Josh took us on 2 spectacular reef dives in Cozumel. Tank-Ha's high speed boat made it a quick trip…read morefrom Playa del Carmen. The visibility was amazing with a wide variety of coral, fish and a few lobsters

It has been a long time since I have been diving with Tank-Ha. I live in the USA, and am now 71…read moreyears old with some health issues, but when I was in my mid 30s up until about 15 years ago, I went diving a lot. The numerous times that I was at Playa del Carmen, I was diving with Tank-Ha. I am truly pleased to see that they are in business still and from the ratings, are obviously doing a great job. When I was diving, I went to several cenote dives with them and a videographer named Steve from California. He was employed with Tank ha, or at least served their clientele on an exclusive basis. He and I got to be very good friends. I don't know if he is still there, or if he is still even in Mexico, he was about my age. Happened to recently find some of the old VHS tapes that I got when I went diving with Steve through Tank ha. After a dive day, he would take a few of us to his house, serve us beer and popcorn, and show us that days diving videos which we obviously purchased. When I ran across these the other day, they brought back some really great memories and I cannot imagine that the dive shop has done anything but improve. They were the greatest then and I'm sure they're even better now.

Everything is relative, that why I would review a fast food joint compared to other fast foods…read morejoints. And not just give 1 star too most of them. The same and opposite goes for tours. Your paying to have a good time so most reviews would likely be 100% positive 5 star reviews most likely. With that being said I would still give Alejandro and snokleshop 5. Stars. We did the arrecife and sinote tour. 3 stars minimum were undeniable. The reef is second largest in the world. We were treated to wondrous view. I will say we felt pushed along to swim hard for long durations. It would have been nice to relax. The 2nd part of the day after a very nice lunch was the sinote. I reall thought it was going to be a open sinote but I was surprised to find that we were going to a partially open one. It was majestic. Alejandro made every moment funnier and more interesting. You can try other places, but you can't lose scheduling a trip with the group

The Snorkel Shop Gran Arrecife Tour was my favorite snorkeling experience thus far. I tend to stay…read moreaway from the water because I can't swim but I would do this tour over and over again. Our tour guide Alex was really cool and very accommodating. My friend and I could only stay for the first part of the tour and Alex was able to take us back to our hotel before the rest of the group continued to the cenote. We were picked up from our hotel early in the morning and taken straight to the reef. After suiting up in our appropriate life jackets, masks, and flippers, we jumped in a boat and were taken out further into the ocean towards the reef. The water was extremely clear and there were tons of underwater wildlife for us to see. We were literally swimming with the fishes. We even spotted turtles, barracudas, and other exotic fish I don't know the name of. We were actually taken to more than one spot to snorkel and were able to see more variety. After the amazing snorkeling experience we headed back to shore for lunch. We had the option of fish or tacos, and both were very, very delicious. Alex, our tour guide, was taking photos during the entire excursion and provided everyone with a free CD of photos at the end of the tour which is completely fantastic!! Tourist attractions usually charge an arm and a leg for photos.

We came here to visit the sea turtle sanctuary as part of our tour through Cancun adventures…read more The dive center itself is cute. They had bathrooms with showers as well as outdoor showers. I did not appreciate the requirement to wear a life jacket in shallow water to snorkel with the turtles. The amount of people in the snorkeling areas was way too much. People were kicking up sand, flailing in the water and pushing people (me) to get in front of where any turtles were. It was extremely disappointing. The only reasons I got any photos was because I have a GoPro on a stick. I would NOT do the turtle thing again. I would however go scuba diving. That seemed like they took out small groups on small boats so it wouldn't be overcrowded.

We did a refresher course and a couple of dives on our short vacation to Akumal. Great shop,…read morereasonable prices, and the instructors are experienced and fun. Dive sites are super close, equipment was quality, and we saw tons of turtles, nurse sharks, some cool eels, grouper, squid, etc. We dove with Quito and he was awesome! Great spotter, super fun, and he took some photos and videos for us on our last dive. Hope to come back and dive with Quito again soon!

not a lot to do outside of the resorts or beaches on your own besides a walk to the shopping…read morearea...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...

Beautiful shopping center with a fun art installation out front. We stopped in on our way to…read moreanother shopping center. We were blown away by 1) the AC and lovely smells of perfume 2) the lux brands such Hermes, Rolex, YSL, BVLGARI and more. 3) all the beautiful displays of art. Wish I had a spare $20K to buy one of the beautiful Hermes bags or BVLGARI necklace but until then, it was a beautiful place to step through.

Check out the stained glass domed ceiling! Whoa! It's a bunch of Mayan artwork- absolutely…read morestunning. Be sure to check it out while taking the escalator up to the grocery store. This shopping mall seems to have had better days. There's a bit of an occupancy problem. It's quiet. However, it feels safe. I saw security wandering around, and there aren't any locals hassling the tourists for change. In the near future, the causeway across the lagoon is going to be completed, and the causeway is going to drop off vehicles right in front of this shopping center. It'll be the first thing you see when you drive to Cancun. The future is bright for this shopping mall. The place has a bunch of different vendors and retailers here. You can get out of the sun, enjoy a cup of coffee, dinner at a fancy-ish restaurant (Ruth Chris!) I don't know where you can park, but this mall is easily accessible from the bus.

The plaza is very clean. Securities or maybe police officers in every corner of the name brand…read morestores. In other areas of the mall you wont see any securities. A lot of restaurants to choose from. Basically you'll see mostly tourists walking around because the mall is near resorts. If you're looking for bargains, you wont find it at this mall.

Open air mall with high end shopping, stylish mall that's nicely done with water features and…read moreplant. Security on every corner and each store has some opening the door for you. Service is too notch and although everything was super expensive, it was nice just walking around looking. We did eat a Ryoshi while we were there and that was delicious!!!! I Highly recommend!

The Island! This shopping mall is super classy. It's got…read moreall the brands that luxury people look for- Fendi, Gucci, Prada, Channel, Tiffany's. This place feels super safe- when I went, I was pretty much shadowed by security forces wearing armored vests with walkie-talkies. This is actually kinda the entrance to even fancier places, a ferris wheel, and high-end residences. The mall doesn't seem to have any public restrooms. There is no food court, just a smattering of high end places that are kinda tucked here and there throughout the mall. Parking looks challenging. I'd rather take the bus here. When I went, it appeared that they were expanding the footprint of this shopping mall.

Fashion Harbour is the high end, luxury brand section of the La Isla open air mall. There are…read morepolice posted outside most shops and security inside the shops. I was kind of creeped out by this as it was as if they were expecting violence. All the usual high end brands are here: Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Dolce & Gabana, Prada, Tiffany, Cartier, Rolex. It was not busy when I visited & I wonder if this part of La Isla is ever busy. I just don't imagine most visitors to Cancun shopping for high end merchandise. It is the same price as in the US. The only difference was that if you made a purchase, you could possibly get the 9% tax refunded on leaving Mexico. You just need your credit card, store receipt, passport, immigration form & flight ticket. That said, Golden Goose had me complete the form online and I never received the refund :'-(

Nice outdoor mall with many stores and restaurants. Our family enjoyed spending time here.read more

I love the fact that has a lot of light, it's well illuminated, I also find it way cleaner... maybe…read moreit's because of the lighting , but I rather spend my afternoon here than next door in Plaza Las Americas. Specially because it doesn't have all of Cancun's residents walking around next to you without having space for yourself. I get all crazy when I don't have my personal space respected. Ask me how crazy was for me to go to Mexico city, specially to be in the Metro. CRAZY I'M TELLING YOU It has a lot of choices to go shopping and also food choices that shares with Plaza Las Americas, for grabbing a bite. Here I found a store that I fell in love with, they have essential oils, handmade candles, popurris, oils, everything that I could have asked for. They also have a costume store that you will find it in my reviews, bookstore and also a place where you can host your parties and also do exercise while you entertain yourself. it's called SKYZONE you definitely should check it out.

Shopped at this location about a year ago on a trip to Cancun. We found all the essentials at a…read moregood price and even picked up some tasty pan dulce.

We still had some grocery shopping left to pick up so headed to Walmart which was a couple of…read moreblocks away. Yes they have walmart in Cancun along with every fast food US joint you can think of including Church's chicken, costco, Sam's club, Subway, VIPS, Chris Ruth etc. Anyhow the walmart was nothing special, just another walmart but i did score a tortilla press for $240 pesos which seemed high but couldn't find it in any other markets so had to settle for it. this is definitely not as nice as the Chedrui and the quality is a miss but it had what we needed and the bakery was actually better. Dam mini cheese buns are so good it's dangerous at $3 pesos! The walmart also had a huge selection of Cancun t-shirts for $130 pesos not that i need another tshirt. value 3.5/5 atmosphere 3/5 service 3/5 quality 3/5 12.5/20

Great store to grab groceries, health needs, and souvenirs while staying in the hotel zone. Prices…read morewere a bit on the higher side, but nothing we weren't used to back here in the States.

Stopped by here one night while exploring away from our hotel. They have a decent size souvenir…read moreselection. The store felt very clean and the prices for actual food seemed reasonable. I grabbed some crepe mix, vanilla and much needed floss. Total was 55 pesos for all three items which is super affordable. Staff seemed nice but they provide any bags. Much better deals than the hotel gift shop if you forgot something.