Honeymooning in Playa del Carmen?

Travel Info
We are staying at the all inclusive playacar palace. But what is there to do off the resort. I know the farrie to cozzomel is right next to the hotel, and I have seen the Ruins at Coba. What I'm looking for is the overlooked stuff in the are. Also what are some of the good bars/clubs in the area.

Travel Tips

There are plenty of great places to get a drink on Fifth Avenue. In the north end, you will find Feliz Hora (Happy Hour) between Calles 26 and 28 and Cabalova (a sports bar featuring TV screens with American sports many nights), between Calles 28 and 30.

Heading south on Fifth Avenue, you鈥檒l find the Deseo rooftop bar between Calles 12 and 10. Ultramodern and hip, it features a totally alfresco bar. In addition to chairs, they offer double beds for lounging with friends, many with flowing white linen curtains. You can also take a dip in the rooftop pool, all the while watching 20鈥檚 and 30鈥檚 silent movies projected onto the adjacent wall. Cool is the operative term here. On the same block is the legendary Tequila Barrel. Sit out front on the street-side lounge and watch the Fifth Avenue nightly promenade. Or move to the interior and watch American sports on the TVs. If you really want to get adventuresome, move into the back where the dance floor features a pole normally found in locales with exotic dancers.

Continuing south, you鈥檒l find the Fah bar between Calle 10 and 8, located in the Siesta Fiesta hotel. Again, an outdoor sidewalk venue, Fah features live music most nights, usually bands covering American rock/pop tunes. On the next block and across the street, you鈥檒l find Bourbon Street between Calle 6 and 8, a bar featuring live blues and rock music.
All the way at the end of Fifth Avenue, in the Paseo del Carmen shopping area, you鈥檒l find Carlos & Charlie鈥檚, the Mexican 鈥渋t鈥檚 always spring break鈥?chain. In the same area, you鈥檒l also find Bodeguita del Medio, which is owned by the same people who run its namesake restaurant in Havana, Cuba. The bar is large, noisy and fun. The restaurant features a dance floor where incredible salsa dancers practice their stuff in front of a live Cuban band every night. Salsa lessons are offered early in the evenings.

Near Fifth Avenue:

Santanera on Calle 12, between Fifth and Tenth Avenues, is an extremely cool bar/club featuring DJ music. This is the club for the young and beautiful or those who want to be. Cover charge. Right across the street you鈥檒l find Playa鈥檚 newest dance club, Bali. Opened in the spring of 2006, it is known locally for outrageous cover charges (up to $25 per person) and a very hip atmosphere. On Calle 12 heading towards the beach, you鈥檒l find Om. Hookah water pipes, flowing linens, oriental rugs and a European crowd.

La Ranita, on Calle 10 between Fifth and Tenth Avenues, is a quiet neighborhood bar and a hangout for expatriate American locals. Across the street is the more raucous but equally loved Sharkey鈥檚 Beer Bucket Caribbean Shack (aka the Beer Bucket). Two floors and two bars, it attracts an interesting mix of locals, expatriates and tourists in the know. It鈥檚 nothing special鈥攋ust a great bar. The Tequila Barrel, Beer Bucket, La Ranita crawl is a local tradition. Also on Calle 10 between Fifth and Tenth Avenues is B谩sico Lounge. One of the only elevators in Playa takes you to the rooftop bar. New and stylish.

On Calle 6 between Fifth and Tenth Avenues, you鈥檒l find the Mambo Caf茅, which is not a caf茅 but in fact a large, cavernous dance club featuring both live and recorded music. It attracts a younger crowd, but regardless of age, don鈥檛 be afraid to go in and 鈥渂ust a move.鈥? It generally gets going late in the evening and continues until early in the morning.

On Calle 4 between Fifth Avenue and the beach is Bliss, an indoor dance club with an outdoor balcony. Live rock music on the weekends, with recorded 70s and 80s music on Sunday nights.

On the Beach:

Coco Maya is located on the beach between Calles 12 and 14, just north of the Blue Parrot Hotel, and features DJ or live music most evenings until 3 am. No cover charge.

Just south of Coco Maya, at the end of Calle 12, is the entrance to the Blue Parrot Bar, self-proclaimed the 鈥淪exiest Bar in Playa del Carmen.鈥? On the beach, it features DJ/techno/house/鈥檛hump thump鈥?music, a dance floor, and a giant circular bar upon which female patrons are known to dance. Playa鈥檚 oldest and most established party place, it attracts a young crowd and stays open until the wee hours.

Next door to the south of the Parrot you will find the El Pirata housed in the Costa Maya hotel. Also on the beach, it bills itself as a reggae bar. A small dance floor, recorded music, lots of tables and good service, it is a quieter alternative to its more hip neighbor. Here you can drink and hear your companions talk.

On the beach between Calles 4 and 2 is the Bad Boys Beach Club, sometimes called Captain Dave鈥檚 on the Beach. Look for the Jolly Roger (skull and crossbones) flag flying out front. The BBBC is a standard beach club which, in addition to food and drink, offers live blues music between 3 and 7 pm most days. Often many of the performers from Captain Dave鈥檚 perform at the beach club and vice versa. A pleasant way to spend the afternoon.

Next to the ferry dock at the end of Fifth Avenue on Calle 1 Sur and the beach, you鈥檒l find the newly reopened (after Hurricane Wilma) Se帽or Frog鈥檚. Music, food, drinks, dancing, frivolity. Part of the chain you will find in Cancun, Cabo and other places. Close to the Playacar community, it attracts a mixed age group intent on having fun.

Good to Know:

The beach bars are safe at night. However, don鈥檛 go walking the dark beach by yourself. Boat lines, holes dug in the beach by the waves, rocks and the occasionally unpleasant person make this a bad idea.

Fifth Avenue and the surrounding area are generally very safe. Tourist police patrol on a regular basis. High spirits and a bit of alcoholic based revelry are generally within the limits. Public urination, fighting, or causing a scene will get you an unwanted pass to a Mexican jail. Regardless of the ongoing changes in Mexico鈥檚 drug laws, the beat cops are still in charge of law in Mexico. Offers of drugs on Fifth Avenue should be rebuffed or ignored for safety鈥檚 sake.

Most of the bars on Fifth Avenue are after-dinner places and close early. By 11 pm or midnight at the latest, Fifth Avenue is pretty deserted.

The dance clubs and beach bars mentioned above generally don鈥檛 start getting crowded until 11 am or midnight (about the time Fifth Avenue closes down) and will often stay open until dawn.

The drinking age in Playa is 18.

This is not meant to be a comprehensive list. Bars, clubs and restaurants come and go in a resort area like Playa del Carmen. As you stroll Fifth Avenue you鈥檒l receive flyers, brochures and free newspapers advertising the latest additions to the nightlife scene. After a long day working or sightseeing, you will enjoy sitting in one of the many Fifth Avenue cafes or restaurants having a quiet drink or cup of coffee and watching the world stroll by. Give it a try. Whatever your preference for nightlife entertainment, have a good time.

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Playa del Carmen is a nice little town near CanCun, you have plenty of bars in the 5th Avenue, the most famous street in Playa del Carmen, they have good nightlife there, talking about bars there is a tour bus that takes you to CanCun ( about 1hr ) to visit up to 3 different clubs.

Close to Playa you have some aquatic parks such as Xcaret and Xel-Ha if you like snorkeling and outdoors activities, about an hour driving you have the Maya Ruins of Tulum a great place to visit.
If you are staying on the strip in Playa del Carmen there is so much nightlife. There are docks that will take you to cozemel and there are a zillion little stores and restraunts all down the strip. We stayed in Riveria Maya for 12 days and 5 out of those 11 days we went to Playa del Carmen. You will have a blast. Enjoy