Hotels in Cancun
Numerous tourists like to have vacations in the city of Cancun, Mexico. Many may want to see the culture, the history, the tourist attractions, and society of the city. Some may want to see the architecture and luxury facilities of the city. Some tourists may want to stay at a hotel in the city. Some may want to stay at a large hotel or small hotel. Some may want to stay at a hotel that has good views and good access to culture and to entertainment. Some may want to stay at a hotel that has good access to parking.
Cancún is a coastal city in Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. Cancun is located on the Yucatan Channel that separates Mexico from the island of Cuba in the Greater Antilles. Cancun's region is sometimes known as the Mexican Caribbean .
Cancun is the municipal seat of the Benito Juárez municipality and a world-renowned tourist resort. The city center is located on the mainland which connects over the Nichupté and Bojórquez lagoons to a narrow 7 shaped island where the modern beachfront hotels are located. The island of Isla Mujeres is a nearby island located off the coast and is accessible by boat from Puerto Juarez or Punta Sam.
The older section of the city, known as El Centro follows the original master plan, consists of neighborhoods called supermanzanas (superblocks) that are formed by the intersections of the boulevards and traffic circles. This area is characterized by winding streets with cul-de-sacs that tend to keep out the main flow of traffic, including market places such Xel Ha. They usually have one or more parks, green spaces, paseos (pedestrian walkways) and various national historical monuments.
Ave. Tulum is the main north-south artery (connecting downtown to the airport some 30 km to south). Tulum is bisected by Ave. Coba (pronounced Koh bah). East of Ave. Tulum, Coba becomes Ave. Kukulcan which serves as the primary road that runs through the long 7 shaped hotel zone. Ave. Tulum is terminated on the north side by Ave. Paseo José López Portillo which connects to the main highway to Chichen Itza and Merida. Another major north-south road is Ave. Bonampak which runs roughly parallel to Ave. Tulum. The main ferry to Isla Mujeres is located off Bonampak.
Originally known as Ekab ("Black Earth"), what is now the northern district of the state of Quintana Roo was thickly populated by people who spoke the language now known as Mayan when the Spanish arrived, according to the conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo. In the years after the Conquest, most of the population died off or left as a result of disease, warfare, piracy, and other famines, leaving only small settlements on Isla Mujeres and Cozumel Island. The early history of the area is discussed in Boca Iglesias, Where the Conquest of Mexico Began by Fidel Villanueva, official historian of Isla Mujeres.
The
city of Cancún resulted from a 1967 study by Banco de México to
determine the feasibility of capturing more dollars and other foreign exchange
through tourism development. Although the story goes that Cancún was picked
by a computer, it was actually selected after extensive research and exploration
by the bank's researchers. Banco de México obtained a $27 million loan
from the Inter-American Development Bank to install the first infrastructure.
When development was started on Jan. 23, 1970, Isla Cancún had only three
residents, caretakers of the coconut plantation of don José de Jesús
Lima, who lived on Isla Mujeres, and there were only 117 people living in nearby
Puerto Juárez, a fishing village and military base.
"Due to the reluctance of investors to bet on an unknown area, the Mexican government had to finance the first nine hotels." The first hotel financed was the Cancun Caribe (now a Hyatt hotel), but the first hotel actually built was the Playa Blanca, which later became a Blue Bay hotel, and is now Temptation Resort. The entire project was master-planned, with the island (soon connected to the mainland by causeways) devoted almost exclusively to tourism facilities, while workers housing and service areas were located on the mainland in what became the city of Cancún.
Benito Juárez is located in the north of the state nearest Isla Mujeres and the Caribbean Sea. Towns and cities in the region include ; Alfredo V. Bonfil, Avante, Cancún, El Milagro, Joaquín Zetina Gasca, Leona Vicario, Los Tres Reyes, Puerto Juárez, Puerto Morelos, Valle Verde
The Mayan culture occupied the territory and they still subsisting. In Cancún are different types of archeological monuments like "Ruinas de el Rey". When people founded Cancún as a town in 1902 they started to produce and export gum and “palo de tinte”. They transported it to Puerto Morelos for the translation to Cozumel and finally to exported abroad.
After World War 2 the gum production failed so in 1960’s they started with the commercial activities. The first hotel was founded in 1974. In this year Quintana Roo was recognized as a state. The political division started so Benito Juarez is founded with Isla Mujeres territory.
Cancún International Airport is located in Cancún, Quintana Roo, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
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