Trips to Downtown San Miguel
Getting there
Downtown San Miguel
Taxis wait at the cruise piers, and the trip into town is a short one.
Downtown San Miguel
Downtown San Miguel is the town center of Cozumel, with a main square, shops, and restaurants around it. It is the island's main town, and most of what visitors come for sits within a short walk.
About downtown San Miguel
San Miguel is the town where Cozumel's shops and restaurants are, and where daily life still moves at an island pace.
The main square anchors the center, with restaurants and palapas around it and shops nearby. Punta Langosta opens onto the waterfront, and the town is a short taxi ride from the larger piers to the south.
- Three terminals where cruise ships dock on the island
- About 10 minutes taxi ride to Punta Langosta
- About 6 km from San Miguel to the park
What you can do in downtown San Miguel
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Trips that go to Downtown San Miguel
Booked with our partner Shore Excursions Group. Prices are per person.
Getting there, cost and time
Taxis wait at the cruise piers, and the trip into town is a short one.
Good to know
- Ships may moor offshore on busy days and tender passengers to the downtown docks.
- Touts at the cruise docks push car rentals, activities and timeshares. Take your time choosing.
- Taxis wait at the cruise piers; Punta Langosta is about 10 minutes by taxi and International Pier and Puerta Maya about 15 minutes.
Near downtown San Miguel
El Cielo
El Cielo is a shallow reef and sandbar off Cozumel, reached by boat and used for snorkeling and time on the sand. Boats and catamarans leave from the island for the trip.
Chankanaab Park
Chankanaab is a natural park on Cozumel's south coast, with a sandy beach, a shallow snorkel area and a lagoon. Visitors snorkel off the sand, swim with animals or try a reef dive from here.
Cozumel Museum
The Cozumel Museum is a museum in a 1930s former hotel on the island's southern hotel zone. Four permanent exhibits and two temporary rooms cover island history, nature and culture.
SkyReef Cozumel
SkyReef Cozumel is a beach club on the coast road at Km 10, with a private beach facing the Caribbean. Visitors come for the sand, the sea, the snorkel and a long afternoon by the water.
Sailings that stop in Cozumel
1,478 sailings on 19 cruise lines call here in the next twelve months. Totals are for two guests, taxes included.
Margaritaville Islander
Disney Fantasy
Norwegian Epic
Sources: Chankanaab Park Cozumel · CONANP, Mexico's protected areas · Cozumel municipality · Cozumel Parks · Mexican Caribbean · Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Wikivoyage
Photo: Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY 2.0