Money Exchange

There is a money exchange booth in the main square area and an ATM machine
next to the grocery store.  The money exchange booth does not cash travelers
cheques.  Your ATM or credit card from your bank will work in the ATM
machines in Mexico as long as your bank uses a 4 digit PIN.  The exchange rate
from the ATM is better than the booth exchange rate unless your bank charges
high transactions fees for out-of-country use.  The ATM's are safe to use and
many of us depend on them exclusively for our cash.
For the current exchange rate
click here

Puerto Morelos is famous for it's snorkeling and fishing activities and links to
those and other business services can be found on the
Business page

While you are here, be sure to check out the Mayan Handicraft Center located
on Ave. Javier Rojo Gomez south.  Here you will find a wide selection of Mayan
handicrafts.
Visitors Guide
Getting Here
By car - Puerto Morelos is located approximately 1/2 way between Cancun and
Playa del Carmen.  Just turn east (towards the sea) at the Puerto Morelos light
and continue straight to the town square. (
MAP)

By bus - Buses leave from the Cancun and Playa del Carmen bus stations
every 10 minutes.  The price of the ticket each way is 18 pesos.  From the
Puerto Morelos bus station you can catch an inexpensive (around 25 pesos)
taxi into town or a collectivo bus (see below) for 4 pesos/person.
(See the
bottom of this page for directions to and from the Cancun Hotel Zone)


Getting around town - Most all of the town is within easy walking distance. The
streets are safe to walk and well lit a night as well.  Puerto Morelos also now
has a collectivo bus system that travels the circuit around town and across the
main highway to the colonia on the west side of the highway.  These are white
vans that are easily identifiable. To catch one, you only need to stand on the
side of the street or in the square and flag them down.  (just ask the locals if
you need help finding or identifying them).
They are excellent for returning to the bus station.

Taxis - We have an ample supply of taxis here in Puerto Morelos.  Prices within
the town run around 25 pesos.  If you wish to visit the outlying areas of town
such as the El Cid Marina area, you will need a taxi.
NEW!! PM Forum
For a list of rules and regulations for PM and the National Park please
visit
this page
FROM THE HOTEL ZONE

Take the R-1 bus  to downtown, It will makes a right onto Ave. Tulum. At the 3rd
or 4th stop you will be in front of a grocery called Comercial Mexicana. Get off
there and cross the street at the raised crosswalk. The bus terminal is right
there. Just as a hint, once the bus makes its only turn, the right onto Tulum, if
you can look out the front window you can see a tall McDonalds sign ahead
and the stop you are looking for is just before McDonalds, after a traffic circle.

To get back to the Hotel Zone, when you leave the Cancun bus station, you
should go to the right onto Tulum and walk a block or two and you will see
buses stopping. Look for R-1 on the front window or any other bus saying
Hotel Zone or Zona Hotelera or Hoteles and you will be fine.
Be careful crossing the streets in the bus terminal area of Cancun. They are
crazy. You have the right of way in the raised crosswalks though. Just find
them.