Moon Cancun & Cozumel ─ Including Playa Del Carmen, Tulum & the Riviera Maya

This full-color guide to Cancun and Cozumel includes vibrant photos and maps to help with trip planning.

Experienced Mexico travelers Gary Chandler and Liza Prado know the best way to travel Cancun and Cozumelfrom a romantic getaway in Tulum to cenote hopping along the Riviera Maya. Chandler and Prado include engaging itinerary ideas for a variety of trip experiences, including Under the Sea and Seven Days of Ecoadventure. Complete with details on the best beaches, advice on which Maya ruins to check out, and recommendations for the hottest nightlife spots in the Zona Hotelera,Moon Cancun & Cozumel gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Coverage includes:
Cancun
Isla Cozumel
The Riviera Maya
Tulum and Southern Quintana Roo
Inland Archeological Zones

Gary Chandler grew up in a small ski town south of Lake Tahoe, California. He earned his bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley, and also studied abroad in Mexico City and Oaxaca. His first guidebook assignment was covering the highlands of Guatemala, which was followed by assignments in El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere. Gary has contributed to almost 30 guidebooks, many coauthored with wife and fellow travel writer/photographer Liza Prado. Between assignments, Gary earned a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University and worked as a news reporter and criminal investigator.

Liza Prado was working as a corporate attorney in San Francisco when she decided to take a leap of faith and try travel writing and photography. Ten years later, she has coauthored twenty guidebooks and written dozens of feature articles about destinations throughout the Americas. Her photographs have been published by Moon Travel Guides and websites like Gogobot and Away.com.

Since her first visit to the region in the early 2000s, the Riviera Maya has remained one of Liza’s favorite places to travel. For this assignment, she dived on coral reefs and snorkeled through cenotes, climbed Maya ruins and toured monkey reserves, explored beach towns and fishing villages, caught a few local bands and listened to rock-star DJs all with two kids in tow. A graduate of Brown University and Stanford Law School, Liza lives in Denver, Colorado, with husband and coauthor Gary Chandler and their children, Eva and Leo.

Liza Prado and Gary Chandler live in Denver, Colorado with their children, Eva and Leo.