Isla Mujeres Map

You can click on extend screen on the “Isla Mujeres Map” to use the map in fullscreen and be able to filter the sites by map categories such as ATMs, gas stations, energy stations for electric vehicles, archaeological sites, Hospitals, Isla Mujeres Ferry, Yucatan cenotes, services and “things to do in isla mujeres” and things to do throughout the Yucatan Peninsula, Isla Mujeres Restaurants, Isla Mujeres mexican grill, Isla Mujeres Beaches and Ixchel Ruins.

Isla Mujeres (Women Island)

Isla Mujeres (Women Island)” is an island located in the Caribbean Sea very close to the Yucatan Peninsula to the southeastern Mexico, Isla Mujeres is in the state of Quintana Roo Mexico and its warm and transparent waters are the perfect place for the Delfines, turtles and “Whale Shark Isla Mujeres”; Swimming with these aquatic species are some of the most attractive activities that can be carried out in Isla Mujeres. If you want to know more about swimming with “Whale Sharks” click here.

To get to Isla Mujeres you can take Ferry Isla Mujeres, boats from Puerto Juárez, Punta Sam and the Hotel Zone of Cancun. “You can see Ferry Isla Mujeres in Isla Mujeres Map “

Interesting sites in Isla Mujeres (Women Island):

Hacienda Mundaca Isla Mujeres

One of the attractions of Isla Mujeres is the Mundaca farm which was a livestock agricultural farm popularly known as the Hacienda del Pirata Mundaca, which is related during the caste war with the traffic of Mayan prisoners to Cuba. You can see this place in Isla Mujeres Map

Punta Sur Isla Mujeres (Women Island)

Another attraction of Isla Mujeres is Punta Sur that is the place where archaeological vestiges of the temple are found to Ixchel, the Mayan goddess of love and fertility. Punta Sur is the highest part of the island reaching about 20mts above sea level and is a natural formation adjacent to the “Garrafon” reef that provides a view of the Caribbean Sea, Cancun and the Bay of Isla Mujeres itself. You can see Punta Sur in” Isla Mujeres Map

Playa Norte Isla Mujeres (Women Island)

Playa Norte Isla Mujeres is the main tourist area of ​​Isla Mujeres, in this area is the overseas ferry dock, beaches, hotels, several restaurants, Beachclubs and Golf Cart Rentals Isla Mujeres

Cross in Machote Reef Isla Mujeres (Women Island)

Another attraction of Isla Mujeres is the Cross of the Bay that is a place where a bronze cross was placed in the Machot Arrecife on August 17, 1857, the cross of the Bay measures 3 m high and weighs about 1 ton and It is 12 m deep in the sea, said monument pays tribute and recognition of the men and women who died at sea.

Turtle farm in Isla Mujeres (Women Island)

Tortu-Granja is a natural zone for turtles in which turtles come to spawn between the months of May and September. The eggs are placed in safe areas to keep them safe from predators and after birth the turtles are placed in ponds and are accompanied to the sea by the children of the local schools and the tourists who help them return to their marine habitat.

Snorkel Isla Mujeres (Women Island)

The Snorkel Isla Mujeres can be practiced in several places of Isla Mujeres due to its privileged location.

Rafa’s park is a natural park in Isla Mujeres that owes its name to an invaluable reef that due to its minimum depth and soft current allows us to approach the underwater life of the Caribbean Sea, located on the southern tip of the island and has A majestic coral reef in which diving and snorkeling is practiced.

The spots reef is very close to the southern tip of the island and has a coral bank 12 km long by 700 m wide where diving and snorkeling can be practiced can be there by boat.

The Cave of School Sharks is located east of the island This place is surrounded by coral formations and diving and snorkeling is practiced

The Underwater Museum of Art has more than 440 sculptures which are submerged in the spots exhibition area near the Isla Mujeres, it also has 17 sculptures in the Nizuc area south of Cancun. “You can see this in Isla Mujeres Map.

Whale Shark Isla Mujeres (Women Island)

Whale Shark Isla Mujeres is one of the most amazing kind of nature, The Whale Shark, an Aquatic Species that has existed on our planet for approximately 60 million years; Whale Sharks, a calm and social species that likes to interact with humans. If you want to know more about swimming with Whale Sharks click here.

Blue Flag Beaches

Beaches Blue Flag, the beaches of Isla Mujeres have received the Blue Flag certification granted by the European Foundation of Environmental Education to the beaches that have reached excellence in environmental management and management and security and services The application of environmental education activities and water quality this certification is valued every year.

Isla Mujeres Golf Cart Rental

Other very popular activity in Isla Mujeres is Isla Mujeres Golf Cart Rental to tour the entire island, there are many companies that allow Golf Cart Rentals Isla Mujeres per hour and per day. You can see Golf Cart Rentals Isla Mujeres in Isla Mujeres Map.

Ferry Isla Mujeres (Women Island)

To get to Isla Mujeres you can take Ferry Isla Mujeres, boats from Puerto Juárez, Punta Sam and the Hotel Zone of Cancun. You can see Ferry Isla Mujeres in Isla Mujeres Map.

Isla Mujeres History

Isla Mujeres was inhabited by the Mayan civilization and the island was consecrated to the goddess Ixchel what is the Mayan goddess of the moon, love and fertility; The Maya performed female sculptures on the beaches of Isla Mujeres to pay tribute.

Upon arriving the Spanish conquerors and observing the sculptures they baptized her as “Isla Mujeres.”

On the south of the island there are vestiges of a Mayan temple, archaeologists know that Isla Mujeres was a sanctuary dedicated to Ixchel and Mayan women had to make a pilgrimage to the island as part of their passage from girl to woman. You can see Sanctuary to Ixchel in Isla Mujeres Map.

Isla Mujeres was also a shelter and home with famous pirates and slave traffickers such as Fermín Mundaca and Marecheaga

The island was discovered by the expedition of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba in 1517

During the caste war in Yucatan, Mayan and Yucatecan fishermen set a town called “Dolores” in Isla Mujeres.

In 1867 Dolores was already considered a town, for January 28, 1891 Isla Mujeres was considered a municipal head of the Yucatan Islands Party. Isla Mujeres began to take great importance for tourism thus marking its new beginning. On January 12, 1975 Isla Mujeres is established as one of the 7 municipalities that were born along with the official free and sovereign state of Quintana Roo. You can see quintana roo in Isla Mujeres Map.

Isla Mujeres Real Estate

The Isla Mujeres Real Estate has grown a lot in the last years, many properties in Isla Mujeres can be found for sale.

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