If you're heading west by car to Valladolid, Chichén Itzá and Mérida, you have a choice between the old road (viejo) or the new highway, running a few kilometers north of the old road for most of its length. Drive north on Av Tulum then turn left to join López Portillo: after a few kilometers you will have the choice of which road to join. You pay in advance, at the booths on the highway, for the sections you intend to travel along. The trip all the way to Mérida costs US$25.

First and second-class buses go from the same well-organized terminal on the corner of avenidas Tulum and Uxmal.

Destinations include Mérida, first-class (4 daily; 4hr) and second-class (hourly round-the-clock; 5hr); Campeche, on the deluxe ADO GL service (daily 3pm; 9hr) and second-class (daily at midnight; 10hr); Chetumal on first-class (daily at 4.30pm; 5hr) and second-class (hourly 5am-12.45pm; 6hr); Mexico City on first-class (2 daily at 10am and 1pm; 18hr) and second-class (4 daily; 20hr); Playa del Carmen on first-class (6 daily; 1hr) and second-class (every 30min; 1hr); Tizimín (6 daily; 4hr); Tulum on first-class (5 daily; 2hr) and second-class (5 daily; 2hr); Valladolid (hourly; 3hr).

International flights leave regularly from Cancún; from downtown and the zona hotelera a taxi to the airport costs about US$10.

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