Things to Do in Cancun

There are a thousand and one things to do in Cancun. There are many world-class luxury hotels dotted all along the edge of the beautiful Caribbean Sea, and on the other side you have the Nichupte Lagoon with many romantic waterside restaurants and trendy bars. Add a full range of watersports, including some of the world’s most exquisite snorkeling and scuba diving, plus championship golf courses and you have a location that will delight even the most discerning traveler.

Cancun Watersports

For watersports enthusiasts, Cancun offers some of the best scuba diving, snorkeling and fishing in the world, owing to the Great Mesoamerican Reef just off the coast of Cancun. This is the second largest reef in the world – second only to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

Cancun Restaurants and Nightlife

In Cancun you have such a varied choice of cuisine, with everything from downtown traditional Mexican restaurants to ultra-chic bistros. You will find something to suit all tastes and budgets and will get fantastic service with a smile wherever you go. Cancun’s Hotel Zone is renowned for its nightlife, boasting some of the best nightclubs in the world playing everything from salsa to disco to R & B and live music venues. You will find something to suit all ages and tastes.

Downtown Cancun

Downtown Cancun offers a captivating mixture of tradition and modernity. If you like to enjoy a real local atmosphere in a safe and friendly environment then this is the place to come! In downtown Cancun you will find hotels for all budgets- many small local restaurants offering regional and speciality cuisines and some really cool bars and live music venues. There is a wide choice of shopping venues from the Mercado 28 – a handicrafts market – to the super modern shopping mall Plaza Las Americas.

Mayan Culture

Cancun’s Mayan Culture is its crowning glory. The aura of mystery and majesty still lingers around the Mayan ruins and archaeological sites such as Chichen Itza, Tulum and Coba to mention but a few. These are all within easy reach of Cancun.

In Cancun, Mexico there really is something for everyone!

A Unique Restaurant Deep Inside a Cave near the Pyramids of Teotihuacan, Mexico

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La Gruta restaurant is a must visit for lunch or dinner when visiting the Pyramids of Teotihuacan. Located deep in a cave, the brightly colored furniture, table linens and candles really make this place burst with life.

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La Gruta Restaurant is 30 to 40 steps down inside a cave

This unique restaurant established in 1906, is just outside Entrance 5 (behind the Pyramid of the Sun). La Gruta is a spacious cave of volcanic origin, surrounded by vegetation and with a mystic and unmatched atmosphere.  It is truly one of the most traditional and impressive places in the area.

Here you'll the opportunity to savor delicious dishes that mix the ingredients of the local cuisine with the culinary heritage of pre-Hispanic times as well as enjoy traditional folk shows . It's about 30 to 40 steps down to the cave itself.

 For over a century La Gruta restaurant has been an icon and landmark in the restaurateur and tourism sector of Mexico. Through-out the years, the restaurant has had the pleasure to welcome high public figures from different fields, like painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, writer Jorge Luis Borges, Queen Elizabeth II, among other influential people.

Inside the cave restaurant the temperature is cool no matter what time of the year!

The restaurant is open 365 days a year from 11am until 7pm

Phone: +52 55 5531 4877

Restaurant Website: lagruta.mx

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