Plan your trip to Tulum
Flights, where you stay and what it all costs, for one person or ten. Free, no sign-up.
Ideas for Tulum
Maya ruins above the sea, cenotes for swimming and the Sian Ka'an reserve to the south.
- Tulum ruins the walled Maya city on a cliff above the sea.
- Cenotes Gran Cenote and Dos Ojos, for swimming and snorkeling in clear fresh water.
- Playa Paraíso a long white beach just south of the ruins.
- Sian Ka'an a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve of lagoons and mangroves, by boat tour.
- Cobá Maya ruins in the forest around the tall Nohoch Mul pyramid; many people get around by bike.
- Akumal a bay to the north known for snorkeling with sea turtles.
Getting there
Fly into Tulum (TQO), Cancun (CUN).
- TQO: About 45 min by road to Tulum town, with no traffic (25 mi).
- CUN: About 95 min by road to Tulum town, with no traffic (74 mi).
Drive times: OpenStreetMap routing, with no traffic.
Planning somewhere else?
- CancunCUNBeaches along the Hotel Zone, ferries to Isla Mujeres and day trips to Maya ruins, all close to the region's biggest airport.
- Cabo San LucasSJDThe arch at Land's End, beaches on the bay and whale season in winter, at the tip of the Baja California peninsula.
- Puerto VallartaPVRA seafront walk, the old town and boat trips around Banderas Bay on the Pacific coast.
- Mexico CityMEX · NLUMuseums, markets and some of the country's best food, with the pyramids of Teotihuacan a day trip away.
- OaxacaOAXA colonial center, Zapotec ruins, mezcal and markets in the valleys of southern Mexico.
- Playa del CarmenCUN · CZM · TQOFifth Avenue, Mamitas Beach and the Cozumel ferry. This planner adds the airport van, the ferry and the penthouse we rent out.
- Somewhere elseAny city, any airport: type them in.
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