If you fancy a dive off the diving or you want to pack your post dive afternoons full of activities then Playa Del Carmen is an ideal location.  

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Coba is an ancient Mayan city on the Yucatán Peninsula, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The site is the nexus of the largest network of stone causeways of the ancient Mayan world, and it contains many engraved and sculpted stelae that document ceremonial life and important events of the Late Classic Period (AD 600–900) of Mesoamerican civilization.

 

Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city serving as a major port for Cobá, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on 12-meter (39 ft) tall cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico. Old World diseases brought by the Spanish settlers appear to have resulted in very high fatalities, disrupting the society and eventually causing the city to be abandoned. Tulum is one of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites.

 

Akumal beach offers snorkeling with Turtles.  For a period during 2016 this activity was closed in order to protect the turtles habitat.  It has since been re-opened and offers controlled/guided snorkeling with  the turtles.

 

World famous Chichen Itza, while further afield is still reachable from Playa Del Carmen