The best recreation and leisure activities in Cancun

Cancun is one of the main tourist centers in Mexico and Latin America. With paradisiacal beaches, some of them bathed by the Caribbean Sea, it is a place of unparalleled natural beauty. With fine white sands and crystal clear, warm waters, its coasts allow you to relax spending a quiet day under the sun or, also, to be in constant movement practicing different water and extreme sports, such as Bungee or Diving, which is possible thanks to the extensive and varied marine life of the place.

Commonly leisure is linked to free time, this space of time is dedicated to activities that are neither work nor essential household chores and can be recreational. Leisure is used to resting, having fun, learn among others; activities may vary depending on the taste and preference of each person, leisure may include nights out and/or shows.

With an excellent tourist infrastructure, the city has one of the most intense nightlife in the country, it is famous for its lively nightlife, the main area where the largest nightclubs are concentrated is the Hotel Zone in the famous "Party Center", where most of the most famous and popular restaurants and bars in the city are also located. In the downtown area, there are also nightlife entertainment areas, especially around Yaxchilan Avenue, smaller and less noisy than in the Hotel Zone, but equally lively where local people are concentrated, recommended for those who want to interact with the locals. Cancun has grown a lot since its foundation, and in what is considered "new Cancun" (superblock 17 and 18 in downtown) new nightlife venues have also developed.

Especially on Bonampak Avenue in the now-famous Plaza Peninsula. Decorated mainly with onyx, it is a bustling plaza with restaurants, cafes, stores, and discos worth visiting. Likewise, shopping in Cancun is impressive beyond belief, as here you will find everything from ultra-chic designer stores and famous brands, to craft markets and souvenir stores offering Mexican handicrafts.

Shopping in Cancun is duty-free, so it's easy to find real bargains on cosmetics and fine jewelry. They are undoubtedly a tourist attraction for visitors and locals, due to the attractions that each one of them contains, in addition to the shopping. In the hotel zone, there are three main plazas (La Isla, Plaza Kukulkan, and Plaza Caracol), which offer all kinds of articles and services, as well as an aquarium, restaurants, and prestigious department stores.

In the downtown area (urban) there are several plazas, most of them with department stores, boutiques, and variety stores. Among the most recognized and visited plazas are Plaza Las AméricasMalecón Américas where you can find not only the stores of the main commercial plaza of the city but also restaurants, prestigious stores, Plaza Cancún Mall (Plaza las Américas II, Plaza las tiendas (formerly Plaza Cancún 2000), Plaza Outlet (formerly Plaza Paseos Kabah) and three other small commercial and touristic plazas in the urban zone.

In addition to the above mentioned, in Cancun we can find a great variety of outdoor activities such as swimming with dolphins, the Caribbean Sea is the ideal place for this activity since each of the dolphinariums has been created with specific objectives of scientific study, reproduction, and education. Also, we can find in the same section the Kabah urban park, which is a kind of botanical garden, recreational park, and ecological reserve area of 39 hectares. But we cannot fail to mention its enchanting beaches full of sun, a turquoise sea that enchants, Cancun is what can be considered as an exemplary beach destination. And certainly, this celebrity is more than deserved, for the great variety and quality that adorn this fantastic place in the state of Quintana Roo.

As a cultural option, Cancun is the city where the main religions of the municipality are concentrated. After the Catholic Church, the Pentecostal Churches are the fastest growing. The first Catholic church established in the city of Cancun was the church of Guadalupe or parish of Guadalupe established in the supermanzana 63, which was made of guano, however, the first Catholic church of which it was agreed to make the corresponding constructions, was the Catholic church of Christ the King, located in the park of Las Palapas in the supermanzana 22, in 1974. The first Protestant church was the Presbyterian church El Divino Maestro de Cancún, established on Tulum Avenue in the 64th superblock near the Crucero and then the first Pentecostal Church Templo Monte de Sion of the Assemblies of God was formed in the 69th superblock, formerly known as Colonia Puerto Juárez, both in 1972.

Likewise, in the city, we can visit archaeological zones such as El Rey, which is the most notable pre-Hispanic settlement in the island area of Cancun. The explored section, which includes forty-seven structures, corresponds to a religious and administrative zone where important ceremonies were surely carried out and where the highest status characters in the political life of that region lived. In some of the palatial structures that can be visited today are preserved fragments of mural paintings that allude to gods and iconographic elements related to the religious life of the post-classical Maya of northern Quintana Roo. Likewise, the Casa de la Cultura de Cancun is the most important cultural center of the city. It promotes and disseminates the cultural manifestations of the community, as well as the preservation of the tangible and intangible heritage of the municipality.

Cancun has different fun activities to do and to satisfy the different tastes of tourists such as the Exotic Rides Mexico which is perfect for those who like adrenaline and speed, as they have extraordinary luxury cars like the Ferrari or Audi R8 with which you can take a theory class and practice with professional drivers and enjoy the experience of driving them, For tourists who like to swim with dolphins there is the Wet'n Wild in this water park there are slides of the most intrepid as the Kamikaze in which the can be launched at full speed giving a relaxing splendor and full of adrenaline, in the Speed Boats can snorkel and see the reefs this experience is unique because you live closely with the habitat and nature. Another fun activity that this city has is the Dubai Palace Casino with its variety of gaming machines this casino is smoke-free but has a room for smokers is also Cinepolis offers VIP rooms with their comfortable rooms and movies of the moment.

The most popular sport among tourists is Golf, Cancun has the most sophisticated golf courses, some of the most renowned golf course designers have made a magnificent team with the wonderful natural environment of this tourist destination and have created a selection of nine legendary golf courses, with four more in the process of construction. Some of the designs come from names that have made history in the sport, such as Jack Nicklaus, Robert Trent Jones, Jr., Robert Von Hagge, Isao Aoki, Greg Norman, and P.B. Dye. The courses currently are designed by Tom Weiskopf, Tom Fazio, and Nick Price, but we cannot fail to mention other sports practiced in this destination such as baseball, bike riding, soccer, and CrossFit.

In Cancun, we can find three places of interest such as the covered bullring with a capacity for 5,500 people, where bullfights, equestrian shows, and typical Mexican dances are held every Wednesday. It is also used for various shows, such as wrestling and concerts, another very important place of interest in the economy of this destination is the Kukulcan Boulevard, which runs along the Hotel Zone where is located the scenic tower which offers a spectacular panoramic view of the Caribbean Sea and the Nichupte lagoon. In addition, it also houses some interesting museums that make it possible to learn more about the history of Cancun, with several museums on the Mayan culture and also the latest in popular art. The Archaeological Museum of Cancun exhibits numerous pieces from various excavations. Museum of Mexican Popular Art, this museum exhibits many examples of popular crafts, the Regional Museum of Bacalar, Fort of San Felipe, is a fortification of the eighteenth century exhibits pieces, pre-Hispanic, colonial objects.

Cancun has the first private ecological reserve dedicated to research on the conservation, management, and restoration of biodiversity in Mexico called La Reserva Ecológica El Edén A. C., a non-governmental, non-profit organization based in Cancun, Quintana Roo and Xalapa, Veracruz. Founded by Dr. Arturo Gómez-Pompa and a group of renowned conservationists in 1993. It also has the most important interactive aquarium in the country, located in the heart of the hotel zone, in Plaza La Isla, the most important shopping mall in the country, which gathers in one place stores and activities for visitors of all ages. Undoubtedly, the above-mentioned makes Cancun one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the country.