Playa del Carmen is a Balneario resort city just south of Cancún on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, in the northeast of the Mexican State of Quintana Roo. The city is the seat of the Solidaridad municipality. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 149,923 people and it is rapidly growing in population. It is the third largest city in Quintana Roo, after Cancún and Chetumal. Playa del Carmen is named for Our Lady of Mount Carmel , who is the patron saint of Cancún. The first... Continue reading ...