Trips to Playa Palancar
Shore excursions
Trips to Playa Palancar
- Cozumel Triple Reef Snorkeling Adventure $109 a person · 4 hours
- Secret Palancar Beach, Local Food, and Open Bar with Transfers $115 a person · 4 hours
Booked with our partner Shore Excursions Group
Playa Palancar
Playa Palancar is a white-sand beach club on the quiet west side of Cozumel, reached from the southern hotel zone. Day passes give you a lounge chair and umbrella, with a seafood restaurant and bar on site.
About Playa Palancar
Playa Palancar sits on the Carretera Costera Sur at kilometer 19.5, in the southern hotel zone of Cozumel. It is a beach club on a long stretch of white sand facing turquoise water, and it has been known for its relaxed pace and its seafood kitchen.
A visit is simple. You take a lounge chair under an umbrella, swim or snorkel from the sand, and eat at the restaurant and bar. Kayaks and paddle boards can be taken out on the sea, and guided reef trips leave from the beach.
- Kilometer 19.5 Along the southern coastal road
- About 25 minutes From downtown Cozumel
- About 10 minutes By boat to the Colombia and Palancar reefs
What you can do at Playa Palancar
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Trips that go to Playa Palancar
Booked with our partner Shore Excursions Group. Prices are per person.
Cozumel Triple Reef Snorkeling Adventure
Goes to Playa Palancar
Secret Palancar Beach, Local Food, and Open Bar with Transfers
Goes to Playa Palancar
Getting there, cost and time
Taxis from any point of the island reach Playa Palancar, and the ride from downtown takes about 25 minutes.
A day pass covers entry with a lounge chair and umbrella; food, drinks and activities are paid separately as you order them.
Most of a day, with the travel time added.
Good to know
- Reserve a day pass at least 24 hours in advance, or access depends on availability that day.
- Check in before the morning cutoff to keep the lounge chair and umbrella reservation valid.
- The beach club is open daily during set daytime hours.
- Scooters on Cozumel roads are risky; most tourist traffic accidents involve them, and potholes are often unmarked.
Near Playa Palancar
Mr. Sancho's Beach Club
Mr. Sancho's Beach Club is an all-inclusive beach day pass club on the southwest coast of Cozumel. Visitors come for a full day of sand, sea and spa time without leaving the property.
Jade Cavern
Jade Cavern is a freshwater cenote on Cozumel, one of the few cenotes on an island. You swim between limestone walls and jump from low cliffs into the pool.
Paradise Beach
Paradise Beach is a beach club on Carretera Sur, about 14.5 km south of the cruise pier. You pay for a day of lounge chairs, a heated pool and the sand, with extra water toys on top.
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park is a protected offshore reef system along the west and south coasts of Cozumel. Divers and snorkelers come here to see the reefs, which are among the most popular recreational dive grounds in the Mexican Caribbean.
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: Cozumel Parks · Mexican Caribbean · Punta Sur, Wikipedia · Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Wikivoyage · Cozumel, Wikivoyage
Photo: Dronepicr, CC BY 3.0