarify many things and what beautiful photos.
I'm about to sell an apartment in Atizapan Edo Mexico and I want to go live near the sea, a dream of life that I can finally get old and pensioned to come true, Puerto Morelos calls me a lot, I feel it's a quiet place, which is What I look for.
Would you recommend it to me to live? It's not much I can afford but I've seen apartment prices and I think I can buy one, I'd really appreciate your opinion.
Hello Fernando, it's good to meet your dreams, I think it's wonderful 🙂 Undoubtedly Puerto Morelos is an excellent place, but I would also contemplate the Yucatan coast, which is beautiful and much quieter. I send you an entry so you know a little Costa Esmeralda: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/costa-esmeralda/ Anyway Fernando, as it is a little broader issue and I think it deserves a little more than a few lines, I pass you my mail sandra@elcaminomascorto.es in case you want me to transmit calmly my opinion. I have several friends from Canada and the United States who chose the Yucatan coast for different reasons.
I send you my regards,
Hello, I will be staying at the ocean coral and Turquesa, how do I take public transport?
Hello Mariela, the Coral Turquesa is somewhat removed from the town, pure taxi arrives here. If you are going to move a lot, I advise you to ask a taxi driver for the number, if you call from the hotel it will surely be more expensive.
Regards,
I will stay at the Iberostar Beach Paraíso Beach, how do I get there from the Cancun terminal?
Hello Daniel, from the Cancun bus terminal there are buses that make a stop where you indicate, so you tell the driver where you are going and he will notify you of your stop. You must bear in mind that they do not let go with a large suitcase. If you go with a large suitcase you must take the bus, but this only stops in Puerto Morelos town. From here you should take a taxi to the hotel. I leave you expanded information in case you need it: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/como-ir-de-cancun-a-playa-del-carmen/
From the Cancun plane terminal you can take a collective taxi to your hotel or the bus to Puerto Morelos, and you should still take a taxi from town to your hotel. Anyway I leave you information in case you need it: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/transporte-desde-el-aeropuerto-de-cancun/
Any questions tell me. Have a good trip ?