The population of Cozumel is approximately 110,000. The majority of the island’s population, around 100,000, live in the town of San Miguel. With its many restaurants, bars, shopping centres, souvenir shops and street vendors, San Miguel is the bustling centre of Cozumel and the streets are full of people from early morning until long after dark.

Cozumel has 5 main piers. Punta Langosta, the International Pier (SSA) and Puerta Maya are all cruise ship piers. A ferry pier in San Miguel is used for passenger ferries to and from Playa del Carmen as well as cruise ship tenders. Currently, there are apparently plans to add another pier for cruise ships, but these seem to have been shelved for now due to strong public opposition.

Avenida Raphael Melgar, the waterfront street and promenade, is often crowded with cruise ship passengers (over 4 million cruise ship passengers visit Cozumel each year) and day-trippers from the mainland, but they’re gone by sunset. And at any time of day, you only have to walk a few blocks inland to discover a different, quieter world.

The heart of the town centre is El Zócalo, the Plaza, an oasis of stone and shade. The newly designed plaza features a clock tower, a water feature, the iconic Cozumel sign for photos and several places to sit and socialise. A great place to relax and people watch.

We would have visited San Miguel more often, but it was very difficult to land the dinghy. There was no designated dinghy dock and the few sandy patches are behind rocky shores. This meant that every time we wanted to go ashore we had to carry the dinghy over the rocks. With the waves rolling in, we got soaked more than once during this maneuver. No wonder we thought twice about going ashore.


Ein Kommentar zu „San Miguel de Cozumel – 4/21/2025“

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    Roberta

    Heike & Hans,

    What truly enjoyable excursions you are experimenting! WOW! You may never live in a traditional house again!

    All of your adventures look like so much fun!

    Stay safe!

    We miss you!

    Sending our love to you! Happy Mother’s Day Heike!

    Roberta & Mark

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