Playa del Carmen Opens First Wheelchair Accessible Beach in Mexico!

Wheelchair accessibility and beaches are not ideas that people would imagine to be very compatible. Yet, a few weeks ago, Playa del Carmen combined innovation, creativity and sound practical thinking to open Mexico’s first wheel-chair accessible beach!

The beach is Fundadores, located right next to the ferry dock in the heart of downtown, which is also one of the widest beaches in the region.

The service offers wheelchairs and walkers specially designed to work on the beach, a wooden board-walk style path going out onto the sand, and accessibility to the beach showers.

Take a look at the pictures:

We’re proud of Playa del Carmen for putting in the effort to make this beautiful beach more accessible and enjoyable for everyone!

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Xcalacoco Beach - Perfect Beachfront, Just Out of Town

In this video, you are enjoying relaxation at its best on Xcalacoco beach.  Xcalacoco is located at the north end of Playa del Carmen, forming the beachfront for one of the trendiest up-and-coming areas with new resorts and golf course.  The attraction of the beach speaks for itself; you can enjoy complete relaxation watching the waves of the turquoise Caribbean and the tourists walk by - all relaxed as can be!

If you enjoy walking on the beach, you can walk from Xcalacoco towards the town center passing through a number of Playa del Carmen’s most beautiful beachfront areas, watching the people relax on their lounge chairs sipping cold drinks and enjoying life - the way it was meant to be.

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1st Ave. is a Quiet Secret Right in Bustling Heart of Playa del Carmen

Sometimes it happens that if you go right to the heart of it all, to the busiest area with the most action, the most people coming and going you can find a surprisingly quiet corner that no one seems to notice.

In the case of Playa del Carmen, this place is an entire street – 1st Ave.  This quiet street which starts and stops again a couple of times, runs parallel toFifth Avenue between that bustling, trendy street with all its shops and restaurants and the beach.

In a way, it’s not surprising that this street remains quiet and unknown.  Its basically serves as back access to the restaurants and hotels of Fifth Ave. on one side, and those on the beachfront on the other.  If you walk by and look down, there are a couple of shops and a bar or two, as well as a few nice little hotels, but generally speaking there’s not much of interest.

The Best of Both (or All?) Worlds

Yet, when it comes to the question of finding a Playa del Carmen condo for sale, it doesn’t get much better than 1st Ave.:

• Fifth Ave. with all its shops, dining, boutiques, bars and clubs is on one side
• The world’s most beautiful beaches are on the other (with more restaurants)
• It’s a quiet access street to get to your condo; you can walk out your front door without landing in a crowd (yet, all the action is just around the corner!)
• The street offers driving access (Fifth Avenue does not.)

Best Communities Downtown

1st Ave. couldn’t reasonably be considered a “community” but it runs through many of the best communities downtown.

It starts of right in the heart of it all, in the old downtown, and has a little jog running down towards the beach called “1st St.”  It then runs a few blocks north into Little Italyand finally through the Mamitas Beach community.

At this point the street ends and starts up again in the Coco Beach community (see a nice video of the community here) although at this point the character of the street is quite different and there are several smaller streets running between Fifth and the beach.

Tomorrow, I’ll offer  a peak at some of the many beautiful condos to be found on 1st Ave.

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