Our first day in Cancun we spent enjoying the view of Cancun from the Observation Tower “El Torre” and visiting the neighboring island of Isla Mujeres after that. A little about Cancun. Is Cancun Mexico an island or a city? Cancún is a coastal city in Mexico’s easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. Cancun resort area is bounded on three sides by water: the Caribbean Sea, the Bahia Mujeres (Bay of Women) and the Nichupte and Bojorquez lagoons.
The word cancun translates to a nest of snakes in English. Built in a location that was named by Mayan people, long ago, for the large number of snakes in the area, Cancun has been carefully groomed into one of the most polished resorts anywhere. Long gone are the snakes and most of the mosquitoes that might have enjoyed the numerous lagoons. Few resorts in the world have the infrastructure and amenities that were built into Cancun from the beginning. The area, developed in the 1970s and 80s as a tourist resort, is known for its white-washed buildings, long stretches of sand, diverse shopping, and vibrant nightlife according to wikipedia.
