Playa del Carmen is a balneario resort city just south of Cancún on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, in the northeast of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
Playa del Carmen is a coastal resort town in Mexico, along the Yucatán Peninsula's Riviera Maya strip of Caribbean shoreline.It is a popular tourist area in eastern Mexico. Playa del Carmen boasts a wide array of tourist activities due to its geographical location in the Riviera Maya. It has also been the destination of PGA Tour golf tournaments and the set location for various television shows.
Playa is a stop for several cruise ships which dock at the nearbyCalicaquarry docks, about six miles south of the city. TheXcaret Eco Park, a Mexican-themed "eco-archaeological park", is a popular tourist destination located just south of the town inXcaret(pronounced "shkar-et").