This is also the religious center in which Ixchel, the Goddess of Fertility, was born, and lies just 18 kilometers from the eastern coast of the Yucatan peninsula.

Cozumel, the largest inhabited island of Mexico, was discovered in 1518 by the " Conquistadores," who had to fight the local indigenous tribes to gain its possession. It later became a pirate refuge.

With an area of 48 kilometers in length and 16 in width, this island is a strategic stopping off point for cruise ships that venture across the Caribbean; the island also houses important archeological ruins, whilst at the same time, offers the world the thousand-year-old architecture of San Gervasio and El Cedral, two of the colossal ruins, which are among the most visited of the zone.

From as far back as the 1950s, this place has been a great tourist centre and is considered to be one of the most important scuba-diving locations due to the fact that the coral reefs are protected by Mexico's Navy reservists.

Furthermore, on the western coast of the island there are around 25 coral reefs in the national Marine Park, among which are Palancar, Santa Rosa, Colombia, San Francisco, Chankanaab, Paraíso and La Herradura, with their heads of coral, caves and cliffs that are home to abundant marine life, among which are the moray eels, giant moray eels and stone bass, along with an endless stream of smaller fish, such as the angels, candiles, sergeant and roncos.

Bordered by coral reefs, the island is known the world over as one of the world's best diving locations among the experienced divers who visit the island year after year.