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We share our best travel tips in this complete guide to the gorgeous Playa Del Carmen: practical safety tips, where to stay, go out, party, and tan! The men are hot. The drinks are bottomless. The beaches are never-ending. The weather is gorgeous. As a sassy Frenchman and a Greek guy, we like to see ourselves as quite a fiery duo.

Yet on our first trip to Mexico years ago, we quickly realized we were nowhere near as vivacious as we aspired to be. We went from feeling like a spicey paella to a chicken stew very quickly. Yet the more we visit, the more the spirit of the nation takes hold. Playa del Carmen is a gorgeous carman nest in the wider fabulously gay Riviera Maya that embraces its visitors and thrusts them into gay high energy, passionate, and wildly invigorating atmosphere.

Despite all this, it can still be a relaxing and tranquil place to unwind. The beaches are long and wide, with clear playa del and white sands, ideal for sunbathing and sprucing up that tan. Their hotels often have excellent spa amenities that help revitalize the mind and body, so you feel like a whole new person by the time you leave.

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Playa Del Carmen: The absolute guide for gay travelers

Best of all, the tour mambos over to Zona Rosa where boys, booze and bad decisions await. Playa del Carmen is one of the more touristic and international parts of Mexico. We generally found Mexico to be very welcoming towards gay travelers, albeit with pockets of that awful notorious machismo attitude in the more rural areas. However, none of that in Playa del Carmen!

This cutesy resort town has a strong Bohemian laidback feel to it. We found the locals here to be very open and super welcoming to us as a gay couple visiting. In terms of booking a double bed in hotels, we never had any issues with this. All the places we stayed at including family-run guesthouses had clearly welcomed LGBTQ travelers before and no one showed any signs of concern that two guys wanted to share a bed.

Playa del Carmen also has a few gay bars and clubs to check out, which we've set out below in more detail. A few times on the main beaches we even noticed a few gay couples holding hands and be close to each other — no one around seemed to bat an eye! Read more in our interview with local boy Andres from Mexico city about what gay life in Mexico is like.

Whilst Playa del Carmen doesn't have any exclusively gay hotels, many of the places we sought out are very gay-friendly.