On Yucatan Peninsula facing Caribbean Sea. Development is designed around ecologically-sensitive master plan. Surrounding island's limestone shore - temperate, crystal clear waters from turquoise, to aquamarine, to deep indigo. Unlike any other Mexican beach resort destination. Incomparable port city - one of most important tourist desitnations in world.
City faces some formidable urban problems.
Theory says that island was shrine to Ixchel, Maya godess of fertility.