not a lot to do outside of the resorts or beaches on your own besides a walk to the shopping area...luxury avenue is located near the middle of the hotel zone while a larger outdoor shopping mall is located higher up at la isla cancun...la isla cancun is better with a diverse variety of luxury and standard retailers, but luxury avenue was closer to our resort and it is an indoor mall with a/c...the entire upstairs is under construction/closed, so only the bathroom was accessible...the main core boutiques are still present, but majority of the retailers to the back left and right wings are closed and vacant on a 2/2026 visit...browsed what was open...mainly focused on jewelry, watches and bags...ultrajewels has a small selection of everything ranging from jewelry to luxury watches...sampling of watches from iwc and grand seiko to omega and rolex...not a lot of the specific popular models of interest...had a few jlc master control models the staff was eager to sell and offering substantial discounts on...tempted, but moved on to the rolex...had a nice green op 41, but not willing to sell to a new client...browsed to pass time and moved on to hermes...similar in shopping experience...sampling of a few bags and a lot of accessories...while all the accessories were for sale, the bags were not...evelyne for sale, but lindy was not for new clients...already familiar with the process, but doesn't hurt to ask...not a lot on display, so was mostly just asking out of curiosity...the mall is mostly dead, but a/c is cold...not a whole lot of inventory in the stores open, but might get lucky and find something and get approval to purchase... read more