Cancun is an always summer destination! For all those people looking for a luxury or a cheap vacation, Cancun is the perfect Mexican Spots.

The season is warm all year around, abound of vitality and its landscapes and tour are something you have to see at least one time in your life time.

So, here some Cancun facts for help you to spend a memorable travel to Cancun Mexico!

Cancun Seasons

High season: from December 15^th to April 30^th

Low season: from May 1^st to December 15^th (when prices drop 10% to 30%)

Some hotels are starting to charge high-season rates during June and July.
Mexican, European, and school-holiday visitors often travel Cancun at these times.
Rates at these times may still be lower than in winter months.

Cancun Climate

• Hot but not overwhelmingly humid
• Best time to visit : November through February. It is generally sunny, but can also be cloudy, windy, somewhat rainy, and even cool.
• Rainy season: May through October
• Hurricane season: August through October (which brings erratic weather).

Cancun Special Events

The annual Mexico-Caribbean Food Festival

Features: special menus of culinary creations throughout town

Schedule: held each year over the first two weeks of November

Additional information: available through the Convention and Visitors Bureau.

City Layout

There are really two Cancúns: Isla Cancun (Cancun Island) and Ciudad Cancun (Cancun City). Cancun City, on the mainland and all within an area about 9 blocks square, has:

• Restaurants
• Shops
• Budget Hotels
• Luxury Hotels
• Pharmacies
• Dentists
• Automotive shops
• Banks
• Travel and airline agencies
• Car-rental firms .

Cancun Citys main thoroughfare is Avenida Tulum. Going south, Avenida Tulum becomes the highway to the airport and to Tulum and Chetumal. Going north, it crosses the highway to Mérida, and the road to Puerto Juárez and the Isla Mujeres ferries.

The well-known Zona Hotelera, also known as the Hotel Zone, Zona Turística, or Tourist Zone, stretches out along Isla Cancún. Isla Cancún is a sandy strip 22 km (14 miles) long, shaped like a "7." It is connected to the mainland by the Playa Linda Bridge at the north end and the Punta Nizuc Bridge at the south end. Between the two areas is Laguna Nichupté. Avenida Cobá from Cancun City becomes Bulevar Kukulkán, the island's main traffic artery. Cancún's international airport is located just inland from the south end of the island.

Finding an Address

Cancuún's street-numbering system is a holdover from its early days. In Cancun City, addresses are still given by:

• The number of the building lot
• The manzana (block)
• The supermanzana (group of blocks)

Cancun is relatively compact. Its downtown commercial section is easy to cover on foot.

On Cancun Island, addresses are given by:

• Kilometer number on Bulevar Kukulkán
• Reference to some well-known location.

In Cancun streets, as well as nearby archaeological sites, are named after famous Maya cities. The names of the boulevards in Cancun are:

• Chichén Itzá
• Tulum
• Uxmal  

Cancun Consulates

U.S.Consular Agent: located in the Plaza Caracol 2, Bulevar Kukulkán Km 8.5, third level, 320-323

Canadian Consulate: located in the Plaza México 312

The United Kingdom consular office: located in Cancun

Cancun Currency Exchange

General Bank Locations: most are located downtown along Avenida Tulum

Opening Hours: usually open Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm Services: many have automated teller machines for after-hours cash withdrawals Hotel Zone Bank Locations: in the Plaza Kukulcan and next to the convention center

Other ways to exchange money:

• At one of the many casas de cambio (exchange houses)
• With downtown merchants. They are eager to change cash dollars, but island stores don't offer very good exchange rates
• At the airport as you arrive. Not recommended, especially at the first exchange booth in view. Its rates are less favorable than those of any in town, or others farther inside the airport concourse.

Emergencies

To report an emergency: dial tel. 060 (similar to the USA’s 911 emergency service)

The Cruz Roja, or Red Cross, offers first aid.

Location: on Avenida Yaxchilán, between avenidas Xcaret and Labná, next to the Telmex building

Opening Hours: open 24 hours

Location: Plaza Las Americas, downtown Cancún

Police

Cancún has a fleet of English-speaking tourist police to help travelers.

The Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor is a consumer protection agency.

Location: Av. Cobá 9-11, opposite the Social Security Hospital and upstairs from the Fenix drugstore

Cancun Post Office

Location: the main correo is at the intersection of avenidas Sunyaxchen and Xel-Ha

Safety in Cancun

Aside from car break-ins, there is very little crime in. People are generally safe late at night in tourist areas. just use ordinary common sense. As at any other beach resort, don't take money or valuables to the beach. See "Crime," above.

The undertow can make swimming in the ocean on the Caribbean side dangerous.