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Puerto Morelos is a typical Mexican fishing village just 20 minutes away from the south of Cancun. Preferred by those who want to have a quiet and peaceful Caribbean vacation, the city is located right between Cancun and Playa del Carmen, which are popular holiday towns in the Yucatán Peninsula.

Reefs and green areas are protected with ecological precautions against development in this small city which exhibits the specific culture of the Riviera Maya. The city center consists of neighborhoods where maximum 3-floor modest houses can be built, hotels with a few rooms and restaurants. You can walk through the whole city, which has two roads, in 15 minutes. You have to go a few kilometers out of the city if you want to stay at a big facility in this cute city, where there are no huge hotels and holiday resorts and beaches lie all along.

It accommodates a rich marine life with turtles and fish herds in the reefs, which are defined as Puerto Morelos National Marine Park, beginning 400 meters from the coast and lying parallelly for kilometers. Scuba-diving and snorkeling are the main activities which make the region of the Yucatán Island attractive, where the second biggest reef system of the world exists, and which is a part of the biggest Meso-American reef in the Western Hemisphere. You frequently come across the coral lands which are under protection and not allowed to be touched during the dives when you will swim together with thornback rays, green turtles and many rare fish species.

While the beach in the city center exhibits a typical fishing village with colorful fishing boats, the inclined lighthouse, which is the symbol of the city, is the focus of the photographers. Puerto Morelos is divided into two sections as the coastal part and La Colonia Neighborhood. The coast consists of a serene beach and the neighborhood of restaurants and local souvenir shops making you feel that you are in Mexico. Two sections are separated from each other through the mangrove (marsh area). In this area, which is significant for the ecosystem of the city, you can observe a lot of protected wild animals including crocodiles while driving on the highway.

Having all the beauties of the Caribbean and the most beautiful coasts of the ocean, Puerto Morelos is only 20 minutes far from the Cancun International Airport by driving. You can reach the city center by renting a car, taking a taxi or rare buses.