Hidden gems - Tourist attractions in Playa del Carmen, Mexico not to miss (Updated May, 2024)

Hidden gems: Tourist attractions in Playa del Carmen

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 Playa del Carmen. This list contains 40 places from Tourist attraction category.

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Pluto Dive

SCUBA instructor

👍👍 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 (119 reviews) (~1.42 km from centre)

10 Experiences Tour

Restaurant

5.00 (70 reviews) (~20.62 km from centre)

Private Diving

Tourist attraction

5.00 (44 reviews) (~20.64 km from centre)

Zoe - A Living Sea Sculpture

Museum

5.00 (6 reviews) (~19.68 km from centre)

Playa del Carmen

Tourist attraction

5.00 (5 reviews) (~3.08 km from centre)

Puerto Morelos Sign

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Had such a great time here, loved the people and loved the local food. Highly recommend comming to this place. The beach was so fun and the water was so beautiful. My wife and had fun snorkeling all around and doing some free diving. We stayed in a tree house right on the corner of this place and lo...

5.00 (5 reviews) (~31.99 km from centre)

Playa Moon Palace @Nizuc

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Ermoso lugar 😍😍

5.00 (5 reviews) (~46.92 km from centre)

Awesome Flight Cozumel

Tourist attraction

👍👍 The staff here was super great!! My dad, who is 81 years old, did his first ziplining here and the staff was fantastic with him. They let him take his time getting up the stairs. They helped him when he got to the platform to make sure he got off. Okay, he even hit his arm somewhere along the way an...

4.90 (109 reviews) (~21.8 km from centre)

Riviera Adventours

Tour agency

4.90 (44 reviews) (~49.19 km from centre)

Blu Cozumel

Tourist attraction

4.90 (9 reviews) (~18.91 km from centre)

Lighthouse Tours

Tour agency

4.80 (55 reviews) (~32.29 km from centre)

Cenote La Noria (entrada)

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Kind of hidden but a great place to spend the day. The Cenote is pretty big and refreshing. Price is logical for entrance and there's other activities that they have besides the Cenote if you are into those things. Staff is friendly and really helpful. There are several options to eat or you can jus...

4.80 (52 reviews) (~25.54 km from centre)

Cozumel Sailing

Tourist attraction

4.80 (42 reviews) (~18.44 km from centre)

MayamarFantasticJungle

Nature preserve

👍👍 An amazing private tour from an amazing guide! Roberto owns the property with the cenotes not too far from Akumal. He is personable, welcoming, and has genuine enthusiasm about sharing his knowledge of his property and cenotes. Roberto can be contacted through Facebook message to Ecoranchomayamar.

4.80 (39 reviews) (~37.24 km from centre)

Kiosco Puerto Morelos

Tourist attraction

4.80 (21 reviews) (~31.92 km from centre)

Cozumel ATV PARK

Tourist attraction

4.80 (19 reviews) (~28.15 km from centre)

Playa Xcalacoco

Tourist attraction

4.80 (16 reviews) (~5.9 km from centre)

Uxuxubi AL Natural

Tourist attraction

👍👍 The place is wonderful, very cheap access, super experience seeing the crocodiles, bathing in the artificial lake, the cenote in the cavern is impressive!!!! But the best thing is to see the spider monkeys in their habitat 100% free. You can camp and it is super safe.

4.70 (47 reviews) (~38.11 km from centre)

Chango Villa

Villa

👍👍 I have stayed at Chango Villa 3 times in the past 2 years. It's an amazing house with the ideal location for scuba and beach activities. In my most recent trip we had 7 new divers earn their scuba certification with the excellent instructors arrange by the host. You can snorkel directly in front...

4.70 (44 reviews) (~26.09 km from centre)

Cenote Maravilla

Swimming lake

👍👍 An incredible place for advanced diving; with natural formations and a spectacular view of nature outside and under the water!

4.70 (30 reviews) (~26.33 km from centre)

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Hidden gems: Tourist attractions in Playa del Carmen, Mexico