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DiningThere are plenty of restaurants for all budgets in San Miguel. Most hotels have at least one restaurant. See the lodging section for reports on the food at some of them. There are also a couple of beach clubs sprinkled along the island that can provide you with a drink and a meal and some shade while out exploring the island. ActivitiesWater activities rule on Cozumel. Most people are aware of its world class reputation for diving. Of course, there's also great snorkeling to be found from nearly every hotel. There's also fishing, wave runners, sailing and dolphin encounters. Landside activities include golf, shopping, horseback riding, exploring the deserted east coast of the island and visiting Mayan ruins. Visitors should keep in mind that Cozumel is the 7th largest cruise port in the world. The shopping areas of San Miguel can get a little bit crowded when a large cruise ship (or two or three) is in port. Currently, the busiest day is Wednesday. Chankanaab ParkWhile the rest of the group went shopping, I spent a couple
of hours checking out this beachfront park. Chankanaab means "little sea" in
Mayan and the name comes from the small lagoon contained
Getting There
During the summer Funjet flies non-stop charter from Houston (and other cities) to Cozumel a couple times a week. (See the schedule.) Continental Airlines has daily direct service year round. From Houston it's just a short hour and fifty minute flight. Both our outbound and return flights were on-time. Getting AroundFunjet clients are met at the airport by the excellent staff from Lomas Travel. They make sure everyone gets in the correct vehicle and off to their hotel in no time. Cozumel is burdened (or blessed depending on your point of view) with an incredibly strong Taxi union. The result is high prices for taxis and car rentals and a strange way to getting to and from you hotel. On the mainland, Lomas Travel transports clients in their own vehicles both directions. On Cozumel they hire vans to take them to their hotels and taxis to return them to the airport. There were no problems with the transfers but, it seems like a strange way to do things. Lomas Travel provided all of the transportation for the agents. Normally clients rely on taxis, car rentals or moped rentals to get around. I will try to list approximate prices for a taxi from each hotel into San Miguel. Cozumel is connected to the Yucatan peninsula by two ferry routes. One is for cars and the other for people only. The passenger ferry leaves from San Miguel at regular intervals all day. Depending on which one you take the ride is 30 or 45 minutes. Photos |
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the park. This area has long been popular with residents of the island.
Snorkeling use to be allowed in the lagoon but, it got too polluted so now it is
for looking at only and the fish have returned. The park has a botanical
garden, an archeological park, a small museum, a sea lion show, mini golf and a
waterfront restaurant. The star of the park is its snorkeling area just off
shore. I really did not expect to see the number and variety of fish that I
did. Often areas close to shore and frequented by lots of people have few fish
and only a couple of species. The snorkeling in Chankanaab was great! Well
worth the $10 entrance fee. The snorkeling area is watched over by life
guards. Several dive shops have operations here for shore dives and there is
also a dolphin encounter area.