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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / January 2005Hotel recommendation for Cancun/Cozumel
Hi all -- My wife and I are celebrating our 20-year anniversary in 2006; we're planning to go to either Cancun or Cozumel. On our previous trip to Cancun, we stayed at the Camino Real, which had lots of shopping within walking distance (which she liked). On our previous trip to Cozumel, we stayed at the Iberostar, which had an on-site dive shop just minutes from the Palancar reef (which I liked, but she doesn't dive) and it was all-inclusive (which we both liked). However, it's quite a haul into town. I'm looking for a recommendation for a hotel that's a combination of all of the above -- all-inclusive, on-site dive shop close to good diving, and close to town. I did some research at funjet.com but nothing really jumped out at me as fitting the description. Many thanks in advance, Matt > Hi all -- > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Many thanks in advance, > Matt Scubaclub Cozumel is quite good. Adam >> Hi all -- >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Adam Fits all the requirements listed. On Cozumel it's your choice, long ride to the dive sites or long ride to town. Considering that I usually snooze on the way out and a taxi ride costs $15-20, I chose to stay close to town.  Signaturedillon "When the French are against it, you know we can't be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman > My wife and I are celebrating our 20-year anniversary in 2006; Congratulations. Not many marriages survive that long! My wife and I had our 20th anniversary BEFORE she learned how to scuba. We had our 40th anniversary last year, and she had logged over 1,300 dives, at least 500 of which in Cozumel. So, there's hope for you and your wife yet. :-) > On our previous trip to Cozumel, we stayed at the Iberostar, which had > an on-site dive shop just minutes from the Palancar reef (which I > liked, but she doesn't dive) and it was all-inclusive (which we both > liked). However, it's quite a haul into town. I don't recommend staying at any all-inclusive. You get trapped in one hotel and you miss much of the local atmosphere. But if it's your preference, then go for it: > I'm looking for a recommendation for a hotel that's a combination of > all of the above -- all-inclusive, on-site dive shop close to good > diving, and close to town. Use those criteria as your KEYWORDS for "advanced search" in groups.google.com, and you'll find many threads (though most of them are a few years old), and each thread will contain discussions of the pros and cons of "all-inclusive", "on-site dive shop", "close to town", etc., as well as some specific hotels. If one of such hotels JUMPS out at me tomorrow (when I will be in Cozumel), I'll post a follow-up. :-) > Matt Happy hunting. -- Bob. "Matt" <matt.jacobs@alumni.utexas.net> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :I'm looking for a recommendation for a hotel that's a combination of :all of the above -- all-inclusive, on-site dive shop close to good :diving, and close to town. I did some research at funjet.com but :nothing really jumped out at me as fitting the description. The resort formerly known as Sol Caribe comes close. I think it's called Park Royale now. It's in Cozumel sort of across the street from La Ceiba. I think it is all inclusive. Dan Bracuk If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. > "Matt" <matt.jacobs@alumni.utexas.net> pounded away at his keyboard > resulting in: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >100,000 Newsgroups > ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- Many, many thanks for the leads, all. >>"Matt" <matt.jacobs@alumni.utexas.net> pounded away at his keyboard >>resulting in: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >>----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet Hotel Cozumel & Resort is a good choice. It is only about a 15 minute walk to downtown, has Dive Paradise on site, the largest swimming pool on the island, and most of the dive ops will pick up at their pier. I stayed elsewhere, but was picked up by Dive with Martin at this pier every morning. The rooms are nice, friends who stayed there said the all-inclusive plan was quite good and you can often find specials through Apple Vacations for hotel/airfare. Good link to one of the sites for them is: http://www.hotelcozumel.com.mx/ I will second Chucks recommendation, stayed there last April and dove with Martin as well. For me all inclusive is way to go. Lunch in beach restaurant after diving is a must, food was the best I had in Mexico so far. Biggest pool on the island, short walk to town, clean and spacious rooms. Les, Calgary AB. My wife and I spent our honeymoon in Coz with 2 dives/day for 2 weeks. I'd go back in an heartbeat. try the hacienda san miguel http://www.haciendasanmiguel.com/ excellent place to stay, it's beautiful and not all "resortish" and I would also recommend diving with Deep Blue http://www.deepbluecozumel.com/ post back here and let me know if Gabriel and Pepe are still diving with Deep Blue (they are both excellent divemasters) Ian from http://www.thescubaguide.com > Hi all -- > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Many thanks in advance, > Matt |
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