Beach
Playa Palancar
White-sand beach club with palapas and a dive shop facing a deep coral reef wall.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Playa Palancar on Cozumel, a ferry ride from Playa del Carmen, follows the money behind a famous reef. It starts in the nineteen fifties with an American travel writer, a magazine price list and a sixty-cent hotel room. Along the way come the first paid dive trips, a Mexican film, and the question of where the Palancar name really comes from. Best heard at the water's edge, looking out to where the blue turns dark.
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