UPDATED: January 2024
We get questions all the time asking where a specific vacation rental is in Puerto Morelos. When we first came here in 2001, the town only consisted of two districts, the Port and La Colonia. Years later Villas Uno was added and later Villas Dos. In the last five years or so, many more neighbourhoods have sprung up. We created this map because we haven’t been able to find this information anywhere else, and we discovered that there were many more districts than we thought there were.
Now we don’t claim to be cartographers, but this map will give you a very good idea of where things are in town. So the next time you plan to visit Puerto Morelos, you will have a better idea of where to stay.
With the growth of these new areas came the growth in vacation rentals that are available. If you book a place, it’s important to know where it is. A lot of places advertise their place as being “5 minutes from the beach” regardless of how far they are from it.
For example, we got an email in February (our highest of high seasons) from a woman who had rented a place in Bucaneros asking us to help her find new accommodations because she felt like she was too isolated. Bucaneros is a gated community on the highway almost 6 km (3.7 miles) from the town square. The district has no restaurants, no shops, no public transportation, and not an easy walk into town. You need either a car or a taxi to get anywhere. Now that may be a nice place to live, but may not be what you are looking for as a tourist.
To give you an idea of distances, we have created the following chart with distances from the main town square to all of the neighbourhoods on our map. We picked the closest point and the furthest point that you could possibly have in these areas. For example, if you are staying on the beachside you could be steps from the main town square or you could be 1.2 km away. If you were staying in Villas La Playa the closest you are to the square, or the beach for that matter is 3.7 km or as much as 4.6 km away.
| NEIGHBOURHOOD | DISTANCE FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TO THE TOWN SQUARE |
| Beach Side | 0 km to 1.2 km (0 to .75 miles) |
| Northern Puerto Morelos | 2.1 km to 3.6 km (1.3 to 2.2 miles) |
| Hotel Zone | 3.6 km to 4.7 km (2.2 to 2.9 miles) |
| South Port Side | 0 km to 0.65 km (0 to 0.4 miles) |
| Marina El Cid | 1.9 km to 3.4 km (1.2 to 1.1 miles) |
| Pescadores | 2.5 km to 3.0 km (1.5 to 1.9 miles) |
| Puntarena | 3.0 km to 3.3 km (1.9 to 2.05 miles) |
| La Colonia | 2.6 km to 3.8 km (1.6 to 2.4 miles) |
| Villas I | 3.2 km to 4.1 km (2 to 2.5 miles) |
| Villas La Playa | 3.7 km to 4.6 km (2.3 to 2.9 miles) |
| Palma Real (la Colonia) | 4.3 km to 4.5 km (2.7 to 2.8) |
| Alborada | 3.8 km to 3.9 km (2.35 to 2.4 miles) |
| Villas II | 4.3 km to 5 km (2.7 to 3.1 miles) |
| Palma Grand | 4.8 to 5 km (3 to 3.1 miles) |
| El Faro/Selva Escondida | 5 km to 5.1 km (3.1 to 3.2 miles) |
| Veredas del Puerto | 4.9 km to 5 km (3 to 3.1 miles) |
| Puerto Marino | 4.4 km to 5.2 km (2.7 to 3.2 miles) |
| Puntavista | 5.5 km to 5.9 km (3.4 to 3.7 miles) |
| La Quinta Maretta | 5 km to 5.5 km (3.1 to 3.4 miles) |
| Bucaneros | 5.8 km to 5.9 km (3.6 to 3.7 miles) |
| Regatta | 6.4 km to 6.7 km (4 to 4.2 miles) |
| Zona Urbana | 3.9 km to 5.9 km (2.4 to 3.7 miles) |
All the neighbourhoods are accessible by car and taxi. Most are accessible on foot or by bike, but we don’t recommend biking or walking on the busy Highway 307. Some areas are accessible by collectivo (city buses) which run a limited route around town.
So next time you are looking at a vacation rental in Puerto Morelos, make sure you ask which neighbourhood it is in and find out if that area meets your needs. We want everyone to have a wonderful stay in Puerto Morelos.