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5th Avenue
Playa del Carmen is becoming a big tourist destination for homos, especially from North America and Europe (England, France, Germany, Italy and Scandinavia). You'll find a surprising number of homos wandering the streets, shopping or having dinner or drinks.
- Best time
- Evenings, from 6pm until the wee hours.
- Crowd
- Gay tourists from Europe, Canada, the US and South America.
- Watch out
- Sometimes it's hard to tell who's gay when you're dealing with people from…
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- Not yet · updated 2011
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Where exactly
5th Avenue is the main tourist drag in the town, where all the restaurants and tourist shops are. Ask any local or cab driver.
Cruisiest spot: Walk up and down the street.
When to go
Evenings, from 6pm until the wee hours.
Etiquette
Be friendly!
Safety
Sometimes it's hard to tell who's gay when you're dealing with people from different cultures; the signals may be different, so be sure!
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