Hidden gems - places in Cancun, Mexico not to miss (Updated February, 2024)

Hidden gems: places in Cancun

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Cancun. Ratings are based from 2.2K places in the city.

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Cenote Diving and Scuba Certifications with Diving Universe

SCUBA instructor

👍👍 There's a reason why Alan has a perfect score of five star reviews! We did our PADI certificates together with my girlfriend with Alan and had an amazing experience. He's relaxed, professional, understanding and patient creating an environment where you enjoy the learning process, grow to deeply u...

5.00 (145 reviews) (~124.53 km from centre)

Blue Experience Diving

Diving center

👍👍 My family had the most beautiful experience with Eduardo and Sara. My daughter and I are newly certified open water divers and my wife was able to join us in the open ocean with some training on site. But Eduardo and Sara were taking extra care of my wife while diving. As our 1st ocean dive near Ak...

5.00 (142 reviews) (~93.76 km from centre)

Cozumel Seaside Retreats, Cozumel Oceanfront vacation rentals

Condominium rental agency

👍👍 I’m almost afraid to post a review for fear that the best place on the island and the best rental company will become ‘discovered’. We have been fortunate to rent from Matias and Isabella for 15+ years now. They, and all of their staff, are so customer focused that you feel like family. Every yea...

5.00 (135 reviews) (~70.26 km from centre)

Scuba Total

Dive shop

👍👍 Absolutely unreal dive shop; from customer service to equipment to the in depth understanding of all their dive locations. Both historically and possible dangers and conditions. From the get go they were responsive to all my questions and concerns. Over email then WhatsApp. Did four dives over two...

5.00 (132 reviews) (~12.28 km from centre)

Jaguar Divers - Dive Shop in Playa del Carmen

Diving center

👍👍 I recently completed my advanced diving certification with Liz at Jaguar Divers, and the experience was nothing short of extraordinary. Liz's profound knowledge and expertise in diving were evident from the get-go. Her guidance through the various challenging aspects of the course, including cave di...

5.00 (127 reviews) (~62.75 km from centre)

Blue Project

Diving center

👍👍 Blue Project Diving does a wonderful job providing a truly full-service diving experience! We arrived in Cozumel as newly certified divers, so obviously a little nervous for our first real diving experience (especially since it's drift diving). Blanca and Paco made the experience as easy and smooth...

5.00 (124 reviews) (~78.33 km from centre)

Probadita

Creole restaurant

👍👍 This Chef experience was recommended by a friend. We went here for dinner. It is not a restaurant in the traditional sense...but cooking by a local Chef in the comfort of her home. There is a large table setting that awaits you. You can watch them prepare dinner. Bring your own wine! Then enjoy the...

5.00 (121 reviews) (~105.5 km from centre)

Trippy Divers Mexico | Cozumel Diving Academy

Diving center

👍👍 Vito and Fran are rocking Cozumel! We went diving with them at the begging of November and from minute one they were very professional and thorough. They have all equipment you might need and accommodate all divers levels. Vito is a super professional diving instructor and he is one of the good ones...

5.00 (120 reviews) (~73.82 km from centre)

Elite Divers International

Diving center

👍👍 One of the best dive shops I have dove with in 17 years. Matteo our dive master was terrific. Since it had been almost 2 years since our last dive we did a refresher in a Cenote. This turned out to be very good rule they had, because on our 2nd day my daughter accidently used her air quicker than us...

5.00 (115 reviews) (~65.55 km from centre)

Pluto Dive

Tourist attraction

👍👍 The team at Pluto Dive are beyond excellent. Barbara and Mauro were a fantastic help throughout the entire dive experience. Our equipment was hung to try for easy-wearing the next day, our scuba units were set up for us on the ship, and our cab was called for us and ready by the time we returned fro...

5.00 (112 reviews) (~62.5 km from centre)

Dive Playa Del Carmen Buceo España

Diving center

👍👍 Great experience. Amazing new Dive Centre in Playa del Carmen, Alejandro the owner is realy experienced and super helpful. He is super flexible with the organisation and makes sure to fulfill any request. We wanted to do 2 Cenote Dives in El Pit and Dream Gate and he organized the trip on our reques...

5.00 (109 reviews) (~63.25 km from centre)

GoDiveMEX

Diving center

👍👍 We spent 2 days Diving with Chema at GodiveMex and it was an amazing experience. We felt very welcome and all the team were very friendly to us. I was with a friend who never dived before and he really enjoyed the experience and felt very safe and in good hands with our guide Chema. Thanks to him a...

5.00 (103 reviews) (~63.93 km from centre)

Casa Oaxaca Antojitos

Restaurant

👍👍 Great meal, the food was delicious and the service was really nice thanks to Julia for the extra effort my wife is allergic to peanuts so she kindly explained the ingredients and she told the kitchen about it. We had different dishes and all of them were great. We couldn’t take pics of all the dishe...

5.00 (100 reviews) (~150.12 km from centre)

A' HA' Scuba Diving

Diving center

👍👍 This is the BEST diving company for new divers. Our instructor Marin was fantastic and very knowledgeable and friendly. He explained all of the ins and outs of the scuba equipment, including how to handle emergencies. We felt very confident in his instruction and guidance. But everything went, well....

5.00 (99 reviews) (~7.84 km from centre)

K&K Diving

Diving center

5.00 (92 reviews) (~63.35 km from centre)

Aroma Cafe Tulum

Espresso bar

👍👍 We are having a superb time in Mexico, trying all the authentic street food/local dishes, and this cafe contained a few glorious Mexican creations! We love Cafe Aroma for its service, people working and the atmosphere. Great times. Coffee is very tasty as is all the food we tried there (about half t...

5.00 (91 reviews) (~123.95 km from centre)

Lemus Underwater School / Freediving & Scuba Diving School

Diving center

👍👍 It is difficult to put into words such a beautiful, life-changing experience. I came to Lemus Underwater School and spent two weeks training extensively completing the advanced and master level freediver courses. Alejandro is the real deal. He's not only an elite competitor, multiple record holder,...

5.00 (91 reviews) (~150.38 km from centre)

Scuba & Adventours

SCUBA tour agency

👍👍 This is a great team! I've used them multiple times and will continues to use them everytime I dive in Mexico. They take care of you, charge a fair price and most importantly, make sure you have a great dive. I definitely recommend them! Rafa and Renee are awesome!

5.00 (90 reviews) (~3.29 km from centre)

Hustle Fitness

Gym

👍👍 Great interval clases for women and men. Ask for Fernando! You'll need to download an app called Glofox to sign up and reserve your spot in a class.

5.00 (87 reviews) (~4.79 km from centre)

Roberta's Scuba Shack

Diving center

👍👍 Had an amazing trip at Roberta’s, 18 dives in 6 days. Weather closed the docks early one night, so a twilight + night dive pivoted to an afternoon single tank dive. We cycled through a bunch of different boats and dive masters who were all excellent. Gil and Elpi were especially good divemasters. Fr...

5.00 (80 reviews) (~76.61 km from centre)

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Hidden gems: places in Cancun, Mexico