Cozumel [1]’s central plaza is surprisingly peaceful considering the mass of humanity that disembarks at the ferry pier directly across the street and from cruise ship ports just down the road.
Few foreign visitors take time to linger in the park itself, which has freshly painted benches, tree-filled planters, a boxy clock tower, and busts of late Mexican president Benito Juárez and General Andrés Quintana Roo.
The city municipal building, occupying most of the plaza’s east side, was beautifully restored following Hurricane Wilma in 2005, with an airy commercial center on the ground floor and civic offices above.
And though the central plaza is smack in the middle of Cozumel’s tourist corridor, it is still a place local families come to stroll about, especially weekends, when live bands play in the central gazebo, and balloon and cotton candy vendors do a brisk trade.
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[1] http://www.moon.com/destinations/cancun-the-yucatan/cancun-cozumel-and-the-riviera-maya/isla-cozumel