~ Cozumel: Gulf
of Mexico Port ~
Cruise ships
visiting Cozumel, Mexico can stop at four different locations. Some ships anchor off Cozumel's northwest
coast and deliver passengers in smaller watercraft to the municipal pier that juts out from San
Miguel. (Ferries also dock at this pier.) Downtown shops and restaurants are a short walk away. Larger
ships dock just south of town at either the International Pier or the Puerto Maya Pier. Both piers are a short taxi ride or a 2-mi/3-km walk along the waterfront to San
Miguel. Some ships are now using the new downtown pier, Puerta Langosta,
depositing passengers within three blocks of the shopping district.
A tourist-information
booth on the municipal pier is open daily 8 am-1 pm. The island's main tourism office is on the second floor
of the Plaza del Sol shopping center on the east side of the town plaza, half a
block from the municipal pier. It's open Monday-Friday 9 am-2 pm. Phone 872-0972.
